Decolonization

Chinua Achebe rose to prevalence as one of the finest African writers during the decolonization of Africa. He was an outspoken critic of the West and its influence on Africa. One of the frequent topics Achebe visited was how the language used by the Western intellectuals in reference to the Africans affected the view of Africans during that time. Achebe’s unique insights in his writings can affect modern society because modern society still suffers from this issue but with different nuances.…

Treatment of the Tribe Okonkwo’s gun exploded and killed a boy during a funeral, he was banished to his motherland for seven years as punishment, after the accidental death of a 16-year-old boy. It was at this time that the missionaries’ movement set in amongst the villagers of Umuofia. Since Okonkwo was not in his village of Umuofia, he was not able to do anything to stop or persuade the villager from participating. Okonkwo’s own son Nwoye became a missionary, after hearing a song that…

The suicide rate in indigenous communities is 1.5 higher compared to the entire USA population. Statistics show native males take their own life more than non-indigenous males of 19 years two to eighteen times greater (ibid). Two-spirit aboriginals have a greater risk of taking their own life than non-native, non-heterosexual individuals. Alcohol and illicit drug use, addiction and death is most prevalent amongst indigenous people as well, along with HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases…

W. de Klerk embraced three nationalist’s traditions including: racism, Afrikaners fear of being choked out not only by the blacks but also by the more educated and wealthier community, and that decolonization, the demands for political rights by the blacks and socio-economic advancement could no longer go unnoticed. So the ones supportive of apartheid argued that segregating the blacks into their own community in their homelands and the whites in South…

Introduction Pan-Africanism is an important concept within the theory of nationalism that was conceived of at the end of the 19th century and remains to be a vital component in a variety of ways pertaining to Africa. Pan-Africanism was a tool in the struggle against colonialism utilized by at first, members of the African Diaspora and later by people and groups within Africa in their struggle for independence. The ability of the African people to unify was seen as integral in their efforts to…

“We are but parts of a whole, and therefore there must exist a power somewhere to preside, and preserve the connexion due order. This power is lodged in the Parliament; and we are as much dependent on Great Britain as a perfectly free people can be on another” (Dickinson). John Dickinson was a patriot until 1776, when he started to question if the colonists really needed to break away from England. He supported colonial rights, but did not support independence from Britain. Dickinson was one out…

Moussalini and Hitler make a pact making them the powerful ones of Europe. After World War II and Hitlers fall it spawned the cold war making the Soviet Union the new imperialistic threat. United States and it 's allies defeat Europe causing a decolonization (Findley & Rothney,2011). Identity and difference is basically how a person wants to be different from his culture or his own culture creating problems with other cultures because there is so many cultures, races, civilizations, etc.…

One of the most difficult things to learn about in the entire world is history, and specially history of people and places. There will always be an alternative ending, someone else to blame, or even a whole side never that is never told. The fact is that we will never truly know the complete story of something because there will always be missing pieces, and the United States history is no exception to this. The major side of American history that is not being told is that of those who were in…

Fallout Shelter (Scott Peters, 1961) In the beginning of the cold war, it seems that some Americans had a sense of confidence about the war, as can be seen in this excerpt from the song; “I’m not scared/I’m prepared/I’ll be spared” (Peters.) Many people purchased fallout shelters as a means of defense against the possible nuclear war they thought Russia would start, they were designed to protect people from nuclear fallout and have enough supplies in them to typically last a few weeks. While the…

Sanello. W. Travis Hanes III, is an educator and historian on nineteenth-century Britain. He holds a doctorate degree in British Imperial History from the University of Texas in Austin. He also wrote a book called Imperial Diplomacy in the Era of Decolonization. Frank Sanello is the author of 15 books on films and history. Sanello is a former Los Angeles Daily News critic. He graduated with honors from the University of Chicago and obtained his Master’s at UCLA. Both authors live in Los…