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… In 1990, the landmark release of Nelson Mandela from prison began the dismantling of South Africa's infamous apartheid regime, with its white minority … Africa … South Africa … The Soccer World Goes to South Africa: Sport and the Making of Modern Africa …

… The 2024 elections in  South Africa marked a significant shift in the country’s political landscape, as the dominant African National Congress (ANC) … Africa … South Africa … A Lesson for South Africa? Zimbabwe’s Path to Multi-Party Rule …

… political transformations—away from systems of oppression and towards something more democratic—a narrative of rupture … separates before/wrong from after/right. In the case of South Africa before and after 1994 , this binary is all the more … Review of Apartheid Guns and Money: A Tale of Profit , by Hennie van Vuuren (Oxford: …

… Reframing the Year of Africa: Independence as a Process By Katherine Everett The … across the continent celebrated the joy, excitement, and possibilities of independence. But liberation in Africa … skin at his installation as Honourary Paramount Chief in South Africa. The phrase “Year of Africa” was used first by …

… Why can’t Seoul and Tokyo get Along? “We will never again lose to Japan,” tweeted South Korean President Moon Jae-in on August 2, 2019. “We … at the same time (especially European colonial control in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia). The scope and intensity …

… that being robbed of cultural objects, human remains, and art equaled the removal of collective memory and a sense … in place for the temporary or definitive restitution” of African cultural heritage. He subsequently commissioned … in the Global North, not the audiences in the Global South. A second category of arguments revolved around the …

… China has expanded its global presence over the last decade much to the concern of U.S. officials. Africa is a major recipient of this new influence, building … competition. Yet looking at Chinese engagement in Africa over the last 50 years reveals that increased power …

… contested histories, highlighting little-known regions in South Asia and Southern Africa, marginalized individuals, and their hidden (or lost) … contested histories, highlighting little known regions in South Asia and Southern Africa, marginalized individuals and …

… African history before the colonial era has been relegated … to the periphery of most studies of this period. In African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa , however, Michael A. Gomez places … Review of African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and …

… Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the world's fastest-growing and most diverse regions—and also one of the most … ethnicity, nationality, and religion in contemporary African societies. Putting the emergence of religious … we have the West Africa, we have the East Africa, we have Southern Africa, and so on and so forth, and now Northern …

… In her book, Health, Healing and Illness in African History, Rebekah Lee explores the … demographic impact on African countries, especially South Africa , Botswana, Zimbabwe and Lesotho. These places … Review of Health, Healing and Illness in African History , by Rebekah Lee (London: Bloomsbury …

… On March 12, 2004, South Korea’s then President Roh Moo-hyun was impeached, a historic first for the Republic. Written by David Fields and Jinwan Park. Narration by Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle. … production by Katherine Weiss, Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle, and Laura Seeger.  …

… Yeongju, a city in South Korea, is famous as the historic home of the Seonbi, Confucian scholars who lived and studied during Korea’s Joseon period (1392-1897). At … a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995 and contains many of South Korea’s national treasures such as Muryangsujeon hall, …

… launched an attack on Tskhinvali, the provincial capital of South Ossetia, or what Georgians call Samachablo. Georgia … a Russian invasion. Russia, whose troops surged immediately and rapidly into Georgia, claimed the Georgians attacked first. A small mountainous territory on the southern side of the Caucasus range (population around …

… "undermined their oppressors' power with their own power" and "sapped a dictator's strength with their own." The … movement in the United States and apartheid struggles in South Africa—Zimbabwe's neighbor. The president spoke passionately …

… Congo  basin, where it passed like many others. Yet thousands of miles away in Berlin, the  General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa was signed.  The conference has become known for “carving up  the African continent ” for the benefit of European colonial …

… On June 15, 1950,  North Korean armed forces invaded  South Korea and launched a brutal war on the Korean peninsula. The North … other countries, including Colombians, Australians, South Africans, and Luxembourgers. The role of the UN in the … South Korea … East Asia & Southeast Asia …

… In the Year of Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo negotiated … greatest export: Congolese rumba. The wildly popular and meaningful genre became a soundtrack to global change. … (Kazadi wa Mukuna). “The Genesis of Urban Music in Zaïre.” African Music 7, no. 2 (1992): 72–84. Nzongola-Ntalaja, …

… Gwangju, a major city in southwestern South Korea, has been widely recognized as a center of civil … production by Hannah Keller, Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle, and Laura Seeger.  … Gwangju, a major city in southwestern South Korea, has been widely recognized as a center of civil …