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We thank the organizers of the Conference of the Assembly of African Peoples for the friendly invitation they kindly extended to our movement.We would like to express our gratitude to His Excellency Prime Minister Nkrumah and to the people of Ghana for the fraternal welcome given us. We would also like to thank the representativesContinue reading “Patrice Lumumba, “Speech at Accra,” 1958”

“We, the black students of South Africa, believing that the black man can no longer allow definitions that have been imposed upon him by an arrogant white world concerning his being and his destiny and that the black student has a moral obligation to articulate the needs and aspirations of the black community hereby declareContinue reading “Saso Black Students’ Manifesto”

The book Machete Season by Jean Hatzfeld discussed the life of the killers in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide. This genocide is due to ethnic tensions between the Tutsi and the Hutu. The Hutu was the group that started the genocide because of the plane crash of president Cyprien Ntaryamira. Shortly after that, the Hutu militia groupsContinue reading “Reflection on the The Machete Season”

Dambisa Moyo’s speech at the University of Richmond explained the many problems with receiving aid and how it has led to problematic effects in Africa. She focuses on the development and states that most governments in Africa have corruption. The aid that has been given by the counties who previously colonized them is not beingContinue reading “Response to Dambisa Moyo’s Video Presentation”

2/26/2020 The colonial system was very detrimental to the cultures of Africa due to changes within their education, infrastructure, and agriculture. The colonial education systems implemented resulted in the disappearance in African cultures and values. Areas that had large white settler populations implemented racist school systems designed to “civilize” Africans so that their cultures wouldContinue reading “Group Discussion Notes on How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (02/26)”

What is the intended audience for the letter? The intended audience for the letter is his wife stated in the first line of the document. However, there is an underlying political message written within it so his wife could share it wither others to show the corruptions that is and had been occurring within the Congo.  Does the intendedContinue reading “Analysis of Primary Source (Patrice Lumumba’s Speech & Letter to his Wife Pauline)”

Fallon’s main ideas in chapter five and the conclusion are the psychological affects in which the colonial had on Africans as well as how Africa can develop after this oppressive system was implemented. In chapter five, Fallon describes the psychological effects of case studies based out of Algeria. On page 186 he shows the psychologicalContinue reading “Response to Chapter V & Conclusion of The Wretched of the Earth.”

The key ideas that Fallon Raises in chapters three and four revolved around the effects of the colonial system, and how it was detrimental for any form of prosperity.  In Chapter three Fallon explains the “national bourgeoisie” which was composed of college graduates, lawyers, some business owners, (however most companies were not owned by Africans)Continue reading “Response to Chapters III & IV of The Wretched of the Earth.”

The main argument made by Oliver Stanley was that Great Britain was going to develop Africa by colonizing them. On page four Oliver Stanley explains the British Colonial Empire, where he describes how rich in resources regions in Africa are. He also discusses self governments within colonies, and how that can be universal. But, he doesContinue reading “Analysis of Primary Source (Oliver Stanley Speech)”

The Zulu movie shows exactly what we are reading in The Wretched Earth by Frantz Fanon. Colonizers were trying to enforce their practices as well as take the cultures of Africans away from them. In the movie, the pastor and his daughter try to negotiate peace with the king. However, due to the negligence of the BritishContinue reading “Zulu Movie 03/13/2020”