History of Africa the
slavery, war and conflict, child abuse, traditional minstrels, HIV/AIDS.
Exploitation of prehistoric knowledge of indigenous people.
History of Africa denied.
Centuries the rich History of South Africa dating back about 2000 years
was hidden from its people. Mapungubwe was home to an advanced culture
of people. The civilization thrived as a sophisticated trading center
from around 1200 to 1300 AD. It was the center of the largest kingdom in
the sub-continent, where a highly sophisticated people traded gold and
ivory with China, India and Egypt. The fact that Bantu speaking peoples
of the region had a highly civilized existence hundreds of years before
the first Europeans arrived was too much for any settler to bear ..
San people and Hoodia Gordonii. In
2002 the Hoodia Gordonii case reversed a worldwide history of
exploitation of indigenous peoples. The San tribe could easily have been
victims of biopiracy. The particularly
disconcerting aspect of this case is that it was a governmental
organisation, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. The
CSIR is an institution that was shaped by the apartheid regime it had
served well for 40 years.
of slaves at the Cape, South Africa (1658 - 1807) The first slaves at the
1658 there were 11 slaves, eight women and three men at the Cape. One of
these, Abraham, was a stowaway who, in 1653, arrived from the East
aboard the ship Malacca, claiming to have run away from his master,
Cornelis Lichthart of Batavia. Abraham was set to work at the Cape.
In 1807, shortly after Britain occupied the Cape for
the second time, the slave trade was banned. Slaves could still be sold
within the colony, but no more slaves were to be imported. Slaves
removed from visiting ships were landed at Simon’s Town and housed in
an area, which came to be known as ‘BlackTown’ — before
being ‘apprenticed’ for a number of years to approved employers. The
British settlers of 1820 were not permitted to own slaves, and slavery
at the Cape was formally abolished on 1
1834, although the former slaves were obliged to work for their
ex-owners for a further period of four years.
Africa - The history and creation of an apartheid society
1910. The seeds of Apartheid were sowed as early as 1910. Apartheid
officially became law after the Reunited National Party won the white
minority elections on the 28th May 1948. This victory was hailed as a "Miracle"
and clear proof that God was watching over his Volk" Apartheid
led to the immorality act, population registration, segregation, Bantu
Education, the homeland system, black resistance, the freedom charter,
treason trials, defiance campaigns, the Sharpeville massacre and finally
Liberation in 1994 when the first democratic elections was held.
San tribe: A way of life perfected: The descendants of those who
lived more than 20000 years ago in what is now South Africa and who are
believed to be the original human inhabitants of sub-Saharan Africa is
known as the San people.
and Conflict Africa The root causes of
armed conflict and War. Most wars fought during the 1990’s
took place in countries that are poor – to poor to buy weapons,
however millions of small arms and light weapons are simply given away
by militaries that are downsizing, or they are recycled from one
conflict to another. In some lands there is such an abundance of assault
rifles that they are sold for as little as six dollars or can be traded
for a goat, chicken, or a bag of clothes.
or Minstrel Carnival Cape
Town South Africa. This exciting culture was prepared and brewed for
more than three hundred years, and resulted in a vibrant, unique
crisis in Africa (the true story) The three tests, the controversy
surrounding HIV. Impact of poverty on HIV victims. Taking
the statistics into account it is a known fact, that collecting precise
medical data in sub-Saharan Africa, with it's abject poverty is almost
impossible. The UNAIDS and other organizations compute the number of HIV
cases from counting HIV positive pregnant women who visit health
clinics. The number is extrapolated in complex mathematical models to
estimate the death toll. HIV and AIDS cause an immune-system breakdown
rather than a specific disease, so people can die of any one of dozens
of diseases that has been here in Africa for decades.
Abuse and Sexual Exploitation Africa. From
the first contact of colonialism and slavery more than three hundred
years ago, Africa was in a constant state of turmoil. Statistics
and rising crime levels clearly indicate that many young people leave
home because their family environment became unstable or because there
is desperate poverty. They
turn to living on the streets with the idealistic expectations of a
child, trying to escape the burdens of their family and township life.
They do not anticipate the harsh realities that they are faced
with on the streets. Child prostitution in South Africa is usually a
case of survival sex. Children are often forced to work because
of economic circumstances – they have to contribute to the family’s
income or provide for themselves. Our
children became the scatterings of South Africa.
Africa is where
humanity got its start.