The Great Divide How And Why The Apartheid Differ From...

THE GREAT DIVIDE: HOW AND WHY THE APARTHEID DIFFERED FROM TYPICAL COLONIAL RULE It is a well-known fact that during European colonial rule, Africans were exposed to a multitude of injustices including warfare, slavery, and the occupation of their lands by European invaders. In retrospect, the ashes of traditional African societies are what built thriving European-owned African mining, agricultural and rubber economies. But nothing that Africa had previously suffered was quite like the apartheid, which South Africa was exposed to from 1948-1994. The apartheid was a systematic of racial segregation in South Africa enforced by the all-white National Party with the goal to â€Å"separate South Africa’s white minority from its non-white majority, non-whites from each other, and to divide black South Africans to decrease their political power†. In essence, under apartheid, the rights, associations, and movements of the majority black inhabitants and other ethnic groups were curtailed, white minority dominance was maintained. This essay explores how t he apartheid mirrored the core values of traditional colonial rule but was still fundamentally influential in its own way through its fight over land, institutionalized racism, and the consequences of when it was finally abolished. The Fight over Land A major feature of the apartheid that colonial rule has previously failed to achieve prior to the 1950s was simultaneously mobilize millions of Africans out ofShow MoreRelatedRastafarian79520 Words   |  319 PagesRastafari This page intentionally left blank Rastafari From Outcasts to Culture Bearers Ennis Barrington Edmonds 2003 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford It furthers the Universitys objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata KualaRead MoreOrganisational Theory230255 Words   |  922 Pagesdilemmas. The book engages in an imaginative way with a wealth of organizational concepts and theories as well as provides insightful examples from the practical world of organizations. The authors’ sound scholarship and transparent style of writing set the book apart, making it an ingenious read which invites reflexivity, criticalness and plurality of opinion from the audience. This is a book that will become a classic in organization studies. Mihaela L. Kelemen, Professor of Management Studies, Keele