African nations were not as well supplied and had never encountered Europe’s newest military machinery (Doc 5). After the failure of the Ndebele rebellion‚ Kumalo recounts that they would have been successful if it had not been for the “White man’s machine guns” (Doc 4). Because he was then forced into slave like conditions afterwards‚ Kumalo will always react to Europeans with violence. Many Africans also shared Kumalo’s reaction to European advancement into Africa. There were several rebellions
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Cry‚ the Beloved Country is a social protest against the structures of the society that would later give rise to apartheid. Paton attempts to create an unbiased and objective view of the oppositions. This requires that he depicts the Whites as affected by ’native crime’‚ while the Blacks suffer from social instability and moral issues due to the breakdown of the tribal system. It shows many of the problems with South Africa such as the degrading of the land reserved for the natives‚ which is sometimes
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Discrimination and inequity in South Africa Cry‚ The Beloved Country‚ written by Alan Paton‚ talks about one black father‚ Stephen Kumalo‚ and one white father‚ James Jarvis. Kumalo’s son Absalom shot Jarvis’s son Arthur using a revolver and Kumalo tries to save his son. The book describes many racial discrimination and economic inequality. The character Msimangu prophesies that white men and black men will come together and work for good of their country. However‚ forty years later‚ his prophecy
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Hope. It is the one thing that people have survived on for centuries. Without hope‚ the African Americans of the early 1800’s would have just succumbed to the will of the slave owners. This is why Mandela is considered such a great leader. Nelson Mandela’s message through his speeches was one of hope‚ which is the only thing the people of Ndotshemi have to thrive on (Chokshi). Alan Paton‚ the author of Cry the Beloved Country‚ also believed in hope bringing together the land of South Africa
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privileged white men in positions of power‚ who oppose educating natives on the basis that “more schooling simply means cleverer criminals” (107). For every Stephen Kumalo‚ James Jarvis‚ or Arthur Jarvis‚ there are more powerful‚ pro-Apartheid white men. On top of this‚ the pro-Native movement is led by corrupt individuals like John Kumalo‚ who is “corrupted by his possessions‚ and he fears their loss‚ and the loss of the power he already has” (221). With opposition of this magnitude‚ the realization
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161). Whether in the arid valley or the hectic city‚ people seem to confront the same problem: wanting improvement‚ but only a few are seizing opportunities to take action. The red‚ barren land‚ where the " titihoya does not cry ‚" in which Stephen Kumalo lives is South Africa as it is now‚ overflowing with public concern for social change but deprived of actions that bring about change (Paton 34). Although Ndotsheni is desolate because of the " too many fires have burned it. Stand shod upon it‚ for
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struggle of natives‚ attracted from the land and their tribes to the huge mining towns ." The other is "the decline of tribal life " (page 1- paragraph#2 [both quotes]). Gardiner goes on to describe Kumalo’s quest into the huge city of Johannesburg. Kumalo is in search of his sister‚ and his son. Both of which had not had any contact with their parents since they left home. Gardiner explains that Kumalo’s son has run away from reform school‚ and has been involved in a killing. The victim of this
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their shared faith would cause the Europeans to rethink their actions‚ but Menelik II did not understand that the Europeans regarded material wealth as more important than their faith. Ndansi Kumalo described how the British treated the Africans like animals‚ and they had superior weapons (Doc. 4). Ndansi Kumalo and his people did not understand that the British had superior weapons‚ so they were defeated and bewildered by the horrendous treatment they received from the British. Mojimba‚ an African
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result of imperialism hurt the colony. In some instances‚ they Europeans actually did bring new technology to the civilizations that they took over. When they took over the Ndebele people of Nigeria‚ they brought plows‚ European clothes‚ and education (Kumalo). Even though the Ndebele people now had access to plows and other European technology‚ there were still a lot
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Africa has always been known for their valuable resources‚ and empires have always wanted to either trade with Africa or take over Africa. During the New Imperialism Era (1881-1914)‚ many of the European powers went after Africa and invaded many of the countries. During the European Scramble for Africa‚ there were different actions and reactions from different countries. Some of the African countries just let the European countries take control and chose not to fight‚ due to lack of technology and
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