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South African Victimization and the Novels of Nadine Gordimer

In twelve pages this paper critically analyzes the novels of Nadine Gordimer in a consideration of characterization and the victim...

African Colonialism

A. Abu Boahen gives an unusual view of the colonial experience in African Perspective on Colonialism. Most books take the European...

Urban Environment and Segregation

urban setting is critical to American life. The recent clashes between blacks and whites have gone unnoticed as time erases memori...

Summary of Africa And Africans In The Making Of The Atlantic World 1400-1800 by John Thornton

go against historical accounts of the African arrival by asserting that they did not come to the Americas as a result of slavery; ...

Resistance to Colonialism by Africans

In this paper consisting of five pages a unique perspective on African colonialism and the resistance to Western influence by the ...

African Philosophy Bantu

In five pages universalistic and particularistic perspectives are employed in a discussion of African philosophical aspects as rel...

Slave Narratives and the Portrayal of White Europeans

as I thought, in so savage a manner; for I had never seen among my people such instances of brutal cruelty. The closeness of the ...

A Robert Staples Letter

In nine pages this research paper presents a letter to the author of The Myth of the Black Matriarchy in which the writer agrees w...

Singing Away the Hunger by Mpho Nthunya

In five pages this South African autobiography is examined with poverty and apartheid impacts upon families among the topics discu...

International Sanctions and Apartheid Economic Constraints and the Response of the Government

is economic disruption" (pp. 119). The important intent of the sanctions against South Africa were to disturb both the economic c...

American Families and Single Parents

In ten pages this paper discusses single dual parenting and considers the differences between Caucasian and African single parents...

African Writers V.Y. Mudimbe, Sembene Ousmane, and Mariana Ba Compared

which was published in 1960, Ousmane examines the topics of race and class in two distinctly political ways. One approach that he ...

Ousmane Sembene's God's Bits of Wood and the Sociopolitical Redefinition of Women's Roles

In one page this paper examines the African society's redefining of women's social and political roles as represented in this nove...

Contrast and Comparison of Empires in Ghana, Songhay, and Mali with Other Civilizations

a primitive culture when it was colonized. In fact, it was this myth that was generated by Europeans. They needed a reason to ju...

Politics of Race, Class and Nationalism/South Africa

"nationalism and racism have dominated South Africas history" (Foster, 2003, p. 657. The emergence and dominance of white South Af...

Strengths and Weaknesses of African Historiography

2004). This development means that the history of contemporary South Africa may well present a narrative of events that will perta...

Two African Novels.

is not, if she has the courage to break away and follow her own convictions. She tries to reassure her mother that shell write, ...

The Economic Impact of the FIFA 2010 World Cup Being Held in South Africa

needed in the public transportation systems to convey the large number of visitors to the different detestation, this may include ...

3 Questions on Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart Answered

the society, and like any good leader or member, he finds that he must make personal sacrifices in order to maintain a balance in ...

The 1988 Movie 'Zan Boko'

to consider what defines "progress" and what is sacrificed in the name of progress. Kabor? has been criticized for his "heavy hand...

Africa's Portuguese Counterinsurgents

the gold mines of South Africa (Dana and France 67). Although these laborers were paid, they were successful in keeping very litt...

Africa Education During Apartheid

the obtaining of one goal: white supremacy over the majority black population in South Africa. INTRODUCTION: Each country has num...

Sustainable Development of Rain Forests' Natural Resources

to our self-perception as a species and also to the future that we envision for ourselves and our descendants (28). Wilson sees h...

Tools and 'King Leopold's Ghost' by Adam Hochschild

and far-reaching. Defined as a breakthrough for human rights, the significance of his account speaks to the notion of struggle am...

'The Interesting Narrative' by Olaudah Equiano and 'Things Fall Apart' by Chinua Achebe

they do not inflict slavery upon the people, they do inflict oppression that is very similar to slavery. In the first chapter o...

New Orleans' Mardi Gras Carnival

also makes the point that there was, in the 1900s, a strict divide between Creole and Black culture in New Orleans, maintained as ...

Development of Cape Town Through the Middle Nineteenth Century

This paper examines the South African city of Cape Town, the writer covers the city's development trends from its beginnings up to...

Hypothetical Case of Nawal

mother goes to the nearest town to find whatever work she can, normally doing small domestic chores for wealthier individuals. In ...

Substance and Symbolism of the African Mask

reminiscent of African culture as a whole is to miss the point of the masks intent. There are a variety of masks and they are mean...

Application of Sectoral Determination 14: Hospitality Sector

The writer looks at the working conditions which will be applied under South African law to employees of a small guest house. Iss...