Government of South Africa

History is no stranger to unexpected outcomes, especially when it comes to wars and battles. One notable example is the battle of Agincourt. The battle was a part of the Hundred Years War, which took place in the year 1415. The two combatants were the French and English. Their force compositions were vastly different. According to Enguerrand de Monstrelet, a French chronicler, the French forces out numbered the English by 6 times (de Monstrelet 340). Despite the overwhelming odds, the…

1.2.2 THE HISTORY OF OJUDE OBA FESTIVAL History has it that Odeda festival preceded Ojude Oba and was an annual event, in which the worshippers of the various sects of the traditional religion such as Sango, Egungu, Osun, Yemule, Ogun etc assembled to disclose their identities by dancing in turns to drums and songs before the Awujale, Olisa, other prominent chiefs and the people of the town. Chief Kuku a prominent Ijebu son had been a party to this event, but could no longer participate now that…

Crony capitalism is not capitalism, it is socialism. The government backs up a company’s decision through bribery, promises, and many other dirty tricks and one example Coates made clear that had occurred was the FHA and their redlining policy. 1 Insurance companies would not back people living in areas that were redlined, 1 and through racist policy-making and possibly even through transactions between racist groups and the government, the “ghetto” was formed to concentrate the negro to one…

In Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1960s, “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett shows what life was like for black maids taking care of white families. Stockett does a good job of showing the difference between real life and fiction. She knows that race is a fact of life and how society can determine what people see you as. “The Help” is a community of black people who bring up white children and take care of their homes. The book is narrated by three women, Minny; a black maid who has a big mouth…

Summary This document, Crusade for Justice, Autobiography, by Ida B. Wells, is a personal account, in which Wells recalls how her involvement in African American activism began. Specifically, it began when she heard an account of the lynchings of Thomas Moss, Calvin McDowell, and Henry Stewart, who owned a grocery store that directly competed with a grocery store that was owned by a white man. Until this time, Wells had taken many reasons for lynchings at face value. Most commonly, these…

Clint Smith in his Ted Talk, How to raise a black son in American delivers a very persuasive and powerfully touching speech on the dynamics of race and his childhood instilled values. Smith shares the life lessons instilled in him by his father when he was young on the unsettling and unfair reality of being a young black American Kid and the sacrifices they have to make. To elaborate on the unfair and unsettling reality of a being a young black kid growing in America, Smith tells the story of…

Fences: The Impact of Racial Segregation [Definition] Troy Maxson has experience discrimination throughout his life dealing with the white man. Because of racial segregation in his past, Troy develops a deep hatred for the white man. He hold the white man responsible for most of his misfortune since they was the ones who prevents him from doing anything he wants. The theatrical work Fences written by August Wilson shows how racial segregation creates complications with the Maxson family:…

The amount of independence we have can be directly influenced by the choices we make throughout our lives. However difficult they may be, the right choices typically come with some sort of reward. In Richard Wright’s autobiographical novel, Black Boy, the author struggles for his independence. In the end, Richard gains his independence as a result of the difficult decisions he was forced to make. His determination for freedom ultimately got him to his desired destination. As a boy,…

“Citizen” by Claudia Rankine was a very raw and gritty read because of the skillful craftsmanship of diction she employed, which really heightens the expression of the experiences she witnessed as an African American. Many people like to avoid the subject of racism in America but not Rankine, she did not sugar coat anything in her writing, she gave it to you like it is. In addition, Rankine’s straightforward approach really shows the readers the reality of what it was like being black in America…

a different race. In the 1930s, black people were mistreated mostly in the south by white people. The white people would make life hard on the black people by tar and feathering, let whites go in front of them, calling them rude names, or even killing them by the night men or in other words, the KKK. Racism is still an issue today because of beliefs and opinions. Although racism is not as prevalent as it was in the South in the 1930s, we still struggle as a nation with this problem in many…