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- 471: Stephen Biko
- ... and became great friends with him until his death. Stephen Biko was a true hero! This hero's name is Bantu Stephen Biko (Mr. Stephen Biko). He was born in King William's Town, South Africa. Mr. Biko entered the University of Natal to study medicine, although he was later ejected for his political activities. After leaving university, Mr. Biko did many things to help the black people fight against apartheid ... violent techniques to get their ideas through. The significant thing about Biko is that he did not use violence to spread his ideas. He used his wits to try to tell the government in South Africa that what they were doing was wrong. Another great characteristic Biko had was his willingness to die for the sake of getting blacks equality. He showed this when he decided to see Donald Woods, despite ...
- 472: Why Has Mary Turner Been Murdered?
- ... not bear any longer the situation and who the worst impression of their relation because he had seen Moses dressing and undressing her. Another point might be the racial problems at this time in South Africa. Moses perhaps knew it would have been a great deed for the most of the blacks living in South Africa if he would kill a white. It would give them hope to have a change in power or at least make them equal with the whites. I think therefore he is not very sad about ...
- 473: Madagascar: The Exotic Island
- ... A 226,658 square mile (587,041 square kilometers) piece of land, with a a coastline of about 2,480 miles (3,990 kilometers), it's a beautiful and different view of its large neighbor, Africa. The island itself is made up of ridges, rivers, valleys, and tropical forests sectioning off the different regions of the landscape, scattered trees and tall grasses to one side, narrow coastal plains, and low plataeus ... forests on the eastern edge of the central plateau. An interesting climate for such a unique place. The animals there are also different and the likes of which not found anywhere else; not even in Africa. 50 species of lemurs inhabit the island, as well as 800 different types of butterflies. Though near the once-dubbed "Dark Continent", the species and vegitation seem to have remnants of Eastern India, proof perhaps ...
- 474: The Stories Of A People
- ... final progression into the world of humanity. A Polynesian creation myth places the various layers of creation in a coconut shell. Similar in form to such myths are myths of the world egg, known in Africa, China, India, the South Pacific, Greece, and Japan. In these myths, creation is symbolized as breaking forth from the fertile egg. The egg believed to be the starting place for all life. Another kind of ... of Orpheus, Orpheus does not heed Hades’ warning looks back at his diseased wife and looses her… again. Another myth where men were considered to be the foolish one is the Superman Tale from South Africa. In it the man gets overconfident in himself, then does not listen to his wife’s warning and goes off to fight some man eating giant. Sorry to say he survived, and the wife most ...
- 475: Concentration Camps
- ... camps, for example the Nazi camps, in these they tried to wipe out the Jews of Europe. Another example is in British camps. In 1901 they tried to exterminate the entire Boer race of South Africa. Concentration camps were well organized and run very orderly. In order to do this they had to be run by specially trained individuals. These people have complete control over the life and death of the ... out away fighting the other part of the English army. The Boer villages were destroyed, burned to the ground all of there cattle slaughtered. The woman and children were then forced to wander homeless through Africa. This was England’s first attempt at demoralizing the Boers, but they misjudged the Boers. The Boers were stronger than they had expected so the English had to find a better way to demoralize the ...
- 476: Canada At War
- ... aid of the civil power in 1877 during the Orange Riots, the Quebec riots which were a year later and served at the smallpox Riot of 1885. Due to Canada’s service over seas in Africa, the Royal Highlanders were awarded the battle honour, South Africa 1889-1900. 1905 was the year that the Royal Highlanders Regiment was formally allied with the Black Watch Troops in Scotland, and in 1906 that army was ordered to form a second army. It was ...
- 477: Defense Of Slavery
- ... replaceable worker. Another defense for slavery is to take a look at the African civilizations of that time. Though many Africans in their homeland were peaceful, almost no evident technological advances had been made in Africa. Africans appeared to be barbaric and uncultured. Slavery was a way to help and provide a better way of life for them. By giving them a religion and a place to work and better communicate ... descendants of former slaves still practice the Christianity that was forced upon them by their owners. Evidence of life being better here is the fact that many of the slaves chose not to return to Africa after the demise of slavery. Living conditions for slaves in many instances were more than adequate. Slaves had talked of how slave masters would let slaves marry.2 Days off of work were allowed at ...
- 478: Definition Of American Democra
- ... hay and loading wagons with crops. Since trying to capture the native Indians, the Arawaks and Caribs, failed (Small-Pox had killed them), the Europeans said out to capture African slaves. They were shipped from Africa by the Europeans in what was called The Triangular Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. This was an organized route where Europeans would travel to Africa bringing manufactured goods, capture Africans and take them to the Caribbean, and then take the crops and goods and bring them back to Europe. The African people, in order to communicate invented a language that ...
- 479: Early Resistance To British Na
- ... in 1947, the Congress controlled the central government and most of the Indian state governments for 20 years. 2. Gandhi and his fight for freedom in India When Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi came back from South Africa in 1914, he began supporting Britain in World War One. During this period, he was not involved in much politics, but rather stayed on the sidelines, so to speak, occasionally helping to recruit men. 1 ... son oeuvre. Paris: P.U.F., 1967. Fischer, Louis. La vie du Mahatma Gandhi. Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1954. Herbert, Jean. Ce que Gandhi a vraiment dit. Paris: Stock, 1969. Kedourie, Elie. Nationalism in Asia and Africa. New York: World Publishing Co, 1970. Pouchepadass, Jacques. L’Inde au XXè siècle. Paris: P.U.F., 1975. Sarkar, Sumit. Modern India 1885-1947. Delhi: Mac Millan India Ltd, 1984. Smith, Anthony D. Theories of ...
- 480: Malcolm X
- ... Earl Little, a six-foot, very dark skinned man from Reynolds, Georgia, was a Baptist minister and organiser for Marcus Garvey, who wanted that all Afro-Americans go back to the land of their ancestors, Africa. Louise, his second wife, bore six children: Wilfred, Hilda, Philbert, Malcolm, Yvonne, and Reginald. Earl Little also had three children by a first wife: Ella, Earl, and Mary. Because of the father’s advocacy for ... At the height of his power Malcolm X was one of black America's most powerful voices. He had enormous influence among black youth and in progressive intellectual circles. He travelled widely in Europe and Africa and established his Organisation of Afro-American Unity. He saw the black American struggle partly as a segment of the efforts of third world nations for human rights. In 1964, Malcolm X went on his ...
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