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A Study Of West African Slave Resistance From The Seventeenth To Nineteenth Centuries, Adam D. Wilsey
A Study Of West African Slave Resistance From The Seventeenth To Nineteenth Centuries, Adam D. Wilsey
History in the Making
Accompanying the dawn of the twenty-first century, there has emerged a new era of historical thinking that has created the need to reexamine the history of slavery and slave resistance. Slavery has become a controversial topic that historians and scholars throughout the world are reevaluating. In this modern period, which is finally beginning to honor the ideas and ideals of equality, slavery is the black mark of our past; and the task now lies before the world to derive a better understanding of slavery. In order to better understand slavery, it is crucial to have a more acute awareness of …
Slavery And The Search For Belonging In Modern Sudan, William Fant
Slavery And The Search For Belonging In Modern Sudan, William Fant
History in the Making
For many Sudanese, the migration of Islamic society into Sudan has produced difficulties in identifying belonging. Centuries in the making, Sudan has become a split nation in which the south has retained much of its African identity, while the north has become increasingly Islamized. While no discernable traits separate the divided portions of Sudan, the division has allowed the dominant north to forcibly gain control of the entire nation. This phenomenon has led to increased discontent among the regions, resulting in civil war and the reintroduction of slavery. Although the physical division in Sudan is as blurred as the ethnic …
The Western Media And The Portrayal Of The Rwandan Genocide, Cherice Joyann Estes
The Western Media And The Portrayal Of The Rwandan Genocide, Cherice Joyann Estes
History in the Making
On December 9, 1948, the United Nations established its Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Genocides, however, have continued to occur, affecting millions of people around the globe. The 1994 genocide in Rwanda resulted in an estimated 800,000 deaths. Global leaders were well aware of the atrocities, but failed to intervene. At the same time, the Western media's reports on Rwanda tended to understate the magnitude of the crisis. This paper explores the Western media's failure to accurately interpret and describe the Rwandan Genocide. Recognizing the outside media’s role in mischaracterizations of the Rwanda situation …
The Trokosi Tradition In Ghana: The Silencing Of A Religion, Rhonda Martinez
The Trokosi Tradition In Ghana: The Silencing Of A Religion, Rhonda Martinez
History in the Making
When does tradition and religion infringe upon human rights and who has the right to impose restrictions on them? Slavery is still an ongoing phenomenon that should no longer be denied. Trokosi, still being practiced today, is a relatively unknown African religion in which young girls are sexually enslaved to pay for crimes committed by their families. This paper highlights the terrible tradition of trokosi in order to bring public awareness to its three-hundred-year practice. Through the examination of a variety of secondary sources, definitions of slavery and explanations of the trokosi traditions are first established. Next, debates for and …
Psychiatry, Mental Institutions, And The Mad In Apartheid South Africa. By Tiffany Fawn Jones. (New York: Routledge, 2012)., Chris Moreland
Psychiatry, Mental Institutions, And The Mad In Apartheid South Africa. By Tiffany Fawn Jones. (New York: Routledge, 2012)., Chris Moreland
History in the Making
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There Is No Bournville In Africa: Chocolate Capitalist, African Cocoa Workers, And International Labor Relationships From The 19th Century To The Present, Ryan Minor
History in the Making
The issue of labor exploitation and the impact of neocolonialism, have in recent years, become extremely important as our global community continues to shrink. This paper focuses on the relationships between European chocolate manufactures and West African cocoa laborers from the 1870’s to the present day as a means of discussing the complex connections that have developed between industrial capitalism and labor in Africa. This study will address two key questions: One, if labor exploitation is necessary for industrial capitalists to maintain the high levels of profit they desire; and two, if the exploitation of labor becomes increasingly easier the …
African History, Western Perceptions, Development, And Travel In Kenya, Moriah Schnose
African History, Western Perceptions, Development, And Travel In Kenya, Moriah Schnose
History in the Making
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Exhibit Review: The Apartheid And District Six Museums, South Africa, Blanca Garcia-Barron
Exhibit Review: The Apartheid And District Six Museums, South Africa, Blanca Garcia-Barron
History in the Making
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South Africa: A Study Abroad Experience, Blanca Garcia-Barron
South Africa: A Study Abroad Experience, Blanca Garcia-Barron
History in the Making
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Glocalized Apartheid: Global Apartheid, The Global Implications Of Local South African Resistance Movements, And The Creation Of Counter Globalization, Alexis Butts
History in the Making
This paper seeks to explore numerous local cases of resistance in South Africa and their connection to global social inequality. The paper links historical and current localized resistance movements to a greater global struggle referred to as “global apartheid.” It shows that similar struggles are ongoing all over the “developing” world, where sentiments of social justice are present, creating a “counter globalization” movement tied to the struggle against global apartheid. This paper also speculates on the overall effectiveness of the notion of global apartheid and its associated movements, and the complications associated with using this term.
Exhibition Review: Two Prisons, One Goal: Using Memories To Reconcile The Past, Bethany Burke
Exhibition Review: Two Prisons, One Goal: Using Memories To Reconcile The Past, Bethany Burke
History in the Making
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Rhodes Fallen: Student Activism In Post-Apartheid South Africa, Amanda Castro, Angela Tate
Rhodes Fallen: Student Activism In Post-Apartheid South Africa, Amanda Castro, Angela Tate
History in the Making
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Africa Finds Its Voice In The Halls Of Manchester, Chris Varela
Africa Finds Its Voice In The Halls Of Manchester, Chris Varela
History in the Making
When thinking of African independence, one will think of the wave of decolonization that swept the African continent beginning in the 1960s. Little attention is paid to what events led up to decolonization, and where the efforts for independence stemmed from, particularly a little-known meeting that took place in the fall of 1945. Pan-Africanism is central to this paper, as it was a movement which sought to unify all of Africa or African people including diaspora. Definitions differ as to the true extent, which is explained in the paper. This paper will look at the creation and history of the …
Yemen And The Houthi Rebellion In The Context Of The Global War On Terror, Tomi Pulkkinen
Yemen And The Houthi Rebellion In The Context Of The Global War On Terror, Tomi Pulkkinen
History in the Making
The group Ansar Allah, commonly known as the Houthis, took over the Yemeni capital Sana’a in the Fall of 2014, and have been engaged in a conflict with the exiled government President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi and a Saudi-led coalition of mostly Arab countries since March 2015. The Houthis originate from the north-western region of Saada, and represent a faction of Yemen's Zaydi minority, but neither the group nor the conflict in Yemen are primarily sectarian. The situation in Yemen is complicated by various regional, political, and tribal factions that form alliances of convenience for political purposes. The situation is …