1. Jumping Monkey Hill
1.1. Characters
1.1.1. Ujunwa - protagonist
1.1.1.1. perceptive
1.1.1.2. submissive
1.1.2. Edward - director of the workshop
1.1.2.1. white british man who has many stereotypes about Africa and intents to portray them in the stories of the writers even though he has actual africans in front of him
1.1.2.2. superiority complex
1.1.3. Kenyan Man - sexist
1.1.4. Senegalese woman - from france and lesbian
1.1.5. Ugundan man - subservient to Edward
1.1.6. South African man - conservative
1.2. Symbols
1.2.1. Edward
1.2.1.1. values that dominate in global social hierarchy, global stereotypes
1.2.1.2. the "image" of Africa around the world
1.3. Themes
1.3.1. Women, Marriage and Gender Roles
1.3.1.1. "At first, Ujunwa tried not to notice that Edward often stared at her body."
1.3.2. Stories and Representation
1.3.2.1. "This is agenda writing, it isn’t a real story of real people"
1.3.3. Colonialism/racism
1.3.3.1. "Ujunwa did not like the idea of eating an ostrich, did not even know that people ate ostriches, and when she said so, Edward laughed... of course ostrich was an African staple."
1.4. Narrative style: 3rd person
1.4.1. omniscience
1.4.1.1. "Ujunwa stared at Edward. What did he mean by "passé"? How could a story so true be passé?"
1.4.2. dramatic
1.4.2.1. "Ujunwa laughed, because it was funny and witty"
1.5. Irony
1.5.1. different characters from all around Africa that debunk Edward's stereotypes about Africa
1.5.2. Which Africa? - as Edward mentions that he doesn't consider homosexual stories to be reflective of Africa