Manning Marable and Ama Mazama discuss in their writing what changes need to be brought about when it comes to learning Black Studies. One societal change that stood out to me was Ama Mazama called for a change in the “dilemma of professionalization.” Essentially the societal change being called upon is when learning individuals shouldn’t just stick to the definition or the ‘black and white’ way of learning. When learning we should try to understand broad concepts and make inferences about the total picture. Actually trying to learn instead of sticking to the ‘textbook’ or curriculum or being too professional with a fear of failure. In addition, Marable talks about how we need to keep our minds open to new concepts so we can learn and see different
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“Captives were no longer treated as human beings, they were viewed exclusively as slaves.” (Shillington pg.186) This could have been the start of European racism because racism exists when one looks down on another group or individuals. The Europeans treated slaves with no respect hence leading people to believe they were better than each other. In addition, Europeans felt they were “rescuing” them from a “primitive” and “barbaric” existence. This also is a root to racism because Europeans didn’t realize they were not rescuing them. In fact, Africa was already developed way before the Europeans even arrived there. Africa had an existing well-developed culture so there was no need for “saving.”
3 A) Existing slavery in Africa differed from the transatlantic slave trade in many ways. One way they differed was existing slavery in Africa slaves had more rights opposed to the transatlantic slave trade where the slaves were treated terribly. In addition, slaves before the transatlantic slave trade were victims of war vs. during the transatlantic slave trade where they were being sold for profit. Something that stood out to me is I did not realize it was actually leaders in government in Africa selling their own citizens to the transatlantic slave …show more content…
But they were an essential ingredient of the increasingly assertive European presence.” (Shillington pg .330) Meaning that the missionaries’ sole purpose was to not go out and promote imperialism however in turn it happened when they would begin to promote their religion.
7 A) Unification was especially difficult in Somalia after winning independence. One factor that made it hard was there were border wars with Kenya and Ethiopia. Then in turn, these border wars made it especially complicated for the government to run and operate. With all these complications the government was filled with problems. In addition, there was a drought that hurt the economy. It’s hard for unification to work with all these existing problems. Lastly, Somalia was divided five ways by colonization also creating problems. One example of a nation’s path to independence is Sudan. It started in 1954 when Egypt surrendered its authority. Then Britain created an independence constitution for them, which took effect in 1956. After Sudan received its independence, they started an Islamisation campaign. However, this created a civil war because there were non-muslim southerners who did not agree with this. The civil war divided the country and has been occurring all throughout 1960, 1980’s and
“Captives were no longer treated as human beings, they were viewed exclusively as slaves.” (Shillington pg.186) This could have been the start of European racism because racism exists when one looks down on another group or individuals. The Europeans treated slaves with no respect hence leading people to believe they were better than each other. In addition, Europeans felt they were “rescuing” them from a “primitive” and “barbaric” existence. This also is a root to racism because Europeans didn’t realize they were not rescuing them. In fact, Africa was already developed way before the Europeans even arrived there. Africa had an existing well-developed culture so there was no need for “saving.”
3 A) Existing slavery in Africa differed from the transatlantic slave trade in many ways. One way they differed was existing slavery in Africa slaves had more rights opposed to the transatlantic slave trade where the slaves were treated terribly. In addition, slaves before the transatlantic slave trade were victims of war vs. during the transatlantic slave trade where they were being sold for profit. Something that stood out to me is I did not realize it was actually leaders in government in Africa selling their own citizens to the transatlantic slave …show more content…
But they were an essential ingredient of the increasingly assertive European presence.” (Shillington pg .330) Meaning that the missionaries’ sole purpose was to not go out and promote imperialism however in turn it happened when they would begin to promote their religion.
7 A) Unification was especially difficult in Somalia after winning independence. One factor that made it hard was there were border wars with Kenya and Ethiopia. Then in turn, these border wars made it especially complicated for the government to run and operate. With all these complications the government was filled with problems. In addition, there was a drought that hurt the economy. It’s hard for unification to work with all these existing problems. Lastly, Somalia was divided five ways by colonization also creating problems. One example of a nation’s path to independence is Sudan. It started in 1954 when Egypt surrendered its authority. Then Britain created an independence constitution for them, which took effect in 1956. After Sudan received its independence, they started an Islamisation campaign. However, this created a civil war because there were non-muslim southerners who did not agree with this. The civil war divided the country and has been occurring all throughout 1960, 1980’s and