Indigenous can be found anywhere: * Anishinaubae: drumming ceremony in Toronto * Yoruba: Funeral rites in London * Maori: Purification ritual in opera house Sydney Australia Misconceptions * Common to Indigenous traditions is colonialism * Oglala (Indigenous community) –> a theorist explained them as “warriors without weapons basically they were incapable to adapting a new economy lifestyle they focused on how to make them “modern Indians” * Outsider lack insider knowledge
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| Navigation * Home * Key Concepts * African continent * Australia * Canada * Caribbean * India * Ireland * Nigeria * Transnational p-c Themes * Postcolonial Links | | | | | | | | | | Feminism and post-colonialism Feminist discourse shares many similarities with post-colonial theory and for this reason the two fields have long been thought of as associative‚ even complimentary. Firstly‚ both discourses are predominantly political and concern themselves with
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THE ROLE OF WAQF IN IMPROVING THE UMMAH WELFARE. The word waqf (Awqaf) comes from a root meaning “ to prevent or restrain “. It may be define as an act of refraining from the use and disposal of any asset from which one can benefit or use its proceeds for any charitable purpose as long as it exist. In fact‚ the vast majority of hanafi scholars regard waqf as “taking the corpus of any property out of ownership of Allah‚ and dedicating its usufruct to others. Waqf may be seen as a kind of sadaqah
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A Small Place‚ Kincaid described the Europeans as “Human rubbish‚” who took “noble and exalted human beings from Africa” to enslave them (80). She made no effort to conceal her thoughts about the little island consumed by the after effects of colonialism. Driven by anger and resentment toward Antiqua’s British implemented culture‚ Kincaid explored the intricacy of the after
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from the colonial administration‚ as the many dangerous situations force the crew into an apathetic state. The natives loom over them with the ability to kill them at any time‚ and since those situations exist as a part of a colonist’s life‚ the colonialism drove the men to apathy and therefore madness. When the situation dies down and the ship flows down the river calmly‚ Marlow thinks about the lack of civilization in the Congo‚ saying‚ “how can you imagine what particular region of the first ages
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The Magnificent African Cake‚ Scramble for Africa At the beginning of the video called "The Magnificent African Cake‚ Scramble for Africa- episode 6" made by Basil Davidson‚ it explained the time when African continent had old trading partners with European countries and how Europe betrayed and invaded Africa in the 1880s. Because they wanted new resources and raw materials for their industries‚ factories‚ and benefits for their business‚ seven European countries like Britain‚ France‚ Germany‚
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are a primary aspect of the transitioning African society and political landscape. Gender dynamics are at the root of many national uprisings‚ social movements‚ economic evolutions‚ and many other important aspects of African society. During neo-colonialism in Africa‚ women were subject to confined roles in society and were often treated to horrendous abuse. However‚ at the core of gender studies in African history‚ women are represented with two contradictory descriptions: women as victim‚ and women
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anti-slavery conference and “convinced the leaders of the other countries that the Congo Free State needed to be able to charge import and export duties to raise funds” (Colonialism 13). After the conference‚ Leopold used this humanitarian disguise to implement the first major restriction of free trade in the Congo (Colonialism 13). This ensued in him being able to raise taxes and forcing the Congolese to work for him. Two of the main items the Congolese had to collect were ivory and rubber. These
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only the European countries but also the nations they would infiltrate. Only through this discourse were these “maternal countries” able to legitimize the various systems of oppression. Colonialism seemed to have a clear beneficiary but after closer examination in this game‚ no winner would be identified. Colonialism breed the internalization of pseudo-humanism in both the the colonizer and the colonized. During the establishment of colonization‚ the moral base of the colonizer was disassembled and
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life. Conrad lived through a time when European colonies were scattered all over the world. This phenomenon and the doctrine of colonialism bought into at his time obviously influenced his views at the time of “Heart of Darkness” publication. Very few people saw anything amiss with colonialism in Africa and the African people. From a Eurocentric point of view‚ colonialism was the natural next-step in any powerful countries political agenda. The colonizers did not pay heed to the native peoples in
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