Shaka 's Legacy Of The Zulu Nation

In 1961 he co-founded and was the first leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe (“Spear of the Nation”) and armed wing of the African National Congress.

The East African Swahili city-states were autonomous and did not have to report to a central power. However, they were three things that linked the city-states that made them a common culture:

During the 15th century, Christopher Columbus along with several of his men went in search of finding a direct water route (Europe to Asia). Instead, Columbus and his men stumbled upon the Americas, thus marking the beginning of European intervention and globalization. While this intervention brought together several diverse cultures, the Europeans dominating nature encouraged several conflicts between countries. Nzinga Mbemba, a 16th century ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo, urged the King of Portugal to respect their alliance and to exert control onto his subjects as expressed in his writing Letters to the King of Portugal (1562). While in the work Commentary on Foreigners (ca. 1420) He Ao, a Ming official, suggested that Europe should be put under strict government control.

Sakakawea or Sacajawea was a Lemhi Shoshone woman, who is well-famed for Leading Lewis and Clark on their famous expedition to find the Pacific Ocean through the Western United States, acting as an interpreter and guide. She traveled thousands of miles from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean between 1804 and 1806, while bearing child in her womb. The National American Woman Suffrage Association of the early twentieth century adopted her as the symbol of women’s worth and independence, erecting several statues, and plaques in her memory, and doing much to spread the story of her accomplishments.

Hailing from the African state of Ndongo and born in 1581 during the start of Luandan disagreement with Portuguese settlers (Toler 265), Queen Nzinga of the African Mbundu tribe stood up for her country and reestablished power over her people. Nzinga came in a time period that needed her. She got her country of Matamba (present day Angola) equal, both economically and socially, to the Portuguese. In order to do this, Nzinga took measures to place herself in the right position to eventually seize rule and steer her country in the right direction, even though it prompted a steady flow of opposition from her enemies. These initial enemies included the Imbangala tribes and irritated Portuguese Settlers, both of which she succeeded in

Throughout the course of American history, there are many men who have helped shape the United States. However, there are very few women who have also helped shape the United States. Sacagawea was one of those women. When President Thomas Jefferson tasked Lewis and Clark to lead an expedition into the west, it was Sacagawea that contributed the most to their mission. Without her contributions, expansion throughout America would have been much more difficult. Sacagawea provided invaluable help to Lewis and Clark’s expedition by using her knowledge of the land and local tribes to guide them through safer routes, find food, and help them communicate with other Native Americans.

There are many incredible people who tend to be glossed over in the history books. For example, Henrietta Lacks, Ada Lovelace, and Rosalind Franklin were mistreated, taken advantage of, scoffed at, and all but forgotten by history. What many of these people have in common is that they aren’t powerful white men. Women and non-Caucasians tend to be overlooked in the retelling of mankind, in favor of giving credence to their white male counterparts. One such woman is Sacagawea, a Sashone woman who bravely accompanied Lewis and Clark on their famous expedition as a translator, negotiator, and guide, all the while with a baby on her back. Many loosely associate her name with the U.S. gold dollar coin, but few know her story.

An interesting fact that came across was that there was some free African Americans bought and sold other (black) African Americans and did it until 1654.

Sacagawea was part of an American Indian tribe called “Shoshone”. When she was only 12 years old, she was kidnapped by the Hidatsa tribe and brought to their camp. The Hidatsa Indians sold her as a slave to a fur trader by the name of Toussaint Charbonneau. They got married to each other and gave birth to her son, Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau. Just when she gave birth to him, Lewis and Clark arrived to their area. Lewis and Clark saw how Sacagawea and her husband would be valuable to the expedition so they were added to the crew. She provided the crew with a steady food supply, medicine, and horses. Sacagawea was also a translator if they ever came across other tribes. When the ship crashed, she helped recover some other valuable items

Africa, a majestic country, with abundance of natural resources and have one of the most advanced civilization that took place along the Nile river from 3,000BCE, was a peaceful continent. Thousands of tribes in Africa developed their own rich and distinctive languages, cultures, and religions from one another. Among all the tribes, “Zulu” was the most well-known tribe consisting 22% of the 45 million South Africans, formally established in the early 19th century in KwaZulu-Natal province, which is along the Indian Ocean; northeastern part of current Africa. Just like all the tribes, Zulu always thanked the mother nature and treated their environment with mindful care and dignity. The subtropical climate and fertile plains of KwaZulu-Natal province enabled Zulu members to cultivate bountiful crops and fruits. Every year, they celebrated numerous traditional festivals, but far most interesting one

Idaho has a fascinating history. From the state's Native American history and settlers to World War II, and the states 1900’s disaster, Idaho has an exciting past. Plus Idaho has the best potatoes!

Even works of literature that intend to have a good message can be interpreted and read the wrong way. The novella, Oroonoko written by Aphra Behn, is a great example of this. Oroonoko is the story of the Royal Slave. It is written in the perspective of a white colonial woman in the eighteenth century. I found the novella to have a lot of subtle racial undertones despite the fact that during that time it was seen as an anti-slavery novel.(1) There have been debates on whether this novella is pro-slavery or anti-slavery? While reading, I decided that it was neither, but more so a novella from a revolutionist point of view.

The transformation masks of the Kwakwaka’wakw culture were ritual items. Kwakwaka’wakw does not refer to only one tribe but numerous others. Kwakwaka’wakw consists of 17 tribes in their nation in total that originally spoke the language. The kwakwaka 'wakw nation is found in the northwest coast of British Columbia, Canada. The many different nation of the kwakwaka’wakw is extremely diverse, although there are commonalities. For example many of the groups relate that their ancestors roamed the world transforming themselves into animals. This is also shows how the masks have two face in one as to represent their ancestors. Even though the culture has such an amazing artistic style and rituals the people underwent numerous struggles to hold onto them.

It would be easy to give the names and accomplishments of a thousand great African ancestors, but to do that diminishes the contributions of the community. In African societies, it is the collective works of the people that make our nations great. We know the names of Ahmose I and Ahmose the son of Ibana, and we’ve read the stories how they drove the Asiatics out of Africa saving Kemet from the foreigners, but how many countless and nameless ancestors were actually responsible for the revolutionary event? For every name that we know, there are millions who we don’t that are equally ancestral. Equally involved in our conquests and discoveries.

In this thesis the writer “J.Matisonn” writes about how the TRC (Truth and Reconciliation Commission) not only addressed issues of crimes against humanity that also affected the Human rights of people but the other thing the TRC did well if anything according to this article it that it also addressed those people , organizations and even institutions who used media and propaganda in order to not only further the cause of the Apartheid government but to hurt so many families and relatives in the process.