Decolonization

regenerate positive expressions of the diverse range of Indigenous masculinities that reflect their contemporary realities (Anderson and Innes 6). Also, the men seeking out identities based on Indigenous understandings and that can contribute to the decolonization of Indigenous peoples (Anderson and Innes 6). Although Indigenous men do indeed benefit from male privilege, at the same time, many of these men experience a level of victimization, violence, and subordination based on their race and…

According to Ngugi, “literature is a reflection on the aesthetic and imaginative planes, of a community’s wrestling with its total environment to produce the basic means of life… and in the process creating and re-creating itself in history.” This is also the basic premise of the play which sensitively registers the account of the Mau Mau, which had effectively sublimated in the documented history of the Jomo Kenyatta regime. It is noteworthy that the play opens with a song by a crowd of…

through the same, but different process, it reminded me why I wanted to continue being a course assistant. From observation, I knew that I needed to not only help build their self-confidence, but to help create a way in which they could practice decolonization mentally and open rooms for their creativeness and allow them to think. In “A Talk to Teachers” James Baldwin, an African American social critic and novelist, claimed that: The purpose of education, finally, is to create in a person the…

As explained in The World in the Twentieth Century from Empires to Nations, Daniel Bowers and Thomas Sanders, after the Second World War, there was much recovering a rebuilding to be done with lives, human relations, and economic and political institutions, and much of this was felt through Europe. When the power left in Europe, the United States and the Soviet Union began reordering the European relations. In Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union began reconstructing based on the goals of the Moscow…

Green Belt Movement Our climate is changing. People all around the world lack shelter, clothing and are even dying of hunger. Wangari Mathai had a vision. She was focused on restoring our environment and was willing to lend a hand to clean up the damages climate change had caused in her community. With the help of her vison and the Green belt Movement she founded, Kenya began to prosper. Crowds were cheering. Kenyans were…

mandate of South West Africa (which also fell under Class C mandates). Class C mandates need to be ruled totally by another nation into the distant future. New Guinea was an Australian mandate, Nauru was a British mandate and Western Samoa was a New Zealand. All Class C mandates were exploited for raw material and farm products. The Great Depression and threats to international peace and collective security What were the economic and political effects of the Great Depression? The economic…

Senegal started as a French colony, and was one of the oldest. It started off with a strong and equal trading relationship with multiple other nations in Europe, and continued until the full realization of colonization in the late 19th century. The history of the independence era was markedly lead by Leopold Sedar Sengor, who would eventually become independent Senegal’s first democratically elected president. Much of its economy relies upon its agriculture, specifically peanuts and gum trees.…

How far was America’s policy towards Vietnam wholly explicable by Cold War logic Table of Contents 1. Background of cold war: 2 2. Events and American policies during war: 2 3. Republic of Vietnam: 3 4. United States involvement in Vietnam: 3 5. Logic Of Cold War: 4 6. U.S. – Vietnam Relations: 4 7. Normalization of U.S. – Vietnam Relations: 4 8. Conclusion: 5 9. References: 6 1. Background of cold war: After World War I America has become in power and gradually…

Murun Gankhuyag Professor Richard Kim History 3017 June 10th, 2016 Malcolm X A life of Reinvention Manning Marable wrote Malcolm X A life of Reinvention an incredible biography on the duration of the life of Malcolm X. Malcolm X played a very crucial role in African American history in the twentieth century. Malcolm X went through living a troubled life of crime to getting busted ending up in prison in order to find his passion in the religion of Nation of Islam. He traveled to many…

1. Two Time Periods, Two Influences The first thing to remember is that reactions to Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness from one period to another are not entirely the same, especially concerning the theme of racism in the novella. Indeed, it has generated a long debate. Chinua Achebe who condemned Conrad’s work and Caryl Phillips, who defended it, are the best example in that case. In other words, their conclusions are contradictory. With this in mind, it is important to explore their different…