Bantu

Industrial revolution turned Europe into a workshop during the 19th century. Through industrial revolution the socio-economic dynamic in Europe changed. Agriculture could not keep up with the progress industrial revolution made. Europe was turning into an industrial workshop that was in dire need of raw materials. Since Europe couldn’t meet the growing demand for raw materials, Europeans needed to look beyond their boundaries. By this time, there were many tradesmen and explorers who knew…

The emergence of the New African Movement in the 19th century can be marked as a turning in the way Africans resisted colonialism. In this essay i will identify the ideas and developments of the New African Movement during the end of the 19th century and the first few decades of the twentieth century. Around the 19th century it became more evident that Europeans where not only planning on staying in South Africa but they would further exclude and exploit African bodies. Many Africans had…

In 1955, before the subsequent ban on the ANC by the National Party Government, the ANC put forth the Freedom Charter as the framework for an equal, deracialized South Africa. The key attributes of the Freedom Charter was the union of all races; White, Black, colored, Indian and Asian and popular governance as a key factor in post-Apartheid society. The all-encompassing nature of the freedom charter resonated with the disadvantaged racial categories within South Africa, and provided assurance to…

Swahili is a language with simple structure and is none-motional which makes communication difficult. Additionally many tribes spoke Bantu including the Kikuyu, Luhya, and Kamba. The Kikuyu are farmers that are the most economically active, the Luhya are the second most economically active and cultivated the highlands of Western Kenya. Other languages that are spoken in Kenya include…

The link between violence and colonialism is seen in newspaper accounts across the globe: “Gandhi Is Killed by A Hindu; India Shaken, World Mourns; 15 Die in Rioting in Bombay Three Shots Fired ”, “54 Dead, 191 Hurt in Riots” in South Africa. Throughout the course of history, colonialism has often been depicted as violence on the innocents by an aggressor, all in all a very one sided series of violent oppressive acts by the colonial power upon a weaker subjugate indigenous group. However, with…

1 Company Profile Gloil is a manufacturing company based in the USA, dealing with the provision of oil mining machinery and advanced technology. Operating on a multinational level, Gloil targets countries with oil mining, but focuses on those that have only recently discovered their oil wells. 1.1 Products and Services Among the products that the company provides include tricone bits, sucker rods, oil drilling stabilizers and hydraulic accumulators (Oil News). These forms of machinery make it…

Colonialism is a method that was used by the Europeans in order to gain political power over weaker countries by occupying it with settlers and exploiting it economically (Knox and Marston, 2016). Many counties have been affected by colonialism thus imprints have been left on those countries; Uganda is one of the countries that fall under this category. This essay will focus on the impact the colonialism had on Uganda, especially in terms of religion. It will mainly focus on the effect that…

Cultural Diversity and Developments Madagascar has a unique blend of customs and faiths from Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, and Africa. It is one of the seventeen megadiverse countries in the world. Approximately 250,000 species are found in Madagascar. Over 65 percent of the species found on the island of Madagascar are not found anywhere else on earth such as elephant birds. (Dewar & Wright, 1993). Madagascar is also home to the third largest coral reef system in the world. Madagascar…

Cultural Change When we talk about culture we are talking about what in man is learned. This can include many different aspects. Its span can go from music to food to religion. The methods that are employed to transmute these learned skills or traits can also be considered culture. The one definite is that if it is not biologically inherited it is somehow learned. The reasons for cultural changes can be singular or multifaceted. Something like a prolonged drought can change farming…

History of Violence Between Rwanda Ethnic Groups In the country of Rwanda tension between ethnic groups has always been in existence and it is definitely not anything new. Hutu are seen to be the more elite ethnic group than the Tutsi because they made up about eighty four percent of the Rwandan population. It didn’t help that they were viewed as “strong, stocky farmers” either. The Tutsi people were mostly herdsmen and landowners and the Hutu were the people who worked on the land so it was…