Black British

Analysis of Wide Sargasso Sea “The sun never sets on the British Empire” is a phrase commonly used to describe the vast range of land that Britain had under its control. Britain, like many other great nations of today, did not acquire such power by niceties. During 1815–1914, England’s primary focus was the exploration and colonization of new land, with “around 10,000,000 square miles of territory and about 400 million people” being absorbed into British control. (Parsons). While Charlotte…

SLAVE, SPY, HERO ‘Springing from the roots of slavery to change the face of America’ sounds impressive, but was James Armistead slave or African American war hero? History has branded him both, but an examination of his actions during the American Civil War reveal he was an African American war hero. Introduction: Good morning, Mr Calder and fellow students. Today I want to take you back to Virginia in 1871 and embark on a journey through the tumultuous life of slave, spy and hero - James…

In order to pay off his debt he impose a tax on the colonies without their consent. This caused many uproar throughout the colonies. The colonist did not like being taxed for something that had always been free. They immediately begin to boycott British goods. This thus made the king furious, King George wasted no time in sending soldiers across the Atlantic to make sure the colonies would behave as the way they should. The colonist decided to revolt. A group of colonist dressed up as American…

Ideologies and structures that manifest in society are ceaselessly reinforced, causing an unfathomable chasm of disparity between individuals. Within the essays of “Shooting an Elephant”, “Learning to Read and Write” and “Just Walk on By”, in some sort of way they demonstrate how difficult for one to counteract misconceptions and stereotypes when such negative connotations are deeply ingrained in society; ultimately one is more susceptible to fall into becoming the stereotype. The essay…

1. Buganda Agreement of 1900 was a collaborative agreement between the British administration and the Buganda chief. The agreement consisted of the Buganda people paying taxes to the administrative heads residing in their lands, while the social status quo of the Buganda people stayed intact. Hierarchy of rule did not change. This all happened juxtapose to Harry Johnson establishing a system of land tenure 2. Githaka was the gathering of land owned Mbari. Mbari was a clan of elites and their…

With this sense of superiority and right to lead as ordained by nature and God upon the British people, Victorian writers produced literary texts and essays promoting it. Scholars like Mathew Arnold, Benjamin Disraeli, Sarah Austin were at the front-burner of eulogizing the Englishness and the British race superiority. Arnold, in his Common Place book according to Evans Richard, states that the British "are the best breed in the world … The absence of a too enervating climate, too unclouded…

resolved. Quaid-e-Azam considered Quit India movement as anti-Muslims action of the Congress and declared it as political Black-Mailing .the Muslim League in reply to “ Quit India ” slogans by the Congress demanded “ First Divide and then Quit .” Quaid-e-Azam said, “The Quit India Movement in fact is a conspiracy to establish Hindu Raj and to finish Muslims demands.” The British swiftly responded by mass detentions. The prominent leaders of this movement including Gandhi were arrested and put…

under the surface, the teachers provided for the African kids were racist. They believed that no black people should belong in the government. They brought up their children to cherish the white man’s civilization. The perspective of “Weep Not Child” is from a teacher. Ngugi knew how important it was to have a good role model for the children since he was one himself, and he was able to expose the British teacher as an unfair person. The type of racist mentality was not fair to the kids, and…

has oppressed many Burmese. In Orwell?s case, the coolie killed by the elephant represents the invasion of Burma by the British. Just as no one can predict the next victim of the elephant, also no one can predict the next victim of the British. The murder of coolie gives Orwell a justifiable reason to kill the elephant. Orwell does not want himself to be considered as British, but he does not want to be thought the fool either. George Orwell makes his decision to shoot the elephant appear to be…

Europeans because their military strength and industrial technology grew. First to be established on Africa was the British, who controlled the town of Cape Town in South Africa. The British’s expansion in Africa continued when the British governor of Cape Colony seized the Transvaal. Nonetheless, British policy was organized and determined by Cecil Rhodes. Initially, Rhodes wanted to create British colonies that ran from “the cape to Cairo,” however he resigned as prime minister after he wanted…