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    The poems Africa and Flying Man by Rabindranath Tagore show the negative effects of man-made destruction. The destruction is the way they have mistreated the people of Africa, as well as changing the way nature used to be, from the peaceful harmonious nature to inventing more modernised technologies, making man seem more arrogant. The focus of the two poems is how man has destroyed the earth with their actions, and the poet does this by using imagery and figurative language. In Africa, Tagore uses adjectives to emphasise the effect of man destroying Africa and its people. The word ‘shadowy’ creates a negative beginning to the stanza that introduces what is happening with the slavery, and it symbolises Africa turning into something dark, as the country used to be peaceful before the slavers came. The ‘black’ of Africa’s ‘veil’ shows the way the slavers are not able to see what is behind this ‘veil’ Africa has, and it shows that the slavers are not aware that slaves are also human. The poet also uses ‘iron’ to emphasise how strong the slavers are compared to the slaves, as iron is a strong metal. This would show that the slavers have a lot of control over many things and emphasises the colonialism that is happening in Africa. Tagore also uses ‘naked’ to show that the slavers have been very obvious in showing their inhumanity as they do not treat the slaves fairly at all. This emphasises that man has destroyed the earth by the way they have treated these people as if they are…

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    The Oppressor

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    Throughout the novel Cry the Beloved Country, author Alan Paton captures the struggling dedication of Reverend Stephen Kumalo for the land of South Africa and the dwindling cultural bond of family. The author’s canvas of words; vividly illustrated the depth of oppression that embedded itself into the very fiber of the Zulu population. The oppressor evolved throughout the entire story. Quite similar to a to the traits of a predator, the oppressor transformed itself into a device that prayed on…

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    Cry Beloved Country

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    Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton is a heartfelt novel that explores the destruction but also the coming together of a homeland. Stephen Kumalo is a priest from a small village tucked away in the hills of Africa. When Kumalo is forced to leave his small, safe village of Ndotsheni to the great city of Johannesburg, because his sister is in trouble, he is faced with the sad destruction of his homeland. Soon after arriving in Johannesburg he learns about Apartheid and how it is tearing his…

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    One of the themes portrayed in Cry, the Beloved Country is that reconciliation between fathers and sons is important. The short story writer Alice Munro once said, “Moments of kindness and reconciliation are worth having, even if the parting has to come sooner or later.” The fathers and sons in this novel have formed closer relationships with each other because of the effects of reconciliation. By choosing love rather than hatred, theses characters overcame their struggles and faced their…

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    What drives humans to make decision that can change their lives forever, or what anomaly causes humans to act differently or to even change? This question can be anwsered by reading Alan Paton's "Cry, the Beloved Country". Cry, {Book 1, starts in the poor village of Ndotsheni in South Africa, where Stephen Kumalo, the village Parson, recieves a letter from Msimangu, a fellow man of god, asking him to journey to the city of Johannesburg to see his "sick" sister Gurtrude.} {Kumalo arrives only to…

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    In the book, Cry , The Beloved Country, the author, Alan Paton, writes about how Kumalo struggles in the search for his long lost son Absalom. However, because Kumalo is in a distant place away from his home, he writes a letter to his wife stating as to what has been going on with their son Absalom. To tell the truth, if I were to write to Kumalo’s wife in Kumalo’s position, I would state all the bad information first then end off with the seemingly good information. Furthermore, I would first…

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    Dr Naidoo Summary

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    Langston University Biology professor Gnanambal ( Charmaine) Naidoo spent seven weeks during the summer in South Africa as a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow. Dr. Naidoo collaborated with Professor Mark Laing at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Pietermaritzburg. Dr. Naidoo reviewed the both the undergraduate and graduate Plant Pathology curriculum and the laboratory exercises. She also mentored graduate students and postdocs and presented seminars at two locations of the host institution.…

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    In accordance, to the street children that were interviewed by the Sunday times on 14 February 2010, the youngsters from nine to 19 told the Sunday Times how metro policemen rounded them up daily and dumped them on the city’s outskirts, often on busy freeways or at unregistered shelters (Lagnparsad, 2010). A 13-year-old boy said: “They tell us we must go back where we came from. They say Durban is dirty because of us”. A 19-year-old girl said: “They take us and drop us at Umgababa, Umgeni…

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    to have sons of their own that are now currently civil rights activists all around the world. For Gandhi’s college education, he went to the University of College London where he studied Indian law and learned many other languages including English. Gandhi was twenty-four years old when he arrived in South Africa to work as a legal representative for the Muslim Indian Traders. There was a high population of Muslims(Gandhi’s religion at the time) who employed Gandhi as a lawyer. This is where…

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    2008. “Elite Transition: From Apartheid to Neoliberalism in South Africa.” Pietermaritzburg: UKZN Press. Pp. 15-24 Callinicos, Alex. 1996. “South Africa After Apartheid”. International Socialism. Quarterly journal of the Socialist Workers Party: Britain. Issue 70. Klein, Naomi. 2012. “The Shock Doctrine.” Pp 215. Accessed from www.anotherangryvoice.blogspot.co.za. Accessed on 24 February 2016 at 3:43 pm. Nyere, Julius. K. 2008. “Ujamaa: The basis of African Socialism.” In Geschiere, P.;…

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