Decolonization

control over Rwanda during World War I. During this time, Belgium issued identity cards for the Hutu and Tutsi community. This help create barriers between the two communities and socio-economic boundaries. In the late 1950’s, during the wave of decolonization, tension began to increase. The Tutsi tended to be the ones that were seen as landowners and held positions of power. The Hutus were seen as the people who worked on the land. When the colonial powers stepped in, it was the practice of…

World War II was easily one of the most impactful wars in human history. It destroyed the lives of tens of thousands of people and has directly impacted the future of nearly every nation on earth. Starting with the Japanese invasion forces that spread across the Pacific Islands until the aftermath of the post-war period in the Pacific of the 50’s and 60’s, the changes wrought by the Pacific War on the island civilizations were drastic and severe. During the war, more troops were stationed on…

Frantz Fanon argues in his piece On Natural Culture that a growing national culture grows in parallel to progress in decolonization. This resistance revitalizes and adds to traditional culture, while often injecting new forms of expression. He writes, “a national culture is the whole body of efforts made by a people in the sphere of thought to describe, justify, and praise the action through which that people has created itself and keeps itself in existence” (Fanon, 492). Fighting for liberation…

The relationship between Victor Frankenstein and the creature that he created is representative of marriage during the colonial era. The creature passed many obstacles in an attempt to be part of humanity, but he failed without his expected result. Although the creature behaves badly, he is not inherently evil or malicious. Political subjects in eighteen century philosophy bring the existence of a creature, as colonialism was dealing with the effects on cultures and societies. The…

Did the genocide do any good to Kigali, Rwanda or did it bring it to its worst? A genocide has occurred in the capital, Kigali. The Rwandan genocide started from April 7, 1994 to July 1994. The Hutu massacred a ton of Tutsis and politically moderate Hutu people. By the end of the genocide, it estimates that anywhere between 800,000 – 1 million killed, with another 2 million refugees held in refugee camps. The Rwandan genocide has been prepared for years. In 1959-1960 tension erupted between…

between Africa and Europe during the 15th Century to after the colonization of Africa. The book takes the view that Africa was deliberately exploited and underdeveloped by the European Colonial Regimes. The time setting of this study is 1500 to the decolonization period of 1960s thus it can be noted that Rodney’s work was a scientific study. He explains this Euro-Africa relationship with six chapters that clearly bring out the main theme of this book which is Underdevelopment of Africa by Europe…

The 20th century was dominated by World War I, World War II, nationalism, decolonization, the cold war, post-cold war. Although this century has witnessed many wars and invasions but it also witnessed developments on so many levels, in transportation, communications, technology, world population. One of the major issues in the 20th century that this research will examine is racism and ethnic relationships. IT is commonly assumed that racism is as old as human society itself. Since the Beginning…

Decolonization + Independence The Dominican Rebublic The tyrant Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina ousted the chose president of the Dominican Republic in 1930 and remained in power for the next thirty-one years. Trujillo could profit by a tide of hostile to American assessment, the result of the way that the U.S. Marines had possessed that nation in 1916 and, after their withdrawal in 1924, the U.S. powers held control of the Customs Department Until his destruction in 1961 Trujillo would advance…

Women, like men, have always been a part of historical events but they aren’t given as much attention or significance. The main reason was a lack of respect from their counterparts. Women weren’t granted equal rights or an equal voice and were continually obstructed by men. However, this did not stop women altogether. Women such as Eslanda Robeson, Shirley Graham Du Bois and Amy Jacques Garvey were key figures during the black freedom movement. These women were involved in the social and…

understand the language. This is fundamental as it equalizes the privilege between non-Anishinaabe and Anishinaabe people. Furthermore, in the poem How to Steal a Canoe, Simpson does not use grammar or capitalize her words as a further statement of decolonization (Simpson). As well, in this poem Simpson uses words such as “kwe”, “akiwenzie”, and “zhaganash” (Simpson). Not only does this subtlety reclaim Anishinaabe language, but the avoidance of grammar also works to decolonize her poetry and…