Afrikaner

The demise of the Soviet Union would seem to be a victory for the Soviet West because they had lived under the communist rule for so long they did know realize how different their lives were than their eastern counterparts. When The East was eventually allowed to cross the boarders into the West, many people realized that their visitors, who were all doing well off financially, had a better standard of living than they had. While one would think this was a victory for the West, it was not a…

Sociology tutorial assignment 1 What is the relationship between femininities and masculinities? What is considered as masculine or feminine is not only restricted to being male or female, although it does play a part in reinforcing the gender ideas that have emerged (Schippers, 2007). “Masculinity” (Schippers, 2007) and “femininity” (Schippers, 2007) can be considered as complex terms, which have various roles and beliefs attached to them and both can be said to influence or have been…

After the World War 2 the Hungarian government abolished anti-Jewish legislation and put to trial and imprisoned those involved in the deportation and destruction of the Jews; however, no law was passed to return property lost or confiscated in the Holocaust. Anti-Semitism was banned, but anti-Jewish sentiments still continued. Assimilation is a major problem in Hungary. Anti-Semitism remains a problem, even into the twenty-first century. In recent memory attacks by "nationalists" on foreign…

The Decolonization of Africa by David Birmingham is a detailed account of the struggle between African and European countries to decolonize. As many African countries began to come together, they decided that they were more fit to govern their own people than any outside controllers. However, in this essay I will argue that it was Ghana that created an African revolution and led to more countries becoming decolonized; but it was a long and difficult road for all countries and many things were…

Invictus: Is it Hollywood or is it History? Why do people go to the theatre? Is it that they want to be entertained or do they want to learn something about what happened in real life? Invictus, for example, is about the life of Nelson Mandela, the great political leader and president of South Africa. But, how much fact is actually in the movie? In this paper, I will prove that the film, Invictus, was historically accurate by discussing the true historical people and events, summarizing the…

Sixty years ago, if you saw me and my family in public, there is a great chance you would not recognize us as being a family. My dad, my mom, and my three oldest siblings are Caucasian Americans. My sister, my foster-brother, and I are all Black South Africans. I even have a brother-in-law who is Taiwanese and Paraguayan. There is a good chance that sixty years ago my family would not be out in public together. There is a good chance we would not exist. However, if we did exist as a family,…

1. . The three cultural zones are the Arabic zone in the north, the Sabel zone, and sub-Saharan Africa. The Arabic zone includes the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, the Sahel zone includes the areas dominated by the vast Sahara Desert, and sub-Saharan Africa is the rest of the continent south of the Sahara Desert. The Kingdom of Ghana is the earliest known kingdom in Africa. King Shaka was a powerful military leader who conquered many tribes throughout South Africa. Africa’s…

mainly Dutch settlers of what is now South Africa, where it progressively began to develop unique characteristics in the course of the 18th century. My surname Pretorius, which means leader, is referred back to Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus 1798-1853. Afrikaner soldier and politician who led the defeat of the Zulus (1838) and negotiated the independence of the Transvaal…

However in the late 70s the ANC began to regain attention, primarily due to the Free Mandela Campaign that was launched. In 1976 an essay written by Mandela, “We ought to speak directly to the Afrikaner and fully explain our position” was smuggled out of prison and published. It would be significant in the following years as it played a major role in the ANC’s development and choice of focusing the world’s attention on apartheid through one man…

the world, the underbelly of apartheid, marked by deceit, paranoia, torture, and murder reveals how the system created space for twisted individuals to act out their perverted conceptions without fear of retribution or recourse. Wouter Basson, an Afrikaner doctor, is one of those people that thrived in the dystopian…