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    answer the questions related to the film 'Miracle Rising: South Africa'. Please type your responses into the appropriate boxes. Your answers should be thoughtful, and well written. This assignment is due NO LATER than Sunday, October 15 at 11:59pm PST. 40 points Q1 Define the term “apartheid”, briefly discuss its historical context and the social/political rules and effects of this system in South Africa? Dictionary.com defines apartheid in South Africa as a “rigid former policy of segregating and economically

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    South Africa is recognised internationally as a country passionate about upholding its democracy. Last year however, the National Assembly decided to pass a condemned Secrecy Bill, two days prior to Freedom Day, despite citizen’s disapprovals. Was the event a mere coincidence or is our country’s democracy at stake? The Secrecy Bill, formally known as the Protection of State Information Act, was introduced to replace the apartheid-era legislation. It is supposedly an improved legislation which serves

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    The Men Of Aparthied From 1948 to 1994 apartheid was enforced in South Africa. Apartheid was the name given to a form of legal segregation is South Africa. Apartheid first came about in 1948 when South Africa’s National party took power. South Africa’s government broke the country’s population into four groups. Those groups were the whites, who consisted of approximately 13 percent of the population, Africans, who were 77 percent of the population, people who were of mixed descent comprised eight

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    The Union Of South Africa

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    INTERNAL ASSESSMENT To what extent was the Union of South Africa on 31 May 1910 an effort to combat Black political awareness? Martin Simpenzwe IB History 20 March 25, 2016 1. Identification and evaluation of sources This investigation will thoroughly evaluate the political, economic and social effects on the natives of South Africa after its union in 1910 . To what extent was the Union of South Africa on 31 May 1910 an effort to combat Black political awareness? The most

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    Introduction The country selected is South Africa. It is the country of choice because I want to visit the African Continent someday. I am also part African American and want to learn more about the African culture. Location/Geography South Africa is located on the southern tip of Africa. The country has a coastline along the Atlantic and Indian oceans, which makes the country known for its fishery. There are several African countries that border South Africa. The countries include Lesotho, Namibia

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    Transvaal (South African Republic) and Orange Free State, in what is now South Africa. Throughout the 19th century, after Great Britain conquered the Cape of Good Hope in 1814 and expanded its territory in Southern Africa, there was tension between the British settlers and the Dutch-descended population which were called Afrikaners or Boers. This resulted in the Afrikaner migration called the Great Trek, which was from 1835 to 1843, and the establishment of the Afrikaner republics. These republics were

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    South Africa

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    The history of South Africa encompasses over three million years. Ape-like hominids who migrated to South Africa around three million years ago became the first human-like inhabitants of the area now known as South Africa. Representatives of homo erectus gradually replaced them around a million years ago when they also spread across Africa and into Europe and Asia. Homo erectus gave way to homo sapiens around 100,000 years ago. The first homo sapiens formed the Bushman culture of skilled hunter-gatherers

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    ways. South Africa have a difficult past after and before the great war. They were in war with the British before the war started and when the war started they joined the allies and fought against south west Germany. In the war Africa soldiers fought in many battles such as the Battle of Delville Wood in east Germany. They sent more than 300,000 to the war to fought against Germany and it’s allies. Before the WW 1 there was a war between the British Empire and the independent Boer republics and the

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    Come Visit South Africa

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    South Africa, which is the southernmost country on the African continent, is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on its west coast and by the Indian Ocean on both south and east coasts. It is renowned for its varied geography, extreme natural beauty, and cultural diversity. All of those attributes make it a desirable destination for travelers. Its neighbors are Namibia in the northwest, Zimbabwe and Botswana in the north, and Mozambique and Swaziland in the northeast. The kingdom of Lesotho forms an

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    South Sudan is one of the most diverse countries in Africa. Sudan was the largest country in Africa until 2011 when members from the south voted for independence. Later after the war they had got divided into two different countries. The part in Lost Boy, Lost girls that impacted me is when he went back to America. I like this part because he finally got a chance to be free from all the terror and bad dreams. He finally got accepted and gets to escape feeling like a real man. In “God Grew Tired

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