National People's Congress

popular sport but as a critical element with traditional significance in our national identity. And rugby took a back seat in 1981, and the sport saw a decrease in popularity as players and supporters came to terms with the anarchy caused by the tour. The tour had damaged playing rugby for the sake of playing rugby and rugby games weren’t looked forwards to as much as in the past, instead the idea of a rugby game bought national shame. The tour also defined New Zealand’s evolution from ‘Britain…

along the lines of polyphony. Another song that was heard in the film was “Nkosi Sikele’l Afrika” meaning “Lord Bless Africa” which was used against Apartheid laws when protesting. As the title comes across, this song was used by the African National Congress for South Africa’s anthem. This song was not very similar with the other songs because it was not about what they did not like it was about being blessed by God. “Nkosi Sikele’l Afrika” had a slower tempo to it than the first song and…

Britain a large power looking for opportunities and lucrative investments they found one. India a large country with potential, potential that Britain saw and acted on. They made an effort to build up India for self preservation which worked in the form of imperialism. India not considered a civilization at the time but soon would be the “Jewel in the Crown” of Britain. Imperialism was taking place and new times for India were on the horizon. Britain was able to gain wealth more goods…

Midnight’s Children The history of India and its neighbouring countries, Pakistan and Bangladesh, is a rich and luminous tale as it encompasses the countless successes and hardships each country experienced during its development as independent entities. In 2012, Deepa Mehta, an Indo-Canadian film director with a screenplay by Salman Rushdie, a British Indian novelist, produced the film “Midnight’s Children.” Together they brought to the screen a magical yet historical tale on the partition of…

Joseph Stalin was an avid reader, published poetry in the local newspapers and even received a scholarship to attend a school of theology. Theoretically he is a perfect fit to be a leader, however he turned out to be a barbarous tyrant and is viewed as the worst leader in history. This proves that a person needs more than intelligence to be an effective leader. There are some undeniable concepts a leader needs to advocate for in order to be successful ; they are fairness, liberty, and unity. The…

Desmond Tutu was a freedom fighter with a big goal at the end of the apartheid era; to reconcile the country through the influence of Ubuntu. This topic was selected because today black South Africans are still facing the horrors of apartheid, despite its ending in the 1990s. Desmond Tutu is a freedom fighter who still living, he has recently worked to bring equality to South Africa. Tutu 's efforts to reconcile the country are relevant today, since he uncovered the truth behind the injustice…

Heart of Charity There were approximately 4,586,838 white people in the country of South Africa, amounting to 8.9% of the country's population in the 1940’s. Many natives in Africa during this time became filled with fear and uncertainty that they would never reclaim their country again since the white man was taking it over. In “Cry, the Beloved Country” by Alan Paton, James Jarvis, a white man and a loving father, eventually exhibits an understanding and sympathy for the people of South…

Hero's journey paper - Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela, one of the greatest political powers that the world will ever know that spent his entire life fighting for racial equality throughout the world and was eventually successful with what he believed in, however he had a few problems along the way. Because of his want to do good in the world and make it a better place where each person is not judged on their race, I believe that he is a hero. My definition of a hero is, a person that fights for…

white activists. He joined the ANC in 1944 where he rapidly became very committed to its goals after the start of apartheid. In 1960 while the ANC (African National Congress) and PAC (Political Action Committee) were doing a peaceful protest police opened fire and killed 69 of the civilians. That event led to…

1948-1991. There were lots of conflicts in South Africa's political since it was colonized by white settlers most of the politicians were white. Black people had very little say in any political decisions and due to that in 1948 the ANC (African National Congress) made apartheid. It was a system of racial segregation and discrimination. The goal was to separate the whites from the non-whites. The whites had different washrooms, water fountains etc. Where as the non- whites would have…