Southern Africa B. Great Zimbabwe Learning Objectives 1. Why were the Bantu important connectors of African cultures? 2. How did Islam connect Spain to North Africa?
It shows how the Royal Niger Company agrees on paying for the land and to respect native laws (doc 1). This document shows what was the British willing to do to acquire the Niger River delta as well as its surroundings (POV). Yet to have I clear understanding of this agreement a document from an African chief would have been necessary because the document has not proven that it was signed (extra doc.). An Ashanti leader response to the British offer of becoming part of the colonization shows their disagreement to the European imperialism however the leader Prempeh I address his intention of reaming friendly with the British (doc 2 ). It becomes clear the Prempeh I point of view is that his kingdom would ream friends with the Europeans but without becoming part of their colonization (POV).
One thing they had in comen was that they both had natural barriers separating them from other meager civilizations. Another major similarity was that religion played a big role in leaders staying in power because in china the Zhou claimed that gods gave them the through as long as they guided the people wisely and called their rule “mandate of the havens” and in Egypt it was believed that the pharah was a god on earth and he was son of Re. Finally another similarity is that they both depended on annual floods for the grouth of there crops. Differences: even doe Egypt and china have many things in common they also differ a lot. A way they differ is that Egypt has more of a dry flat land and china is mostly raised wet land.
This is because with the Stamp Act, which put a tax on receipts from a variety of commodities, went against the colonial policy of “no taxation without representation.” The Navigation Laws, they limited colonial trade to only British territories. This only would help Britain because they would have a market to sell their goods. This could have potentially crashed the colonial economy because they did a lot of trading with France and Spain along with other countries. Their market survived only because many colonists overlooked the law and smuggled the goods back and forth. The Townshend Acts were similar to the Stamp Act but they taxed different items, and they were put in place after the tax was repealed.
In addition, he gives Beneatha a possible path out of her life in America. As a final point, he represents educated, advanced thinking Africans. He is important because he shows that you can be a successful person without accepting the “white” way of life. Asagai brings the idea of symbolism to A Raisin in the Sun. He essentially is Africa.
He used the example of how everything Hitler did in Germany was legal yet what Hungarian freedom fighters did was not. With these arguments, King attacked the moral and logical integrities of the readers and effectively justify the rationale behind his own actions. Contrary to the argument of King, Obama attempted to justify Reverend Wright’s remarks in a different way. Even though he said early on that these remarks were “simply inexcusable” (25), Obama did end up portraying Reverend Wright as a decent man (23) and later on attempted to justify his comments by saying that because Reverend Wright had lived through the period of segregation, he still harbours some resentment and expresses it in church services on Sunday mornings. He compared Wright’s
During 600 B.C.E. to 600 C.E., the preponderance of people in Africa, East Asia, and Andean lands bowed their heads before their ancestors and sought divine intervention. These societies maintained a clearly defined hierarchy of power; adherence to these rigid familiar ties and clan traditions increased their odds of survival in a severe and uncertain world. These forbearers held the key to great wisdom and power and to implore their blessings was essential to the prosperity of the clan. Residing in Africa, before the belief of Islam was revealed to exempt individuals from taxes, were the believers in ancestral veneration.
In 1892, Henry Gallwey , the Vice Consul, traveled to Benin to sign a treaty and bring Benin under British protection. Henry Gallwey wrote about the events on his time in Benin, which gave Britain a "fair" reason to occupy Benin from barbaric people. Gallweys accounts did often describe the Benin people in a negative way. On the other hand, we have to take those accounts into consideration, since Benin was an oral society with no written accounts. It seems unfair to the Benin people to simply judge the whole situation by only analyzing Gallweys accounts.
The Benin artworks were not just pieces of art but part of an oral tradition, which belonged to the people of Benin that contained African accounts that weren’t written about the ethnicity, culture or colonisation, they were “passed down through stories andobjects and art.” The people of Benin used this as visual record through the works of art,their society is a very complex culture and their plaques tell a documentary. Due to the circumstances of their removal and the important role which they play in African society and culture, some controversy surrounds the ownership of the Benin sculptures. One group believes that they should be returned to their original owners while the other believes that they should remain in museums. One of the critical adaptations to Benin artwork is how it is located in Museums around Europe, Benin art is not easily positioned into the category of art or anthropological. This is incredibly hard when the Benin artworks fit into both categories.
Giving African children English names was a custom among Africans in those days and was influenced by British colonials who could not easily, and often would not, pronounce African names. • Madiba – This is the name of the clan of which Mandela is a member. A clan name is much more important than a surname because it refers to the ancestor from which a person is descended. Madiba was the name of a Thembu chief who ruled in the Transkei in the 18th century. It is considered very polite to use someone’s clan name.