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South Africa’s Motivation for Initial Involvement in Funding MPLA Opposition and the Regular Insertion of the South African Defense Forces (2457 words, 8 pages)

In 1975-6 South Africas apartheid regime took unprecedented steps by intervening in the Angola civil war Operation Savannah aimed to thwart the efforts of the Marxist Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), under Agostinho Neto. However there has been little comprehensive study to explain why Pretoria became involved, ... Read More

A History of the Period of Mfecane in Southern Africa (2460 words, 10 pages)

The period of mfecane in Southern Africa, in the early nineteenth century, is generally thought of a period characterized by migrations, famine, battles and sporadic raids, which created demographic turmoil and is often accredited to the emergence of the Zulu tribe. In recent years however, this supposition has been widely ... Read More

The Role of the African Agency in the Start of the Cold War (2776 words, 10 pages)

Eleven days after Congolese Independence of 30 June 1960, the southern province of Katanga broke away and declared itsown independence from the Congo. The Katanga secession and ensuing crisis has since largely been seen through a Cold War-centric lens, primarily understood as a result of machinations of external influences who ... Read More

The Influence of African Nationalism on the African Population in the 1940’s and 1950’s (2302 words, 8 pages)

African Nationalism is a term that has generally been applied to a series of political movements of the African population for self-determination, against colonial rule in the 1940s and 1950s. However, as Robert I. Rotberg has asserted, the term has been a morass of misapplication. Moreover, both national and nationalism ... Read More

The Plight of Lesbian and Gay Movement in South Africa (2619 words, 8 pages)

The Lesbian and Gay people in South Africa have been through an immense struggle and it is interesting to see the progression of the Lesbian and Gay Movement. Beginning from just one discrete meeting, the movement advanced to bring about new rights, benefits and protection from harm for all LGBT ... Read More

The Difficulty of Leaving the past behind for African-Americans (503 words, 2 pages)

Document Analysis Assignment OneThe Jim Crow period left African Americans choosing between their rights to fight, enduring the injustice, or leaving the South. Their population became scattered across the country, but the happiest of them all were found in the North, where their lives could flourish and their needs were ... Read More

A History of the Discrimination of African-Americans and Its Impact on Their Right to Vote (592 words, 3 pages)

Since the 1800s, weve seen the government act in cruel and racist ways. Back in time, many african americans were segregated and put down because laws were made that blacks and whites could not share the same rooms, buses, nor even the same water fountains. These restrictions made against african ... Read More

An Analysis of the African American Vernacular English (AAVE) as a Variation of English (3852 words, 16 pages)

Yuh aint Talkin RightThe Impact of Black English on Social NarrativesThe English language is a fluid substance that is continually changing and being adapted to fit the needs of those that use it. Because language is forever evolving, there emerges alternate forms, or variations, so that it is able to ... Read More

A Discussion on the African Community by Danez Smith (1209 words, 4 pages)

At the previous four-hour meeting, Danez Smith discussed very interesting topics related to the African Community. Primarily, his poem narrates the deepest truths that many hide or are too afraid express. Also, one see that some of his poems are just hilariously truthful like his poem, Girrrl. This poem in ... Read More

An Analysis of Julie Livingston’s Improvising Medicine: An African Oncology Ward in an Emerging Cancer Epidemic (3372 words, 8 pages)

Improvising MedicineImprovising medicine An African Oncology Ward in an Emerging Cancer Epidemic by Julie Livingston was published by Duke University Press in 2012. Dr. Livingston has her B.A, M.A, and M.P.H from different Universities but she received her Ph.D. from Emory University. Dr. Livingston is a historian trained in public ... Read More

A Look at the Negative Perspectives of Society on the African-American Male (2068 words, 9 pages)

African-American menhave always been portrayed as thugs, illiterate, rapists, skeptical, criminals, delinquents, primitives, and so on. These damaging and destructive stereotypes have been around for many decades and still leave a negative impression on them. Men have always been seen as the man-of-the-house and had power over all. After all, ... Read More

A Research on the Racial Boundary in Baltimore Between the African American and Protesters and Other Races (1713 words, 6 pages)

Understanding the Self in the eyes of the OtherIn the past few days there has been a battle between the people and the police force, who represent the system in Baltimore, Maryland. Many would say the people most involved in this battle are African Americans. These individuals are rioting because ... Read More

A Comparison of the Similarities in the Treatment of Africans and African Americans by Westerners in the Essay Some African Cultural Concept by Steve Biko (652 words, 3 pages)

The Treatment of Africans by WesternersThe African culture has been systematically degraded and disrupted by western civilization for hundreds of centuries. In Steve Bikos essay, Some African Cultural Concepts Biko discusses in detail this process of disruption, how it has affected African culture and the importance African culture plays in ... Read More

The Two Interpretations on the Causes for the Scramble for Africa by Ronald Robinson, John Gallagher, and Jean Stengers (1338 words, 4 pages)

The Scramble for Africa Throughout the first couple centuries of interaction with Africa, the European powers had possessions of trading stations alongside the coast of Africa. However, between the 1870s to 1900, Africa met European diplomatic pressures and imperialist aggression ultimately led to the colonization of much of the African ... Read More

The Main Tenets and Merits of the British Administration Model and Why African Administration Could Not Work on the Natives (1328 words, 6 pages)

The British colonial administration had come to the aid of natives claiming to have only one objective, the provision of liberty and to enhance self-development. Furthermore, these occur without any standardized rules to ensure that everyone is comfortable and feels the religious and interest are not infringed. The Provision of ... Read More

