HIST 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Cecil Rhodes, Afrikaners, Military History Of South Africa
22 Nov 2016
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1960: period of freedom, independent countries in africa. No unifying ideology in africa: communism in some areas (ethiopia, angola), brutal marxist regimes, nationalism is harder in africa. Lines that get drawn up often cross tribal borders. Difficult to from nations: political instability, corruption, incompetence. Aids, 50% ugandan adults hiv positive (2000) 51 million people: 25% unemployment, . 25/day, average life expectancy 52 years. Marked by racial and ethnic compositions: multicultural. Ghandi worked there as a lawyer, churchill as a journalist. British vs. dutch (orange free state, transvaal) Afrikaaners: dutch descendants, anti-british/african (1948) national party assumes power. Use political ideas/ideological ideas: separate development. Encode in law the difference of race. Four racial groups: whites, blacks, coloureds, asians. Immorality acts in the 60"s prohibit sexual acts between races. Population registration act, now there are 9 races (50"s) Opposite to the civil rights movement in the us. Founded in 1912, middle class democratic movement. Nelson mandela: nonviolent dismantling of the system: ghandi-esque.
