Essays on dark continent

As a sweeping overview of the most significant events that happened in European history in the 20th century, Mark Mazower's The Dark Continent has made a mark in contextualizing the societal and political triumphs and upheavals that the world has known about the continent that is now.... These most important events, starting from the crisis of parliamentary democracies, the crisis of the Empire and World War I to Germany in the time of Hitler, the rise and fall of communism and the final transformation...

The paper "Why Africa Is Not a Dark Continent" states that the continent Africa is not as uncivilized as most people think it is; they have some of the most luxurious camps that have amenities such as hot showers, internet, computers, and mobile phones.... To make the experience an unforgettable, my dad had arranged that we travel by train. There are no electric trains in Kenya we had to use the old locomotives, which run on diesel apparently these trains were left by the colonial government decades...

Whoever we maybe, regardless of our direct interest and however much baggage we carry from our past, let us not be lost in a craze of skepticism and loss of confidence in the capacity of the Dark Continent.... From the profound glades and mountains, the flowers, the rivers, hills and the valleys, the seas and the deserts delineate the phase of the Dark Continent.... It will be helpful for students who believe that they are the next phase of investors and who are looking for the best continent to invest their businesses, a place where minimum risks exist....

However, the other two important descriptive pieces of the documentary, which are the Swahili Coast and The Slave Kingdoms are more on the verge of showcasing the 'dark' side of the Dark Continent.... In other words, this documentary not only portrays a real picture of the Dark Continent but also washes away those numerous myths that have formed and settled in the minds of outsiders and those with not much information at their disposal, regarding the continent....

The tradition brought to the Dark Continent by the white man did not sound impressive to the blacks, but it transformed the community to illuminate better practices, which they did not acknowledge in the first place.... Education was the only viable way through the Dark Continent could receive the new light.... The story unfolds the atrocities committed against the black deep in the black continent.... However, civilization waters down all the atrocities committed on the black continent....

Africa was only a Dark Continent because of none civilization tendencies otherwise there were systems that existed that characterized the societal structure of Africa.... Africa continues to rise above the notions that it is a Dark Continent.... Not much was known about the continent to the extent that it was not considered as a force in the global sphere.... Accessibility into the continent of Africa was not a possible issue, as the terrain and navigation methods at that time could not allow penetration into the heart of the continent....

n the last half of the 19th century, most of the inhabitants of European countries immigrated to the Dark Continent of the world, Africa.... The motive behind invading the African region by European countries is to have the optimum exploitation of the available natural resources and human resources of the Dark Continent....

Literally, the title signifies the Dark Continent of Africa denoted by Congo in the novel.... At the outset of the novel, the events initiating the plot and the concluding events of the plot do take place outside Congo, but the climax and the most potent along with major events of the novel do take place at the interior region or ‘heart' of the Dark Continent known by the name of Congo.... The river Congo, its dark basin and the savages who live in the heart of the Dark Continent do play an important role in the development of the plot of the novel supporting the title and making it compatible with the theme of the novel as well....

He started his journey to the Dark Continent, to the abandoned sea.... He wished he never even made the decision to go to the Dark Continent.... This raised concern that there was a dark spirit in the sea and people no longer visited the sea.... The Sea Name: Institution: Course: Instructor: Date: The Sea It was in the evening and we were all seated as usual around the fire, waiting for granny to tell us one her many interesting stories....

Cirino also holds the missionaries and the European explorers as well for the conception of Africa as a backward and Dark Continent which did not receive much light of development during the Enlightenment age as well partially.... The paper contains a reading response to 'Changing Images of a continent: An Electric Survey of Writings on Africa in the International System' by Cirino which hints at the ignorant attitude placed by the western countries regarding the inclusion of Africa into the realm of international relations....

It is also present in the heart of the unknown territory, the Dark Continent of Africa.... One interpretation of the heart of darkness is represented by these dark places of which men of the outside knew little—especially the continent of Africa, which was known as the Dark Continent.... he hearts of humans are indicted by the events of the novel and proven to be places of darkness, as shrouded in mystery and evil as the center of the Dark Continent has been purported to be according to history....

The paper "Civilization of Ancient Zimbabwe" states that the European and other powers that colonized Africa described Africa as 'a Dark Continent' when they began exploring Africa.... History of Ancient Africa: Zimbabwe, Mali, Pre-Muslim Ghana The European and other powers that colonized Africa, described Africa as “a Dark Continent” when they began exploring Africa.... Some of the countries that enjoyed great civilization in the Dark Continent before their colonization include Zimbabwe, Mali, and Pre-Muslim Ghana....

