Khoisan Superiority

In the 1600s, European settlers landed in South Africa and had overwhelming success for a few reasons. The first, and probably most important, element is the fact that South Africa’s geography was very

Black South Africans were forced to live a life that was forced upon them. In the document, A timeline of South African History, Africans were forced to do dangerous jobs and were paid far less than a White worker (Doc. #1). This shows that

Problems began for Africa when there was the “scramble for Africa. Africa was extremely divided throughout the continent. There was no nation intact. Even though they were divided into colonies, they still had no sovereignty. Since they had no form of nationalism it made it impossible to succeed as a

2) The Europeans who settled in the South African cape were very successful. One reason this happened was because the African cape and Europe sit at a similar distance from the equator. This means the climate of the two areas were similar, allowing for crops and domesticated animals from Europe to survive in the South African cape. Another reason the Europeans were successful was because of germs. The Africans did not have the same immunity as the Europeans to diseases that originated from European domesticated animals. Because of this African population were demolished and the Europeans were able to

After the Europeans abruptly left Africa after they had imperialized them for years, Africa was left to develop a government and economy for themselves. The Europeans made no haste to establish borders that would agree with the Africans and their tribes. The borders for the countries were random, the European nations paid little to no attention to the cultural affairs of the African tribes. The terribly placed borders per newly formed African country along with the fact that they had to establish their own government once the Europeans left caused intense turmoil that still carries over to today.

Africa went from being a continent with few land and faction owners to almost complete European rule within a matter of years. The main reason behind this was that King Leopold II (the king of Belgium.) Suddenly claimed the Congo as his own territory. Not his countries, but his own personal land. This influenced other European powers such as France, Belgium and England to claim and land that they could from Africa. Not long after, once valuable resources were discovered on claimed European land, the natives were used as workers and slaves by their land owners.

Early Start In the early years of Africa, Europe was in control of it. In the 1800, Europeans took control of the coastal areas like, French Algeria, the British Cape Colony in modern-day South Africa. Only small parts of Africa were under European rule. By 1913 Europe had created 40 new states in Africa.

First of all, the British colonization brought the South African people a very negative social impact; for example, it reduced the population

When Europeans moved into the bush of Southern Africa and realized that they were hopelessly outnumbered, they had to develop ways to create and maintain their authority over the native population. They had tremendous advantages in the obvious areas, as author Jared Diamond writes in his Pulitzer Prize winning book:

South Africa felt the influence from a multitude of European nations before finally becoming a colony of England in the early nineteenth century. While the European population remained minute, they controlled a vast share of the wealth after manipulating the black population leaving most in poverty. Consequently, this system led to situations erupting into violence as the black population demanded equality in all aspects. Some of the Europeans were supportive of the black movement, but many lived in segregated areas and were blissfully ignorant of black’s conditions. Despite the violence depicted amongst the whites and blacks of South Africa, in Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton reconciliation and the spirit of unity present

Around 1652, the Dutch East India Company created a settlement on the cape, leading to several other indigenous peoples settling in the area as well . This tactic nearly parallels with the colonization beginning throughout the rest of the world. White supremacy gradually took over South Africa as more and more of them colonized the country, and worked their way into government positions. The English pushed the natives out and eventually did not care about race, merely about the money that came from labor . The Land Act of 1913, was believed to be the initial beginning of the apartheid laws. This act initiated by white supremacists marked the first major downfall of segregation for the colored and Indian peoples of South Africa. The Afrikans were essentially “divided into nine nations” and approximately 93% of the land was reserved for the white people. 2/3 of the population of South Africa at the time was considered African, or native people, and these people were all banned from “freely buying land”, making conditions very harsh, and malnutrition was extremely common . Urbanization occurred with white people in power simply increasing the segregation between races. Africans continued to live and work in absolutely terrible conditions. They often resided in the outskirts of cities in derisory housing, with poor sanitation, were lucky to have a bit of electricity, and had awful people to manage their workplace. The

Each of the heritages present in South Africa is different and unique in their own ways. Portuguese is different, because it originates from Europe, the food has a Mediterranean influence, the clothing is more vivid and bright, the music is different, the language is different, and unlike many of the other heritages in South Africa, Portuguese doesn’t have that much of a long running history within the country. In order to fully understand some of the differences, one can make a comparison of Portuguese to that of the San. The San people have been present in South Africa since 44 000 BCE, the Portuguese since the 15th century; the Portuguese speak the language of Portuguese, the San speak the click language, and so the list goes

Before the beginning of apartheid, racial segregation, discrimination and white supremacy became the center of South African policy. Three years after South Africa gained independence, the Natives Land Act of 1913 was passed. The Natives Lands Act stipulates that whites were not allowed to purchase land

Nelson Mandela once stated, “I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won.”(un.org) South Africa is a place that needs to be free, as it is a country everyone in the world knows about, a country that if you try and fight against our people will fight back. Britain tried to imperialize South Africa, and was successful for a number of years. This caused many challenges which we are still fighting back from. We have been through slave trade, unfair loss of recourses and we are looking to recover from this. Economically, Britain has treated South Africa unfairly for many years and it is time to solve this problem.

The Dutch were the first European trading power to set up a permanent settlement in South Africa. In 1652 the powerful Dutch East India Company built a fort and established a supply station under the command of Jan Van Riebeeck on