Effects Of Colonialization In South Africa

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Register to read the introduction… Before there was colonization, we cannot say South Africa is an integrated country, because did not have a controlling government for the whole state. Every parts of the country was controlled by a different tribe. And every tribe had different cultures, different languages, different religious and even different rites. And before the Dutch or British came, the largest tribe in South Africa is Zulu. Zulu also was the most powerful South Africa. And also controlled the most of the power of economic, political and social in South Africa kingdom before the Europeans came here. But after Great Britain colonized South Africa, Great Britain dispatched ambassador here to controlled and managed the colony. And now in South Africa, there is an integrated constitution, and system, the government can work very well without any

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