East Africa

Favela: in Brazil, an urban slum or ghetto; illegal squatter settlement. This is how the film Favela Rising begins. It begins by describing what a favela is, which I am glad it does because this is a term that I have never heard of before. This film discusses what life is like in Brazil and goes through different slums in Brazil. It was made to inform and show people what the slums were like in Brazil and to give the audience a glimpse of what life is like for them. The target audience is…

In “ Last Words: Two Confederate Flags ”, there are two different kinds of display of the confederate flags. One is in a form of a headstone with words and a picture of Big Ed extending his middle finger, the other is a simple flag hanging on a wooden stick waiting to be destroyed by a strong wind. Bethe Dufresne argues that the confederate flags are history factors, and we should embrace their historical value. Furthermore, the flags should be displayed as " a muted artifact of unspeakable…

resentful. Europeans go into Africa and act as if they are doing a favor to the Africans when all they are doing is telling them that their way of life is wrong. King Leopold on Imperialism: “To open civilization the only part of our globe where it has not penetrated, to pierce the darkness which envelops whole populations, is a crusade, if I may say so, a crusade worthy or this century of progress.” King Leopold's statement is invalid because civilization does exist in Africa it is just a…

There are three types of poverty, suburban, rural and urban. Each one is different and in some places poverty is hidden. The place where poverty is hidden is in suburban areas. This is the largest setting for population for the past ten years. There houses are merely a façade to what is actually going on in the person’s life. The people will try to fit in because it brings them shame that they are poor. One example was in one of the clips when a father was living in his house with his daughters.…

African empires, Kingdoms, and Cities have accomplished many important achievements over the many years they have existed. Many people normally think of the fulfillments made after the European arrival and colonization, but there were also some important and greater achievements before the European foreigners came. These accomplishments helped further the development Africa's empires. The Africans had many great achievements before the Europeans arrived, such as creating a successful trade…

country located in West Africa that at one point was inhabited mainly by various tribes. It went through invasions from other countries but was soon able to drive out foreigners and become its own country. Nigeria grew drastically from the 1890’s till now. In the early 1800’s, people were constantly being take from the many villages and sold as slaves abroad. The British were able to slow the process though by intercepting ships full of slaves and taking them back to Africa. Nigeria reproduced…

Throughout the Heart of Darkness, Conrad implements color symbolism to underscore his meaningful perspective on the things he saw in the Congo. Specifically, his account of the journey highlight the usual and opposite association with the important complexions of black and white. Particularly, white symbolizes the purity and innocence of a person while black embodies the evil of men and the sin associated with it. To support this association, Conrad in the beginning details “two women knitting…

The film clip shows the social status and social space of urban life within a small community in London named Cock and Kelly Alley. Cock and Kelly Alley was home to thirty poor social families that resided and worked with this confined urban area. They are working families who are barely able to maintain this urban life style as of being marginal. The providers of the families all require maintaining multiple jobs to sustain their marginal economic status. Within this community of Cock and…

his PhD in African History at School of Oriental and African Studies in London, England, was a Marxist historian. His research supported the idea that “European capitalism was the primary agent in Africa’s underdevelopment.” ¹ Rodney believed that Africa was in a vulnerable position during the first Euro-African…

This semester the theme of imperialism stood out to me. Throughout the three major texts we analyzed, I was able to observe how each affected the characters within the story. The theme of imperialism allows us to see the changes in the daily lives of those affected during and after colonization. Through this lens, I observed how Gilgamesh impacted the people of Uruk from The Epic of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh was a brute towards his kingdom, and change their daily lives. Caliban, from Shakespeare’s…