Since Zimbabwean independence in 1980, a small percentage of the black population has become wealthy. This paper and a companion video explore the consumption patterns of members of this new black elite in post-colonial Zimbabwe. Given the violent war of independence and the avowedly socialist objectives of the new government, one expectation might be that the new black elite would seek to dist...

Cannabis is not indigenous to southern Africa, having probably been introduced into the Mozambique area in pre-colonial times by Arab traders many centuries ago. It was adopted by the Khoikhoi as a valued intoxicant and herbal remedy that was chewed or boiled, and was traded from the Xhosa communities living in the eastern parts of South Africa. The smoking of it began after the introduction of...

Through the process of Eurocentric pro-colonialist propaganda people have been, and continue to be, led to assume that the European colonialists brought criminal justice and law and order to Africa. This article challenges those assumptions by using the work of scholars of African history to highlight the existence of criminal justice systems in Africa, in particular pre-colonial West Africa. I...

Place names are closely related to the historical, cultural, and resident characteristics of a certain area. Therefore, place an extremely rich repository "data" that needs be exploited. Researching in direction geography - history culture gives results about places important cultural historical value. The sites Tuyen Quang also associated with revolutionary activities President Ho Chi Minh, Pa...

A comparative analysis of the legal status indigenous peoples, tribes and castes Brazil, India Canada was carried out on basis a study Constitutions Constitutional Acts, Conventions for Protection Rights Indigenous Peoples, activities National Commissions protection these categories. Conclusions are made about presence similarities differences in formation constitutional studied ethnic groups a...

Before the beginning of the European colonialism era, the Persian Gulf was a communication link between Asia, Europe and Africa, through which silk, spices and other needed goods were transported into the Mediterranean. With the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope and the flourishing of the southern African routes, in order to control the trade routes, colonialists entered the arena, and worked ...