Juba

The Republic of South Sudan is known as the youngest and newest state of the international community. It gained independence on July 9, 2011 as a result of a 2005 peace deal that ended the longest-running civil war in Africa. However, a couple of years later crisis struck the new state during a power struggle between President Salva Kiir and former Vice-President Riek Machar whom he sacked due to accusations of planning a coup. Machar denied the accusations but still mobilized a rebel force…

The colonial legacy of Britain and the core peripheral world structure has caused economic, political, and social disorder in South Sudan, resulting in domestic conflict and disfunctionality. British imperial power triggered major issues because of the redrawing of borders during the 1886 Congress of Berlin. It is important to note that before the 19th century, the conflict in Sudan was between the Arab north and the African south. Britain implemented the divide and rule policy that was used in…

Often when historical events are recanted in modern times, fiction is inspired by truth. Without perceiving these historical upsets with a caring eye, the history represented may be confused for reality. Although there are portions that are relevant to ancient history, it does not make it historically accurate. The cinematic production of Ridley Scott’s, Gladiator, conflicts the history of Ancient Rome with misconceptions of character, personage, and events, that would be grasped as truth with a…

Director’s Concept of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone Joe Turner’s Come and Gone was written by American playwright August Wilson. The play is set in 1911, in a boardinghouse Pittsburgh and tells the story of African American struggles in a post-civil war environment. Themes There are several themes to highlight throughout the play with the central theme being resolve. Each one of the characters in this play is determined to achieve or maintain something; for example, Seth Holly is the owner of the…

In what ways do you think the African musical rhythms and early style of percussive movements blended with the clogging style of the British Isles and the jigs of Ireland to create a form of tap dance that is relative to what we do today? Tap dance original come from different ethnic like African, Scottish, Irish, and English clog dances, hornpipes, and jigs. In the late few decades of the 20th century, people are believed that African slaves and Irish employee are interchange their knowledge…

Subjugation of African Americans Africans were enslaved by European-Americans in the beginning of seventeenth century. European-Americans captured Africans and brought them to America to make Africans their slaves. The masters were getting benefits and earning money by putting the slaves to work for them, While the slaves were separated from their relations and the only way to survive was to accept slavery. Though going to extra ordinary lengths to keep Negros oppressed, White-Americans…

Slavery In the 19th century, slavery was a helpful tool to the southerners. This allowed them to make a tremendous amount of money. Positive and negative attributes were involved in the process of slavery. In two articles and four pictures, slavery will be explained in different point of views. For example, In the Pro Slavery argument, there are three excerpts. In the first excerpt, it is addressing the physical and moral proofs of the Negroes. It states that the Negroes intelligence was drawn…

The Evolution of Jazz There are tons of music genres played in America, however jazz is one of the only American genres. Jazz has a long history that has brought it to be what it sounds like now. Jazz began with slaves in the 1700s, who would sing and make music as a way to express themselves and how oppressed they felt. Later on, the music made by slaves developed into the jazz that was so famously popular in the 1920s. This jazz continued to develop into the jazz of today’s society, and is…

South Sudan is a war torn country in Northern Africa just south of Egypt and the country of Sudan. The country gained its independence from Sudan in 2011. Since December 2013 when a struggle for power in the government erupted, the country has been marked by civil war. Between the beginning of the war and the end of 2015 over two million people have been displaced from their homes. The constant fighting has been between the government forces led by current president Salva Kiir representing the…

through his language. August Wilson uses a similar technique as Shakespeare. Just like Shylock, a lot of Herald’s language tends to be aggressive. Seth questions “what [the holy ghost] gonna do”, as he attempts to stop his neighbors from doing “the Juba” (52). Herald no longer trusts in God after being captured by Joe Turner and living a life where he regularly experiences racism. Martha’s language is almost the polar opposite of Herald’s. She speaks a message of love and acceptance through…