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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 …

… In 1991, the future of South Africa held tremendous promise. After decades of the brutal, … legalized racial segregation called apartheid, Nelson Mandela had been freed from prison, the ban on the African …

… The 2024 elections in  South Africa marked a significant shift in the country’s political landscape, as the dominant African National Congress (ANC) …

… observed China’s emergence with a mixture of excitement and anxiety. On one hand, huge new markets have opened to … Nowhere has China’s emergence been more dramatic than in Africa. Since 2000, China’s economic ties with Africa have … appetite for land, markets, and natural resources. As the South African Pambazuka News reminded readers in a 2006 …

… 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 …

… 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 … of mainland China and Taiwan as well as other areas southeast and East Asia. Prior to Japan's 20th century …

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

… 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 …

… Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the world's fastest-growing and most diverse regions—and also one of the most … 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 …

… of the impeachment of former President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea (Republic of Korea, ROK), a historic first for … Roh’s actions sparked an internal struggle among liberals and his impeachment was orchestrated as much by his fellow … in Korea believe in a big central government. The South Korean executive wields significant authority over the …

… 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. … B. Breyfogle, and Laura Seeger.  … On March 12, 2004, South Korea’s then President Roh Moo-hyun was impeached, a …

… percent in 1950 to 25 percent in 1970 to 15 percent in 2000 and 9 percent in 2020. Remarkably, during this same 70 … those challenges more pressing than in large parts of the African continent. Food, Population, Politics The connection … the Central African Republic, Somalia , Ethiopia , and South Sudan —have entered a polycrisis that will be …

… 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 …

… tickets to its opening weekend than any movie in history, and the New York Times has called it “a defining moment for … himself is T’challa, the king of Wakanda, a mythical African nation that also happens to be the world’s most … to Lesotho. The small kingdom, surrounded on all sides by South Africa, avoided the worst of colonialism. The location …

… 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 …

… 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, …

… On World AIDS Day 2020, in the midst of another pandemic, Ohio State University History Professor Thomas … that shaped the global spread of HIV, from equatorial Africa to the world. Thomas F. McDow is a specialist in … In 2017, in Africa, and especially equatorial, eastern and southern Africa, the burden of disease and the prevalence of …