In 2 words very badddddddddddd. Unprepared, unclear, boring, and unfair in the grading. Avoid his classes and if it is a prerequisit wait until someone else is teaching it.

The worst professor ever. Unprepared, boring, and unfair. He knows how to make you do busy work! Expect to have the worst grade ever, and you don't even know why or what you can do to improve it.

Absolutely horrible. I dreaded going to this class. The class should have been called Africa & Sweet France. Don't count on talking about anything else other than the two subjects. I would aviod this prof. at all costs.

Horrible, unfair, and too much Politics...do youself a big favor - don't meet mengara...

Yes, a good grade is possible, but still he remains an extremely badddddddd teacher. Probably the worst at MSU!! What's wrong with those who gave him a good rating??? And nno I'm not lazy!!

arregeant and sick--he needs help! He want students to go through hell just like he went through in Africa, then he'll feel satisfied. uncapable of letting someone express their opinion. he is a dictator in the classroom. it's his way or the highway. Avoid his classes at all cost! It's a shame that our tax money support these jerks like him.

Mengara is by far the most horrible professor I have ever had! He is unorganized, obnoxious, arrogant, and very difficult to talk to. His grading system does not relate to any paper or presentation grades. It's like he pulls grades out of thin air. Do NOT take his classes. I swear you will regret it if you do!

He has a little bit of an accent, but it's not difficult to understand him. He is very disrespectful to students. Take this class at your own risk.

DO NOT TAKE THIS TEACHER ! He has a policy if you come to class 10 mins late you will not get credit just if you are 2-5 mins late he also uses the 10 mins policy, and if he calls your name & your not in the class , LATE ! He gives 10-20 online homework plus worksheets and written work , I will not refer this guy to anyone in the future.

Teacher does not care about his students & expect you to know French as a beginner. I will advise to not take this teacher. I earn my B- by trying very very hard. Long nights doing homework just to pass his class. He assigns pages of french homework that is due next class & expect you to finish everything , when you have other classes to deal with.

He does not care about the students. Makes no exceptions and grades very harshly. Each quiz is like a test and each test is like a midterm. Homework will take you minimum 3 hours per night and assigns about 30 assignments for the weekends.

If you dont answer the way he expects you to (even if your answer is technically correct), hell mark it as wrong. Even if you submit the assignment on time, if you dont print it out he gives you half credit. His instructions are pages long/confusing. Hes knowledgeable, but not compassionate or sympathetic at all. Do not take.

homework takes more than 2 hours to complete , your quizzes will be like exams because it would be like 3 pages of questions and exams like a final , and with a final GOODLUCK , if you do submit your homework ON TIME but didn't print the Homework , you get HALF CREDIT Not full . Also , he is very picky with answers , Ilrn has been 100% completed

One of the most demanding professors in MSU. I would spend hours on homework assignemnts every week for a mediocre score. The grading was punitive to say the least. The worksheets he gave were lengthy and contained difficult critical thinking questions that he would grade for ACCURACY. If you can avoid it dont risk dropping your GPA on an elective

Wow, this man. Cool guy, not a bad person, but lord is he unorganized. Notes all over the board, we learned things out of order, and that is very difficult learning a language. Loads of homework all semester and the quizzes are basically mini exams. Dont skip class or youll be lost for the rest of the semester. Avoid if you can, if not goodluck.

The worst class and hardest class I have taken ever in my college LIFE. Such a harsh grader and way too much work. Do not take this as a free elective as all your time will be spent on this class. I tried so hard, and still got a bad grade overall. A few bad grades in this class will hurt tremendously overall. African politics class stay clear.

I dont recommend taking this class at all. The prof.s priorities seem to be students regurgitating his beliefs and precise terminologies rather than a thoughtful understanding of crucial course concepts. The class is a bore, assignments are frequent & annoying, and his grading system is absolutely terrible. Save your GPA, take another elective.

AVOID THIS MAN !!!!!!! He will just give you more HW and harder tests. You email him today he will reply it after 2 weeks. He is going to do nothing but make your life and grade worse..... AVOID !!!!

If you want Anxiety, depression, loneliness, frustration, stress and anger. Take him as your professor. That's all I am going to say.

He is the worst professor i think i have ever encountered. No matter how well you do he will grade you so tediously that you fail. Not to mention he cant even speak french correctly. The entire class of mine despises him because he truly is an idiot. I could say more but they may remove my post for being too graphic.