The water channels aided in the expedition of African formerly referred to as the Dark Continent (Visonà 178).... The establishment of major trade routes serves as major links to other territories within African and the outside the continent.... The establishment of major trade routes serves as major links to other territories within African and the outside the continent....

The paper "Factors That Lead to Scramble and Partitions of Africa" describes that the Europeans also had come along with their own goods and wanted to exploit and obtain a market for their own goods which the Africans were lacking this included clothes weapons like guns and gun powder.... ... ... ...

As described by McDougal-Littell, Africa, ‘the Dark Continent' was not much explored until late 19th century.... As described by McDougal-Littell, Africa, ‘the Dark Continent' was not much explored until late 19th century.... By 1902, around 90 percent of African continent was under European control.... But by 1902, around 90 percent of African continent was under European control.... In 1884, Berlin conference was held which resulted in ‘Scramble for Africa, ‘and the entire African continent except Ethiopia and Liberia was dominated by various European powers like Great Britain, Italy, Germany, France and Portugal....

The paper "The Concept of World Hunger" discusses that we all want to live in an ideal world where there is no hunger and poverty, this utopia is very easy to envision, but a lot needs to be done to bring this into reality.... As responsible citizens of our countries, it is vital to help the oppressed....

Other problems that have been besetting this study that Olupona has pointed is the size of the Africa as a continent and derogatory appellations like “Dark Continent, not to mention the multitude and complexity of each and every quality of Africa's various language, climate, culture and such like.... Another issue that Olupona has examined in depth in this chapter is the problem of the consequences of the European settlements that have wiped out whole cultures and obliterated lots and lots of racial memories, consequently establishing what has been referred to as “a bit of whiteness” syndrome in the African continent....

The Dark Continent is some of the euphemisms used to depict the underdeveloped continent of Africa, home to numerous underdeveloped and poverty-stricken countries.... Often referred to as the motherland, motherland continent with so much economic potential all of which lies within its natural resources....

Historians aptly refer the conference as “the scramble for Africa” because it entailed the geographical division of the “Dark Continent” that had suddenly generated interest in the rapidly industrializing Europe (Pakenham, 1992 p 52).... The scramble for Africa: White man's conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876-1912.... The paper "The Berlin Conference in 1884-85" tells that three centuries before the Berlin conference, the African continent had largely remained unexplored territory in Europe and the western countries....

Through the media discourse then some parts of the world are viewed in the wrong picture, the international media shows Africa as a violent and Dark Continent.... The remarks are made based on the image portrayed by the media that Africa is a Dark Continent thus signifying that it is behind times since it is not developed.... To promote equality then the media should portray, for example, Africa as being a continent that is undergoing a huge transformation in terms of development and evidence of this are countries such as Nigeria and South Africa that have recorded huge economic growth. ...

European presence and influence in Africa – boon or bane [Name of student] [Name of course] [Name of tutor] European presence and influence in Africa – boon or bane Introduction: The first words that come to mind when one hears of the massive land mass known as Africa are ‘the Dark Continent'.... This was a period when early explorers like Dr Livingston and Henry Stanley began sending reports of life in the Dark Continent.... This can be seen in the African continent also....

he first detour from the tradition of orchestrated glorification of the white man's adventure in the Dark Continent came from the Polish born English writer Joseph Conrad whose work Heart of Darkness is the first indictment of the white man's colonial adventure.... It is a seminal fictional study of the Dark Continent in the heyday of the white man's colonial adventure for glory, gold and God.... I would like to voyage into this dark territory of American past by the in depth study of Caryl Philip's Crossing the River....

nthinking statements expounded by activists in popular mass media, usually smugly Western, conjures the idea that indeed Africa is a ‘Dark Continent' where for ages past, up to and including the present the parents of Africa have been torturing and maiming their daughters and women and curtailing their capacity for a satisfactory sexual response.... Given Western stereotypes of barbaric natives in the ‘Dark Continent', western advocacy over FGM has evoked images of machete – wielding natives only too eager to inflict pain on women in their societies....

A good example is if someone wrote something like; Africa is still a Dark Continent because its people have lower brain capacity, which is a spamming message.... Another person will respond by saying; if Africa is a Dark Continent then why did the whites want to colonize it?...

In The Heart of Darkness on the other hand, Conrad exposes how the African continent can be described as a Dark Continent as far as development and civilization are concerned.... In this book, Africa is shown as a continent responsible for physical illness and mental degradation....

