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South Africa’s first black African president, also famous for spending 27 years in prison
Nelson Mandela
Why Mandela was freed from prison in 1990
Growing domestic and international pressure on South African government
struggle for independence
decolonization
Oceania’s attempts to keep traditional principles, including decision making with consensus (where no one’s feelings are hurt)
Pacific Way
Austrian Empire, Ottoman Empire, Russian Empire, Japanese Empire, German Empire
Empires that fell rip
Nationalization of Mexico’s oil industry
Outcome of Mexican Revolution
Reasons behind end of colonial empires
Contradictions between Enlightenment, Christian, and material progress morals and the unfairness of colonial exploitation (basically they were being hypocritical pieces of trash); Rise of National self-determination (Europe played themselves); Democratic values
coming together of separate developments at a time aka coincidences
conjucture
reasons behind why “fatal flaw” of Europe led way to independence
- world wars weakened Europe; world wars discredited Europe’s moral superiority (genocide, that’s why!); US and Soviet Union oppose colonial empires (they were being hypocritical tho); United Nations provided platform for anticolonial agitation (basically a place for them to protest against colonies)
Social and economic circumstances that allowed material for anticolonial movements
Elite INTELLECTUALS from colonies; NON-INTELLECTUALS who were resentful of Europe’s privileges
ways colonial rulers created political relationships with their Asian/African subjects (only cuz they were being threatened)
Investments in public works; holding of elections; writing of constitutions
activist leaders or “fathers” of countries
- Ghandi and Nehru in India *lawyer dude; Sukarno in Indonesia *isms dude; Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam *asian dude; Nkrumah in Ghana *hero dude; Mandela in South Africa *jailed dude
problems within anticolonial movements
intellectuals tired of non-intellectuals, power struggles
Place that only took 4 years to get independence unlike the other countries that took decades
Belgian Congo
weird Indonesia guy who talked about himself in third person and said “_______ is a mixture of all these isms” about himself
Sukarno (I memorized it as: Sue-car-no)
what promoted Indian identity
. British rejecting Indian assimilation; British putting in technology that made communication easier so that Indians could communicate better #played themselves again; Movements to reform Hinduism
political party of well educated Indians from elite Hindu families (originally not popular with common people)
Indian National Congress (INC) also known as Congress PArTy
Babus, what British called the Congress Party when they asked for more inclusion
semi-literate native with only a thin layer of modern culture (basically half-savages)
Peaceful lawyer dude who experiences racism in South Africa, was educated in England, married at 13, and wanted equality between Hindus and Muslims. Thought best way was by rejecting industrialization and pursuing social reform. Killed by Hindu extremist. Disappointed by the division of Hindus and Muslims.
Mohandas Gandhi (if you don’t know who Gandhi is by now then shame on you)
truth force; Gandhi’s political philosophy
Satyagraha
Great SOUL
Mahatma (what they called Ghandi)
what Gandhi viewed women as
people with virtue, self-sacrifice, and endurance :) ; still supported traditional female roles and passiveness :(
Gandhi’s chief lieutenant who embraced modern industrialization unlike Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Opposition to Gandhi within India
- Hindus hate on Muslims; Congress party hates on women and untouchables; Castes hate on other castes