A Review of King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild (2121 words, 6 pages)

KING LEOPOLDS GHOSTIn King Leopold's Ghost A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa, Adam Hochschild, a journalist and human rights activist, presents an account of the atrocities that took place in Congo during the rule of the Belgian King Leopold II in the late 19th century. Prior ... Read More

An Examination of How Africa and Africans Are Represented in the World in the Book Reframing Contemporary Africa (3147 words, 6 pages)

To understand the discourse of African Studies one need to reexamine how AfricaAfricans have been represented in the world. In the 1st six chapter of Reframing Contemporary Africa, we see scholars from a different walk of life challenging the Euro-centric view of African epistemology recorded in history books. Soyinka Airewele ... Read More

A Research on the Reason Why Africa Has a Higher Rate of HIV Than the United States of America While Having the Same Patterns of Sexual Intercourse and Involvement (1599 words, 10 pages)

IntroductionMany places in the world, such as Africa and the United States of America have the same patterns in terms of sexual intercourse and involvement, but there is a higher rate of people with HIV in Africa then in America. Aims In this lab, the aim is to discover the ... Read More

The Issue of the Harsh Representation of African-Americans in the Media (4295 words, 17 pages)

Abstract Today in our society, African-Americans are known for being portrayed very harshly in the media. Different representations include different stereotypes that these kinds of people experience. These stereotypes include how they are viewed in both film and television, differences between both the males and the females, and even when ... Read More

A Report on the 2012 NYU African Percussion Ensemble Performance (1269 words, 4 pages)

Dashikis and Drumming and Dudes, oh myThe NYU African Percussion Ensemble PerformanceOn Tuesday night, November 27th 2012, the NYU African Percussion Ensemble performed in front of an audience peaking at roughly fifteen people. The ensemble was led by acclaimed African percussionist, Valerie Naranjo. This event was held in a small ... Read More

A Brief Overview of Apartheid in South Africa (368 words, 2 pages)

One could say that the discovery of Diamonds around 1900 led to the English invasion into Africa, which then sparked the Boer War. From gaining its independence, Africas governing power between two group swayed heavily until about 1940. Apartheid, meaning apartness, is the name of the racial institution in 1948 ... Read More

The Issue of Eternal Conflict Between the African Americans and the Whites (1521 words, 5 pages)

It is human nature to want to fit every issue into a dichotomous mode of thought right-wrong and good-bad are just two examples of how society has managed to take complex concepts such as rightness and goodness and reduce it to a simple binary. The reason this continually happens is ... Read More

The Conspiracy of Powerful Forces Against the African People for Economic Power and Gain (921 words, 4 pages)

The corrupt force of Eurocentric resource-hoarding, wealth-based capitalism continues to parasitically feed upon the resources of the African continent. These resources are not just minerals, but also human lives and social capital as well. The hegemony of Euro-American influence has so deeply penetrated the realities of the African continent and ... Read More

An Analysis of Diamonds in the Rough: Corporate Paternalism and African Professionalism on the Mines of Colonial Angola by Todd Cleveland (1039 words, 4 pages)

In Diamonds in the Rough Corporate Paternalism and African Professionalism on the Mines of Colonial Angola, author Todd Cleveland travels to conflict-bearing regions in modern Angola to reconstruct the history of a Portuguese-led mining operation which spanned from 1917 until Angolan independence in 1975, which was followed immediately by the ... Read More

Going to the West African Highlife Ensemble at C.U. Boulder (3833 words, 12 pages)

It was the middle of a white-out April snowstorm in Denver, Colorado.I was going to see the West African Highlife Ensemble at C.U. Boulder. Thestorm was unrelenting, and visibility driving up Highway 93 was lousy. Thecampus at C.U. Boulder was covered in snow and the scene almost resembled aChristmas card. ... Read More

The Life and Impact of Nelson Mandela in Africa (729 words, 4 pages)

Nelson MandelaMy essay is about Rolihlahla nelson Mandela was born on July 18th 1918 in Qunu, South Africa. As the youngest son of a respected African chief, Rolihlahla was offered the opportunity to go school. Here he was named Nelson by one of his teachers. Mandela eventually studied at both ... Read More

An Examination of the Strong Character of the African Woman Leaders, Hatshepsut and Queen Manthatisi in David Sweetman’s Women Leaders in African History (2715 words, 9 pages)

Women were known to be inferior to men in the past. The rights of women were denied to them and they had to survive by obeying their men and staying behind the ruler ship of men. For a woman to rule or to make a difference in the society, makes ... Read More

The Events Surrounding the Apartheid in Africa and Its Relation to Israel (1199 words, 6 pages)

1948 was a very significant year for the world, and a controversial one. In this year, the state of Israel was founded to establish a homeland for the Jewish people, where they would be free from racial and religious persecution. This same year, South Africa instituted their apartheid policies, separating ... Read More

The Social Impact of Apartheid in South Africa (632 words, 2 pages)

ApartheidApartheid was a system of racial segregation in South Africa, which basically involved the creation of separate places for different racial groups, such as blacks and whites. The purpose was to preserve the power of the white minority, which was at that time 21 of the population.Despite being recognized in ... Read More

The Contributions of the Harmon Foundation to the African American Art of the Harlem Renaissance (638 words, 3 pages)

The Harlem Renaissance may be defined as a cultural movement whichoriginated in the suburb of Harlem, New York, populated by the AfricanAmericans mainly. The Harlem Renaissance is referred to as the New NegroMovement by some authors, as a result of the Alain Locke's 1925 anthologyof the same name. While the ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013