South Africa

Uruguay is a fantastic country. Being just south of Brazil, it has lots of grassland and is a pretty small country. This country is just below Brazil's southern borders. “But its land is rich in agricultural bounty, with rolling pastures that support cattle, sheep, and crops,” (Behnke, 4). The country has a stellar physical geography, humid climate, thriving economy, national type of government, unique culture, and multiple fun facts.

The ROC has the 12th largest economy in the world and is the 3rd largest in Asia. After world WII the ROC was one of the poorest countries in Asia and its economy was designed solely to the needs of Japan. The ROC was also dependent on US aid. In 1962 a coup led by General Park Chung-hee started a series of ambitious economic development. This resulted in an economic shift to vastly more foreign trade normalizing their economic relations with Japan.

In response to the multitude of racial injustices black citizens began organizing and protesting the current system. This lead to many leaders being imprisoned, and specifically Nelson Mandela being thrown in jail in 1964 where he would remain until 1990. The imprisonment of Nelson Mandela and the exiling of many other black leaders by the South African government crushed the spirits of the people and stalled the protest efforts. Then in the 1970’s student protests increased once again with the Soweto uprising in 1976. This movement called the “Black consciousness” contained similar ties to other black movements in the United States at the time. Protests and music continued to fuel the rebellion through the 1980’s until serious traction came from the movement. As stated earlier Nelson Mandela was released from prison in 1990 and eventually elected president in 1994 and changing the racial aspect of South Africa from apartheid to electing a black president.

Black South Africans living in South Africa, had to endure fifty years of oppression and racial discrimination. Apartheid was a policy implemented by the South African government across South Africa. It was used to control the Black South African population since they make up the majority of the population. The government created Apartheid, due to their fear that the Black population will overthrow them. Living as a Black South African meant that they had to live a more oppressive and undesirable life.

Between 1948 and 1959, there was much opposition to Apartheid after its execution in 1948 by the National Party. Due to the apartheid laws being of a racial legislation, primarily promoting white supremacy and the discrimination of Black and colored individuals throughout South Africa, there would be no doubt that some form of opposition would be present. The opposition came in forms of the ANC and PAC primarily, two resistance parties in support of the improvement of Blacks throughout South Africa. Despite this however, it could be argued that their opposition was primarily unsuccessful due to their lack for de jure change in the system.

f. The music in South Africa reflects the country, and the history through the Mbube music. Either male vocalists, and or female vocalists sing such. When the lead singer is singing his or her part, they are said to be telling their stories. Mbube music is said to be traceable to furthest back the 1920’s. It was created in Africa when migrant workers begun holding singing competitions in a form of entertainment after long work days. This carried plenty of history about the country because of how old this form of music was. Dating back to the 1920’s, it was able to help preserve lots of memories, facts, and even stories about what has happened. This was mostly popular in the time that Africa was living in

The theme in the book Made in Madagascar would have to do with the impact to Madagascar in relationship to globalization. With this in mind the author emphasizes the book focuses on how local lives and landscapes have been shaped by globalization and how the local landscapes of the Anakarana National Park were negotiated and managed locally in the face of the global vision (Walsh, 2012, p. 20). However, as a result of all the natural resources that can be found in Madagascar more specifically the Ankarana National Park both landscapes and lives changed due to

In The South and America since World War II, James C. Cobb narrates the ever-growing South and southern culture beginning with the attack on Peal Harbor and ending in the present time. Cobb describes the drastic changes the South faced in recent history, ultimately to portray the South in its relationship to the nation as a whole. Cobb comes to the conclusion that one cannot understand America without looking towards the South, and one cannot understand the South without relating the culture to the bigger picture of America. It is important to note that James C. Cobb is a research professor of history at the University of Georgia and has written other books pertaining to the subject of southern history, therefore this book is written within

In a freezing class, two brilliant minds unlocked the fiery passion that is their talent one an artist the other a writer. Bringing to light a history long forgotten creating abstract thoughts arbitrary to our own. Komi Olaf the artist and Okey Ndibe the writer not only enlightening the class but also the world with each brush stroke and each word. Every creation stemming from the hands of these masters tell of issues at the heart of Africa from colonialism to existential dilemmas. Thru spoken word, hip-hop, art, music, poems and literature issues close at heart to the artists and to Africa are portrayed. This paper will focus on the art exhibit by Komi Olaf and Foreign Gods inc by Okey Ndibe as spoken by them during their discussion in the class on October 13th. Where the talks focused on the key course objectives being stereotypes, post-colonialism, youth culture, and resistance.

Military regimes that favor Islamic-situated governments have controlled national politics since Sudan gained freedom from Anglo-Egyptian co-rule in 1956. Sudan was entangled in two post-independence civil war amid the greater part of the rest of the twentieth century. These wars were based on the northern Muslims, Arabs economic, political, and social control of the more largely populated non-Muslim, non-Arab southern Sudanese. The first war ended with the 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement, which granted significant regional autonomy to southern Sudan on internal issues. (CIA 2015)

“The Myth of Wild Africa” introduces one to the false, preconceived notion of Africa and Africa’s people that were around since the early 1900s. The book compares older, colonial methods of conservation that were coercive and based on the “myth”, and newer Afrocentric conservation efforts that are more objective and inclusive to the African people. The book emphasises that the inclusion of African people is what will make African conservation successful. In the past, Africa as considered an untouched paradise,

There is no better setting to present life’s unpredictable and uncontrollable nature than a veld in Africa.

We are Proud to Present by Jackie Sibblies Drury is about the Herero of Namibia, formerly Known as Southwest Africa, from the German Sudwestafrika between the Years 1884-1915. It was directed by Nadine Purvis Schmidt, and the director’s message was we are sensitive to judge people base on their skin color. It was a great presentation that received its world premiere in April 2012. It was a great presentation because of the unique presentation, the place, and the casts.

Dominant media produces films using generalized, and distorted images of Africa to create the idea of a dark continent in need colonial help, due to native civilization’s inability to live in a functional society. Mountains of the Moon, follows Richard Burton and John Speke, two explorers in search of the Nile. Set in pre-colonial times, this movie constructs images of Africa, perpetuating African’s inability to live in developed societies, and shows their natural inclination to appease British explorers. The Kitchen Toto, tells the story of Mwangi, who becomes a British officer’s kitchen Toto after his father is killed for opposing the clandestine independence movement. This movie shapes inaccurate images of African independence movements, showing those who are not under colonial rule as threatening, malicious, problematic, and incompetent of leadership. A Good Man in Africa tells the story of a British Diplomat, Morgan Leafy, who lives in Kinjanja, a nation recently freed from British rule. This film portrays Africa’s dependence on neocolonial rule through the Kinjanja’s fait, which rests in the hands of Dr Alex Murray, the man who is in the way of Adekunle’s exploitive building project. These three films represent ho western cultures imagination has evoked stock narratives, creating artificial Africas, in dominant media and films, leading to falsified images expanding from pre-colonialism to twentieth century neocolonialism.

In the recent years, China has had a growing presence in the African continent, engaging in trades, delivering aid and initiating projects. China’s involvement in Africa is something that has triggered very animated debates among students and scholars. Many hypotheses as to China’s intentions have been presented. Is China really the solution to Africa’s underdevelopment or simply for its own political and economical interests? This essay will present a more pessimistic view on this whole situation arguing the very dangers and consequences of China’s relationship with Africa. Not only does China worsen the countries’ economic conditions by triggering high levels of inflation and unemployment but it also represent a new form of colonialism