The Liberator

Islam started to spread in Africa through a number of factors, including external and internal forces. After analyzing the spread of Islam in Africa, there were three main themes that stood out during the expansion of Islam: spread of Islam through trade, through conversions conditions, and the desire of economic growth. These three themes provide great insight on how Islam started to spread throughout Africa. Through trade, culture and the religion of Islam were able to spread to many different…

Can spirituality exist without divinity? Christianity in its various forms is the religion which ‘affected’ the most human civilization throughout its existence, and has been build upon a series of moral principles that are more or less original, but applicable to any society on the globe. Analyzing the book “Religion As Art Form” and especially the chapter “Changing Relationship: The Ultimate Reality” made me understand certain things and rethink retrospectively others and ask myself “Can…

were still mourners who wanted to see Susan B. Anthony off who were unable to enter the building (Kendall, n.d.). At Anthony’s funeral, ten thousand people withstood a snowstorm in order to honor Anthony, who they said intended at being the women’s liberator. One woman commented that although she had been childless, Anthony was the mother of all of them, giving her the nickname “mother of women” (Kendall, n.d.). On March 15, 1906, Reverend Anna Howard Shaw spoke the final words at Anthony’s…

Indifferences of Prejudices The article by Zanottini was published by the pacific standard. Basically, this article is about the manner in which people look negatively at other forms of English that are somewhat not prestigious. According to Zanottini the prejudice that is usually demonstrated by people who usually speak correct English is just a reflection of their bias against the groups of people who speak the non-prestigious English. Apart from that, she puts across the idea that the…

Fairytales adopt extreme, unrealistic measures to mesmerize readers while also conveying a life lesson to its readers-typically children. These exaggerated stories are intended to instill a clear distinction between right and wrong and to spark a high sense of morality in children. However, beliefs and standards are obscure. In Lin Lan’s Cinderella, virtue is portrayed as a characteristic to be rewarded, but in reality immaturity is awarded at the end. The story opens with the introduction of…

D.J. Opperman’s poem, Christmas Carol, uses the function of ‘place’ in both the setting and the language of the poem in order to make a social commentary about the racial segregation and cultural divide in South Africa. The following essay will discuss how his reference to the biblical story of the birth of Jesus Christ, as well as the historical significance of District Six in South Africa, substantiates the former statement. According to the IIE Module Guide (2017:16), ‘Space’ is a neutral…

In the Pre-Civil War era, America was disembodied over the issue of slavery from the North and South. Inventions such as the cotton gin and the steel plow boomed the need for slave labor in the South, so much that their population in that area increased from ⅓ to ½ from the 1840s to the 1860s. The call for freedom for all African Americans loomed with slave rebellions and the abolition movement. However, Southerners and its slave owners vowed to keep their slaves, needing a workforce to labor on…

Pol Pot: Beast of the Southeast Of all the cruel and horrendous tyrants history has bedeviled upon humanity, Pol Pot is among the most evil and unforgiving. It was under his rule that from 1975 to 1979, millions of innocent lives were snuffed out during an event known as the Cambodian Genocide. The Cambodian Genocide was an effort by the tyrannical government of Cambodia, known as the Khmer Rouge, to establish a perfect communist utopia. They planned to do this by disposing of anyone in the…

From the early 1830’s until the end of the Civil War in 1865, African American writers were able to publish literature that positively impacted many American’s viewpoint regarding slavery. Many people believe that these writings were the main impetus behind the movement to abolish slavery. During this time the slave narrative evolved, becoming an important voice for not only the slaves themselves, but also for the entire abolitionist movement. Many African American authors worked to…

to work on sugar plantations during colonial times. Soon after, it developed into a refuge for pirates and later, after reaching independence from the British in 1981, became a haven for everyone from gunrunners to money launderers. Antigua’s liberator, V.C. Bird, would later become its dictator with his sons, Vere Junior and Lester. The relationship between Stanford and Lester was evident from the start when Stanford moved there in 1991. As soon as Lester became prime minister a few years…