Differences in Writing Styles throughout African Short Stories

Throughout this novel, the diversity in writing styles is diverse to say the least, it's a microcosm of the writing styles of Authors from all across Africa. It ranges from the playful storytelling and humor of an African Folktale to the Detailed and deep characters from stories such as Minutes of Glory.


Although the writing style's of the many authors in this book are evident and clear, I'm still confused on the way in which I'm going to emulate them. Certainly there are obvious things such as point of view, use of metaphors and similes, etc. But I don't want to create a different version of the stories already written. I want to make my own story as though the author I chose to emulate had written it himself.

in-class discussions

I honestly think that my participation, as far as in-class discussions, has improved quite a lot over the course of our second quarter.
Sep 28: I spoke seven times where the person who spoke the most spoke 10 times. I'm not too sure if these tally marks are color coded, but if so, I'm doing a lot better with the variation of what I'm talking about in class.
Oct 6: I've spoken quite a bit according to this chart, but I've also tuned out some, so that's always disappointing.
Oct 18: There aren't that many comments from me here, but when I do talk, I talk at length.
Oct 20: This chart makes the class look exceedingly equal when it comes to discussion, and maybe we were that day, but I'm still proud that I talked at least 8 times here.
Oct 24: I'm the one who charted this day, but I still talked quite a lot in comparison to some of the class.
Oct 31: I only spoke once during this class, I'm really quite surprised because I remember this discussion more than any of the others, but at least I talked once.
Nov 4: I spoke quite a lot on this chart, and at length too. At least 9-12 times in the class.