Modern day South Africa is known not only for the apartheid era and the beauty of cities such as Cape Town, but also for a level of economic inequality that for many represents the crowning dichotomy of globalization. A former British colonial holding South Africa throughout the 29th century served as a rich resource of minerals for British consumers and entrepreneurs. While the colony served in many ways a purely economic purpose, it was also one of settlement. Under British control from the 19th century onwards British settlers saw continual conflict and violence with local populations and struggled to establish and maintain colonies across the region. As such, infrastructure and development in South Africa remained limited to a small number
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While the GDP of South Africa is likely perceived to be high figure comparatively to that of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in other measures such as unemployment South Africa is struggling. In 2014 South Africa had a youth unemployment rate of 53.8%. Additionally, in 2010 the average life expectancy of an individual in South Africa was only 57 years of age highlighting an underlying issue concerning mortality and the likely role of and continued prevalence of diseases such as HIV/AIDS. These measures coupled with data from the World Bank provide evidence of concentrated economic development in a society that has suffered from a continual divide between the rich and the poor. Under British colonial rule the resources and wealth gained by settlers and foreign investors only served to perpetuate a class system that persists to the modern day. Since the end of the apartheid era in the 1990s economic inequality in South Africa has been on the rise. The prevalence of globalization and with it the ability to create divisions in society on the basis of labor and capital only served to compound the underlying issues facing the country as a whole. The legacy of British colonial rule in not only influencing the structure of governance throughout the country, but also the means through which societal divisions that were perpetuated in the national economy reflects a lasting and negative consequence of colonialism on …show more content…
While French colonial history across northern Africa has been an immense area of study, the war that would enfold in Algeria and the subsequent trajectory of the nation make it a country of particular interest. French rule of Algeria was characterized by a clear division between that of the local/native populations and French settlers which overtime came to occupy the territory in increasing numbers. As in the case of the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa this divide between the native populations and foreign ones sparked and motivated a great deal of resentment between the communities. In the case of Algeria this resentment and the grievance of the local Algerian population resulted in a bloody war between the French and the Algerian National Liberation Front from 1954 to 1962. French occupation of Algeria had centered primarily on development of settlements in which large numbers of French immigrants sought to create and foster communities isolated from the local population and benefiting from material wealth that exceeded that of the general population. These issues were compounded by a French claim that Algeria was not a colony in a traditional sense, but due to its large native French population and historical legacy of French rule Algeria was a part of France itself. This underlying conception of Algeria as an extension of France drove the colonial power to hold a particularly fervent desire to
While the GDP of South Africa is likely perceived to be high figure comparatively to that of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in other measures such as unemployment South Africa is struggling. In 2014 South Africa had a youth unemployment rate of 53.8%. Additionally, in 2010 the average life expectancy of an individual in South Africa was only 57 years of age highlighting an underlying issue concerning mortality and the likely role of and continued prevalence of diseases such as HIV/AIDS. These measures coupled with data from the World Bank provide evidence of concentrated economic development in a society that has suffered from a continual divide between the rich and the poor. Under British colonial rule the resources and wealth gained by settlers and foreign investors only served to perpetuate a class system that persists to the modern day. Since the end of the apartheid era in the 1990s economic inequality in South Africa has been on the rise. The prevalence of globalization and with it the ability to create divisions in society on the basis of labor and capital only served to compound the underlying issues facing the country as a whole. The legacy of British colonial rule in not only influencing the structure of governance throughout the country, but also the means through which societal divisions that were perpetuated in the national economy reflects a lasting and negative consequence of colonialism on …show more content…
While French colonial history across northern Africa has been an immense area of study, the war that would enfold in Algeria and the subsequent trajectory of the nation make it a country of particular interest. French rule of Algeria was characterized by a clear division between that of the local/native populations and French settlers which overtime came to occupy the territory in increasing numbers. As in the case of the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa this divide between the native populations and foreign ones sparked and motivated a great deal of resentment between the communities. In the case of Algeria this resentment and the grievance of the local Algerian population resulted in a bloody war between the French and the Algerian National Liberation Front from 1954 to 1962. French occupation of Algeria had centered primarily on development of settlements in which large numbers of French immigrants sought to create and foster communities isolated from the local population and benefiting from material wealth that exceeded that of the general population. These issues were compounded by a French claim that Algeria was not a colony in a traditional sense, but due to its large native French population and historical legacy of French rule Algeria was a part of France itself. This underlying conception of Algeria as an extension of France drove the colonial power to hold a particularly fervent desire to