Afrikaans Essay

South Africa has a complex political history. It is filled with intricacies and subtleties which are difficult to understand from an outside perspective. The power and volatility of South Africa’s political climate was enough to drive hordes of South African’s to find refuge in other countries while still longing for their homeland. This review is about Rian Malan’s 1991 book “My Traitor’s Heart, Blood and Bad Dreams: A South African Explores the Madness in His Country, His Tribe and Himself”…

languages, which is among the highest number of any country in the world. Two of these languages are of European origin: Afrikaans developed from Dutch and serves as the first language of most white and colored South Africans; English reflects the legacy of British colonialism, and is commonly…

Firstly, the scramble for Africa was the invasion and imperialistic takeover of the African continent by European countries in the nineteenth century. In the past, in the eighteenth century, trading of slaves was the main source of profit for the Europeans, but “political instability, lack of transportation, and the unhealthy climate”1 all created disadvantages for the Europeans to move further into the African continent. In the nineteenth century, many things changed. The scramble for Africa…

For most people asking for a Capri-Sonne is not a defining moment in their existence, for me that sliver colored squishy pouch of fruit juice with grapes that looked like purple miniature beach balls etched in the middle was the object that lured me into the world of speaking German. I was 2 years old when my mother received a phone call from my father exclaiming that the Army had assigned him to William O. Darby Kaserne and later that month our family, would be uprooted from suburban Seattle…

separated. Today we find far more blacks with university level education and professional careers than that of the Apartheid era (Saniei, 2015). The cabinets in the Apartheid era were all white, today we find the cabinet filled with Blacks, English and Afrikaans speaking Whites, Indians and Jewish members. South Africa can no longer be seen as a political…

Introduction Textual sources are staples of academic evidence that help analyze and piece together historical narratives, they these sources have a major limitation. This limitation is that textual sources cannot produce as strong of emotions for readers compared to non-textual sources. For example, the murder of Emmett Till is painful moment from the Civil Rights Movements that is difficult to grasp from the description alone. However, when you view photos of Till’s beaten and bloated corps,…

Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation by Josh Carlin is an extraordinary read about a nation that no one ever thought would come together as one. As a politician of South Africa and eventually the president, Nelson Mandela, always seemed to know how to win others over. Not only would he win them over, he would develop a connection through his words that made the people feel adoring to his nature. The drive and motivation combined with the smooth talker he was led him…

During humanities history, the use of violence remains a current reoccurring thread throughout the various stages of man’s growth and evolution. Humanity frequently responds violently to various life situations as a single entity or a body. Greed, dominance, elitism, and power are often the rational and justification behind man’s intensity, yet, there are times in history when violence is used to simply survive. Nelson Mandela felt justified in violence as the last resort. According to…

Many teenagers have had an impact on society, whether it be a large or small impact. Though these impacts aren’t always so largely revered and celebrated, the impacts have still changed someone’s life indefinitely. These teens may have only thought they were living their lives, but many made an impact on the lives of many around the world. But, 3 teens who have made a significant difference are teens such as Anne Frank, Hector Pieterson, and Joan of Arc. A teen who made a significant difference…

all over the world. The issue of racism could go back to thousands and thousands of years back. The South African Apartheid is a well known genocide that occurred in which human rights were greatly violated. The word “apartheid” derives from the Afrikaans word which means “apartness” or in other words “the state of being apart”. For the most part it is common knowledge to many people that around the 1960s was an era in which the blacks weren’t as accepted as the whites in many nations, such as…