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Firstly, Europeans uprooted spiritual and traditional values of the African people. The spread of Christianity had many negative influences. Missionaries had shown themselves intolerant and ignorant of traditional religious beliefs and social practices of African people.10 They were often horrified by the common practice of Polygamy. In the 1860s, white teachers in Africa warned villagers about their “lax” sexual ways and sinful tendencies. In addition, European imperial powers prompted…

The social history of WhSAfE starts with the establishment of a trading and re-freshment station by the Dutch in the Eastern Cape at the end of the 18th century, con-trolled by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and frequented by British ships on their itinerary to the Far East (see Bowerman 2013: 512; Bowerman 2008b: 164). Due to the military capture of the Netherlands and its oversea possessions by Napoleon, the station, together with the surrounding area, was taken over by the British in 1795…

one of his famous creations was: ‘The Maxim Gun’. This weapon of mass destruction was then introduced to the British army in 1891. The gun was used in the Matabele War, in India, and was even traded to the opposition and used by both sides in the Boer war. The industrial revolution, transformed our society and allowed for new inventions and products that contribute to our scientific and technical…

December 4th, 1914 Dear Diary. After 2 months of travel, we finally arrived at the MENA camp in Egypt today. Saying goodbye to my wife Evelyn was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, especially when I knew I might never see her again. The desert air of the Middle East hits me like a ton of bricks, a stark contrast to the lush greenery of my home in Orange. The bustling activity of camp greeted me, with soldiers preparing for the impending campaign amongst us. The colossal pyramids are all…

Trent de Boer's Shovel Bum is another point of view on how archeological work is being completed in the field. What makes it entrancing is the way that the stories are from the excavator's perspective. "Shovel bum" by definition is a gathering of classicist who work for government organizations and self employed entities. In spite of the huge measure of work that the paleologists are included in, the general population stays negligent of their diligent work. De Bore's book gives in the…

Literacy, I recall a time when I would reflect on this word at an early age and swear it’s meaning was no more than that of a 4th grade library book. My initial attempts of comprehending the true meaning of literacy got me nowhere close to evolving this particular concept in a way that made sense to me. Upon asking teachers and guardians about literacy I would always get the same answer, but to no avail, this answer would seep straight through me and fall through my cracks, never to find a…

Emmeline Pankhurst and her three daughters, Douglas Haig, and several others vital to the narrative Hochschild tells, in the section titled “Dramatis Personae”. Hoschchild begins telling their story far before the outbreak of World War I—as early as the Boer War—to assist readers in acquiring a sense of the personalities and motivations of whom he writes about. In fact, the inciting events of World War I happen seventy-seven pages in. While it may seem extraneous, this discussion of his key…

What is a hero to you? A hero is someone who does something brave and does the right thing. Their heroic actions could change the world forever. A hero puts their life in front of others. A hero is courageous. Someone who is a hero does things that other people at the time never thought humanly possible or sane. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was one of the greatest British heroes of the world because of the life he led, his achievements in World War II and other wars, and the historical…

Henry Rider Haggard was born on 22 June 1856 in Bradenham, United Kingdom and died on 14 May 1925 in London, United Kingdom. Uniquely, Haggard was the eighth child out of ten, and his father was named Sir William Meybohm Rider Haggard, who was a barrister, and Haggard’s mother was named Ella Doveton, who was a poet and author. Haggard was British and he mainly wrote novels throughout his life. Furthermore, Haggard was mainly interested in writing tales of adventure, and many of these tales were…

At the start of the 20th century the Afrikaners were a defeated nation after daring to challenge the British in the Anglo-Boer war. World War II and The Great Depression brought increasing economic troubles to South Africa, and convinced the government to strengthen its policies of racial segregation. In 1948, the Afrikaner National Party won the general election under the term ‘apartheid’. Their aim was not only to separate South Africa’s white minority from its non-white majority, but also to…