My experiences with him were not pleasant at all. I don't recommend anyone taking French 101 with him. During the first two weeks, his class was manageable, but once you weren't able to drop his class, he became a totally different person (not in a good way). The workload is heavy and complicated. Overall, not a good and understanding person. RUN!!

The toughest crater I have ever had. Do not recommend taking him, did significantly more reading and work in this course than any 300 or 400 level course I have taken. On top of the large work load, instructions are never clear, and his grading is nonsensical at best. Seriously, do not take this course. He is a nice man, but can be rude one on one.

Do not take this professor. If feels like he wants the class to fail. Every week the homework is long and super detailed. He will give a 0 if the homework isn't up to his standards. His standards are impossible to reach. He forgets that we have other classes and responsibilities. Attendance is mandatory. Cameras must be on he will call you out.

Dude sucks

I took Professor Mengara's Government and Politics of Africa course. Though the class is yet to be over, I felt the need to come here and talk about it. He is one of the worst professors I have had in my life. If you so choose to take this course, please make sure that you treat it as the only class that you have, because that's how he treats it.

The hardest college course I have ever taken, gives tons of homework with long and confusing instructions. Does give extra credit to help you pass, but is very lecture heavy. He can be quite rude at times and talks down to students often but is not a bad guy. I would avoid him at all costs if you want good grades or low amount of work

This professor is horrible. He expects so much from you to the point where its almost impossible. Heaven forbid you email him to elaborate on his instructions( because he assigns us homework with the most long and confusing instructions) he gets rude and doesnt even bother helping to understand. dont take this class, youll regret it!

Absolute worse professor. He expects you to always attend class regardless of the circumstances and will fail you if you exceed 3 absences. Everything is done in French, and he expects you to retain everything from French one. He is an abysmal teacher who will assign 5 different assignments for the next class and then will still give you a quiz.

There weren't any tags that described how truly terrible a professor he is. He gives too much homework, and you will be overwhelmed. Attendance is mandatory no matter what and if you miss three classes you fail, also if you're late he will always reduce your grade. Overall the worst professor I ever had.

This class was brutal. This professor acts as if this is the only class you take, which is frustrating when you have 8 assignments due for each class. There was so much homework that was graded as if it were all quizzes. The classes were also just homework reviews. You'd be better off taking it with anyone else.

There weren't any negative tags to describe how truly terrible a professor he was.

TAKE ANYONE ELSE. I took this over the summer and it would be literally impossible to work while taking this class. There's always three worksheets plus other things like McGrawHill work or a quiz. Everything assigned one day is due the next morning. Of course it's graded by accuracy, not by effort. I took 101 just before and it wasn't this bad.

Assigns an absurd amount of homework for a level 2 course; I'm spending more time on French than I am on courses for my major. Classes are mostly homework review, and the instructions for the homework are lengthy and can be unclear. He doesn't answer emails a lot either, so asking for clarification won't help much.

Save yourself and do not take this professor. You are flooded with homework and multiple exercises on top of homework. Frequent pop quizzes and hard tests. You have homework multiple different times due throughout the week. Tough grader on top of it all.

I've had my fair share of professors. Some are amazing, some are meh, others are kin of in between. This professor is probably the worst professor I have ever had the displeasure of being in his class. LOTS of homework, 15-30 DIFFERENT parts over the course of one week, DOES NOT respond to emails, pretty much wants to see you fail. Save yourselves.

If it's your first time learning French (as it was for me), do not take this course. He wants you to be at an intermediate level in 4 months. He doesn't know how much a textbook costs; he just wants you to buy it ($150). His lectures are good, can respond back fast through email, quizzes are easy, you need to spend every day to learn for tests.

This professor is knowledgeable and I found the material to be interesting and useful but I don't like his teaching style. He assigns a large amount of homework that you teach yourself first within a week or less (sometimes unclear instructions) then go over it the entire class each week. His work is very time consuming and overwhelming.

This teacher is completely unprofessional. He gives an insurmountable amount of work. Expects people to watch over two hours worth of video assignments in one day. He expects you to complete over 17 assignments on the first day is completely unreasonable I cannot not express enough, not take his class. Run for the hills.

he was the worst professor I've ever had. He assigns crazy amounts of work, 11 assignments due over a single weekend. The exams are extremely long and difficult, toward the end of the semester he stacks so much homework on top of a final, I hated this class with every fiber of my being