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African Development Seminar- PIA 2574. Europe and Africa: The Emotional Issue?. Group Discussions. Europe in Africa: nature of the relationship (Images). Discussion. 1. The impact of Settlers (Both European, Middle Eastern and Asian) on “your" part of Africa.
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African Development Seminar- PIA 2574 Europe and Africa: The Emotional Issue?
Group Discussions Europe in Africa: nature of the relationship (Images)
Discussion 1.The impact of Settlers (Both European, Middle Eastern and Asian) on “your" part of Africa. 2.Francophone Issue: the impact of France on the region as a part of a European image and the extent to which the French in West Africa are "settlers.“ 3.The New Settlers? Foreign Aid Workers and Missionaries
Carrie Gruenloh, MPIA Univ. of Pittsburgh, Democracy Specialist (Southern Sudan) USAID
Settlers: The Issue and the Problem • Francophone Africa: • North Africa, Algeria and permanent association • The Importance of “Francophonie” on Culture and Values
“Sarkozy admits France made mistakes over Tunisia” Nicholas Sarkozy and Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali
West Africa • Role of the "Syrians" and "Lebanese“ • Arabs as "settlers?“ • People of mixed race?
Mixed Race Political Leaders- Jerry Rawlings, Ghana and Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia
Mixed Race • Eastern and Central Africa • 80,000 people • Issue- Loyalty to the State and conflict with Indigenous Peoples
Zimbabwe • Military demobilization and Rhodesia • "Home Rule"- UDI • Zimbabwe and Non-racialism • Indigenous Peoples and Land
Eastern and Southern Africa • Indians in Eastern and Southern Africa • Asians- The forgotten settlers • Amin, Mugabe and the indigenous people argument
Missionaries, Traders and Settlers: How to Assess • British Settlers • Missionaries and Settlers • East Africa, the Federation • Southern Africa • The special issue of Namibia
Popularizers: Ernest and Mary Hemmingway and Madonna (Stereotyped Images)
South Africa Profile, 1985: Is South Africa Different? • Indians 900,000 (2.7%) • Africans: 24,000,000 (72%) • Indigenous: San-Khoisian: 31,000 (less than .5%) • Others: Chinese, Japanese, Arabic (30,000- less than .5%)
South Africa • Dutch- settlement and movement • “So Called Coloureds” [ and Indians] • 1815: End of Napoleonic War • 1820s settlers: British • British vs. Dutch-
South Africa: Reminder • Trusteeship vs. Assimilation • Segregation vs. Apartheid- "Homelands" as nations • Afrikaans vs. African Nationalism • Majority rule vs. minorities
South Africa: The Dependency Issues • Role of working class and poor whites • Mining and labor reserve- "peasant based proletariat • Multi-racialism, non-racialism vs. “Africanization”
Peasantariat Families and Mining- South African Mines and European Lights
Authors What have you been reading this week?
Settlers Redux • Impact on the Whole Continent • Question: Was Europe’s Relationship with Africa Different than with the Middle East, Asia and Latin America • The New Settlers: Foreign Aid Workers, Contractors and Missionaries
Settlers: • Question: Was Europe’s Relationship with Africa Different than with the Middle East, Asia and Latin America
Cases Nadine Gordimer (Nobel Laureate) in 1961 and with Nelson Mandela and sing the National Liberation Anthem at the Gandhi Memorial in Johannesburg, 1993.
Alexandra Fuller, Born 1969, Now Resident of Wilson, Wyoming
Aminatta Forna, Born 1964 of Scottish and Sierra Leone Heritage
Dave Eggers (B. 1970) and Valentino Achak Deng (Born c. 1980)
Discussion 1.The impact of Settlers (Both European, Middle Eastern and Asian) on “your" part of Africa. 2.Francophone Issue: the impact of France on the region as a part of a European image and the extent to which the French in West Africa are "settlers.“ 3.The New Settlers? Foreign Aid Workers and Missionaries