Reparations for slavery

Throughout 'Blue Sky Mine' Midnight Oil employ a range of rhythmic and descriptive techniques to portray blue-collar workers as victims of the inhuman mining industry. Through symbolism, the band highlights the industry's callousness in regard to workers, whose lives are risked for the benefit of these multinational corporations. The song's sombre tone allows the audience to relate to the plight of miners whose health and livelihood is completely at the mercy of these dispassionate conglomerates…

More than fifty years after his death in 1960, Richard Wright is still generally considered one of the greatest African American writers. He is best known for his depictions of the racial discrimination and the hardships African Americans had to face in the Jim Crow South. In his autobiography Black Boy, published in 1945, Wright even provides his personal account of what it meant to grow up as an African American in the segregated south in the early twentieth century. In the book, Wright not…

Main objective of the study by Henry Kan Kah is to examine the predicaments of the African continent in the world and how these predicaments are destroying the political economy of the people of Africa. The paper also examines the salience of Kwame Nkrumah’s call for the United States of Africa and how this call remains relevant today in the continents search for a place in global interdependence and interconnectedness. Kwame Nkrumah was president of Ghana in 1957 but overthrown by coupe de tat…

The next source is a fragment from the Piskarev Chronicle, in which the oprichnina is depicted as division of towns, Boyars and courtiers as a punishment ‘from God through the fury of the tsar for the sins of people.’ In the passage, the clique of Ivan IV who were instrumental in the implementation of the new order such as Vasilii Mikhailov Iur’ev and Aleksei Basmanov are represented as ‘evil men.’ The source also mentions that the tsar resided beyond the river in Petrovka, and his special corps…

Love of Jehovah: 5 Things His love Cannot Do The love of Jehovah is massive and incomparable to the love of man. You might wonder why this enormous love of God could not proof itself in some situations. I remembered an old story of a king and his slave. “The king, who did not believe in the goodness of God, had a slave who, in all circumstances, said: “My king, do not be discouraged, because everything God does is perfect, no mistakes!” One day they went hunting and along the way a wild animal…

QUESTION 2 “We believe that the world, too, can destroy apartheid, firstly by striking at the economy of South Africa”-Oliver Tambo . Apartheid can be defined as the racial-social ideology developed in South Africa during the 20th century, its name means “separation” in Afrikaans, the mother tongue of the colonisers. Apartheid was practically based on racial segregation, as well as race domination or superiority. It was about political and economic discrimination, which excluded black; coloured;…

2.2.4 Factors influencing the practice of FGM. Different races and cultures have a variety of reasons for carrying out FGM. In West Africa, this may be related to different ethnic and tribal cultures, family relations, tribal connections, class, economic and social circumstances, and education etc. (Ahmadi &Amir, 2013). Amongst the factors that encourage families to circumcise their daughters is the family’s concern about the girl’s inability to marry if she is not circumcised (Dorkenoo, 1995).…

In Africa, its position in the international system has been considerably weakened by the fact that it has been losing the race for economic development in general, and human development in particular, to other regions, these poor performances by African countries accounts in part for the political and social instability and rise of authoritarian regimes that have characterized much of postcolonial Africa, further weakening the ability of African countries to deal effectively with globalization.…

Jamaica: What’s on When January Accompong Maroon Festival This festival is held in Accompong, a historic Maroon village in St. Elizabeth. The celebration takes place on the birthday of Maroon hero, Captain Cudjoe, and commemorate the signing of a peace treaty between the Maroons and the British Empire in 1739. The festival includes a parade, Maroon ceremonies and feasts, as well as traditional singing, dancing, drumming and story-telling. February Bob Marley Week This annual festival is held…

SECTION A Interview with Eva Tsitsi about apartheid. ET (Eva Tsitsi) and OS (Otshepeng Setuke) OS: Good evening ma’am. How are you today? ET: Good evening to you too. I’m very well, thank you. How are you? OS: I’m great thanks. Let’s get started, shall we? Please give us a brief biography of your life. ET: I was born and bred in Phokeng, schooled in Phokeng, I basically spent my whole life in Phokeng. OS: What is Apartheid in your own opinion? ET: Two words, apart means separation and…