Global Engagements: Eastern Africa
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Endangered cultures are civilizations or heritages under the threat of extinction. This is usually signaled by language extinction. Although South Sudan is known to be a homogenous country, there are many tribes, cultures, and languages that comprise this region. The major languages spoken in South Sudan are English, Arabic, Juba Arabic, Bari, and Zande. EnglishContinue reading The Lost Languages and Identities of South Sudan
Rwanda By Ellie Howard When thinking about how nationalism and inequality played out in Rwanda, one example immediately comes to mind: the Rwandan Genocide. Starting in 1994 and lasting only 100 days, the Rwandan genocide was the product of a clash of identities and systematic inequality. Before looking at the genocide, we must first lookContinue reading Nationalism and Inequality
Rwanda By: Ellie Howard The current Russo-Ukrainian war pertains to the country of Rwanda in two ways. First, is the historical parallels that can easily be drawn between the Rwandan Genocide of 1994 and Russia’s recent ‘annexation’ of Ukraine. In the Rwandan Genocide, members of the ethnic majority of Rwanda, the Hutus, murdered around 800,000Continue reading The Russo-Ukrainian War
Through these next couple of weeks, we will be diving into the cultures and politics of Eastern Africa. More specifically the countries of: South Sudan, Madagascar, Rwanda, Kenya, and Ethiopia. This tropical terrain is home to Mt. Kilimanjaro, the river Nile, and some of the world’s most beautiful landscapes. It’s also been discovered that theContinue reading Safari into Eastern Africa