To this end, the writer makes a conclusion that acts of savages, racial discrimination, and focus on the Dark Continent were all ways by which the West wanted to center the world on itself.... For example there remain primary evidence of some key acts of Black discrimination, slavery and abuse of power against what the author captures as the Black continent in most museums around the world....

The paper "South Africa and the State Florida Brings Me Nirvana-like Tranquility" states that the thing that makes a place special and inspirational is the fact that it brings back memories you once had of a particular place where you were first truly inspired.... .... ... ... I have also been thinking that if a place instils in you something tranquil and you are able to carry that tranquillity within you, you naturally find the same kind of peaceful and quiet places wherever you go....

11 Colonialist discourse could interpret Picasso's painting through Dark Continent that contains a submerged fear of falling out of the light and moral regression.... Chave presents the reception theory in a way that explicitly distinguishes Picasso's Les Demoiselles painting as the most plausible and exemption art in the 19th century....

The killing of many Congolese never appeared in the American news and media simply because African was perceived as a Dark Continent.... Also, the colonial masters in most parts of the African continent decided to investigate the influence caused by such kind of battles in common people.... The outcome therefore revealed clearly that so many people within the continent had a strong perception about the colonialism and its negative effects....

The first thought that comes to the mind when the word Africa is heard is that it is the Dark Continent.... More importantly, the continent has been inundated with many alien cultures starting from the Muslim influence to the colonization in the latter part of the nineteenth century.... But in spite of this swarm of cultures, the continent has been able to maintain its ancient individuality.... In all probability, it could have been a mix of all the above factors that have been instrumental in helping the people of that continent to maintain their individuality....

The real agenda of the journey to the Dark Continent is revealed by Marlow: “To tear treasure out of the bowels of the land was their desire, with no more moral purpose at the back of it than there is in burglars breaking into a safe” (Conrad 81).... Student's Full Name Name of Professor Sociological Criticism of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness The statement of Marlow that “the conquest of the earth… is not a pretty thing” (Conrad 14) implies that imperialistic pursuits may be redressed by the thought underlying it....

The Nile is seen with his head covered, perhaps because the origin of the river was not known at that time or because the continent was already given the appellation of the ‘Dark Continent' forcing the figure to exist with his eyes forever darkened.... The continents are represented by a different figure at each of the cardinal points of the fountain with significance attached to the direction they face helping viewers to identify the continent being represented....

Travel advisories against visiting Africa have often been issued by western countries, warning their citizens not to venture out into what they term the “Dark Continent” riddled by diseases, poverty and civil strife, thereby further perpetuating the myth that Africa is an inhabitable place that no one should dare visit.... he western media has consistently constructed and propagated certain myths and stereotypes about Africans and the African continent in general, thereby contributing to the persistence of these myths and stereotypes in the western world....

The British had given Africa education, built infrastructure such as road and hospital and put in place transport and communication networks without which Africa would probably still rightfully deserve the title the Dark Continent.... The territorial boundaries that the British put up and used to divide the continent were the foundation on which the myriad of ethnically charged political violence that came to plague Africa (Jackson & Rosberg 179).... As the partitioned the continent, their primary ambition was to share the resources among each other and they gave no consideration to the centuries old ethno-cultural distribution patterns that were necessary for sustaining stability in Africa....

In an unbiased and non-judgemental narration Achebe has tried to explore and uphold the disappearing aboriginal culture of the Dark Continent.... The people belonging to the Igbo tribe of the Umuofia therefore display fear when they respect their leader and let him have the material comforts along with power determined success but when this fear is taken away they care nothing about titles and Okonkyo loses his position along with the waning of the typically dark customs of the tribe which hindered them to merge with the mainstream civilization....

n spite of the continued shortcomings, though, and those of other African nations also considering entering an Olympic bid, the Olympic committee has expressed interest in bringing the Olympics to the ‘Dark Continent' at some point in the future when the infrastructure is clearly in place or could be implemented within the time frame between city selection and event and when the people as a whole seem to be engaged in the possibility.... By hosting the Olympic Games, Africa as a continent would be able to break some of the strong social stereotypes that have served to keep them out of the tourism cycle....

According to the paper one of the most important controlling aspects that anticipated the colonization of Africa was the fact that discovery of this 'Dark Continent' had raised.... One of the most important controlling aspects that anticipated the colonization of Africa was the fact that discovery of this ‘Dark Continent' had raised.... Therefore, colonialists as well came into the continent to discover different trading means, types of transportation and additional resources....

To be specific, voyage to the Dark Continent (Africa), especially to Congo, helped Conrad to realize the drawbacks of colonization, forced labor and slavery.... His voyage to Congo helped him to realize the anti-human aspects of colonizers who considered the African continent as the source of raw materials and slaves, not as a society throbbing with life....

The previously unknown ‘Dark Continent' of Africa was opened up to imperialism through adventurers and missionaries.... The present essay "Imperialism, World War 1 and Anti-Colonialism" will discuss the policy of Imperialism and anti-colonial movement during and after the World War 1 and the impact of the war on the further political development of the Great Britain, India, and other countries....

As a child grows up, there are many false stories and misrepresentation of the Dark Continent passed on by parents, teachers and seniors.... As a child grows up, there are many false stories and misrepresentation of the Dark Continent passed on by parents, teachers and seniors.... Many students and graduates as well have no idea that Africa is a continent consisting of 54 independent nations and not a single country.... Whenever there is coverage on the continent, it will most likely be about civil war in Sudan, Somali pirates, the famous Rwanda genocide, post election violence in Kenya and Ivory Coast, revolution in North Africa and severe droughts in the horn of Africa....

Importance of Iron to the evolution of civilization in Africa Name Institution Importance of Iron to the evolution of civilization in Africa There has been a misconception that Africa was a Dark Continent before western civilization.... It is common knowledge that East Africa is home to human fossils that indicate early forms of live in the continent.... While paying attention to the Iron Age in Africa, this expose elucidates the important role of iron to the evolution of civilization in the continent of Africa....

frica has been referred to as the ‘Dark Continent'.... It also designates the continent as one which was always ignorant of civilized ways of being.... This essay talks that the dynamism of precolonial African society is something that needs a lot of attention from the academic society of today....

This essay "Black Studies" raises the question of why Africa is commonly viewed as the 'Dark Continent' and people, belonging to this continent or having association with it, are considered as uncivilized as well as far removed from enlightenment.... Despite such great deal contribution to the entire human race, Africa is commonly viewed as the “Dark Continent” and people, belonging to this continent or having association with it, are considered as uncivilized as well as far removed from enlightenment (Hilliard 7)....

In this statement, Marlow may as well be speaking about all the well-meaning men such as Kurtz devoting their energies to converting the Dark Continent and discovering instead that it's all a big cover-up for the rape of the land's resources to the benefit of England.... To discuss these deep ideas, he tells the other sailors about them in terms of dark and light symbolizing 'civilized' as opposed to 'primitive' societies.... The splendor that was England would be graciously shared with the lazy, unintelligent brutes of the dark places without any consideration as to where that wealth was coming from....

ccording to Chave the element of horror might best be understood in relation to deep-seated and pervasive fears of the feminine body or in Freud's formulation of the “Dark Continent.... Ma Jolie on the hand is effectively impenetrable and in either of the cases the sealing over of space emasculates and dephallisizes the male viewer....

“In the end, the ‘Dark Continent' metaphor and the status-quo perpetuates unequal relations of power and exploitation,” (Image of Africa and Africans in Western Media 2).... The African continent is further plagued by weak leadership that increases the levels of corruption and poor governance in the countries.... During the cold war, the African continent was vital to the American and Soviet Union solely for geopolitical reasons and strategic raw materials....

Sub-continent is still considered as “golden bird” by world was conquered by British Empire in 1857.... British enter the sub-continent for trade.... All regions of sub-continent consisted of small empires of different people and continuously fighting with each other.... On the other hand in sub-continent rulers were engaged in mutual disputes and at the time of invasion did not helped each other, in-fact aided British in order to capture the land of enemies (Ganguly, 11-25....

A Different Mirror by Ronald Takaki Question Most of the historical books portray America as though it was a Dark Continent before the European explorers made its discovery in the 16th century.... Further Caliban's skin color is not even to that of Prospero and his daughter Miranda, but it is a dark complexion relative to that of the devil....

Wisdom is universal and the level of literacy is not a boundary to critical thought, as is consistently being proven upon the Dark Continent.... When discussing the origins of philosophy, the subject immediately summons thoughts of Western philosophy with its origins in Plato's Greece then its advance to Rome and the European continent.... African Philosophy When discussing the origins of philosophy, the immediately summons thoughts of Western philosophy with its origins in Plato's Greece then its advance to Rome and the European continent....

I chose an African because we have a lot to share as we both come from the continent and hence we should have a lot in common.... Name: Course: College: Tutor: Date: Migration, cultural diversity and integration in contemporary Britain With the advent of globalization, it has become very common to have students from different countries and cultures coming together and studying in the same institutions of higher learning....