Africans
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| Originally published | August 25, 1995 |
| Authors | John Iliffe |
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| ID | 2178823 |
About Africans
In a vast and all-embracing study of Africa, from the origins of mankind to the AIDS epidemic, John Iliffe refocuses its history on the peopling of an environmentally hostile continent. . . .
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St Kitts and Nevis is not totally free under King Charles III, says PM
... Designed by the British starting in the 17th Century, it was built and maintained by enslaved Africans...
African, Arab or Amazigh? Morocco's identity crisis
... It started with the simple question: how do you describe the Moroccan team, the Atlas Lions, which stunned the whole world by its sterling performance - defying the odds to beat heavyweights such as Spain and Portugal? The " first Arab" or " African" team to reach the semi-final? Culturally many Moroccans see themselves more as Arabs than Africans - and some sub-Saharan Africans in Morocco complain that racist attitudes are never far from the surface...
Cyril Ramaphosa: Damning report raises tough questions for South Africa's leader
... Mr Ramaphosa has a case to answer, not just to parliament but to all South Africans, critics say...
Charlize Theron condemned for saying Afrikaans is dying language
... It is the mother tongue of 13% of South Africans - mainly white South African descendants of Dutch, German and French settlers who arrived in the 17th Century - as well as mixed-race people, who are known as coloureds in the country...
Congo peat: The 'lungs of humanity' which are under threat
... " You can t keep saying: These Africans - they misuse funds...
Ryanair Afrikaans test: Why South Africa loves and loathes the language
... Ironically, they did that by declaring themselves Africans - " Afrikaner" is Afrikaans for African...
Ryanair Afrikaans test: Airline drops controversial South African quiz
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Ryanair Afrikaans test: Airline drops controversial South African quiz
Ryanair has dropped a controversial test in The Afrikaans language aimed at identifying passengers travelling on fake South African passports.
Boss Michael O 'Leary said imposing The Test " doesn't make any sense".
The policy caused outrage in South Africa , where many Black People associate Afrikaans with The Days of white-minority rule.
South Africa has 11 official languages and Ryanair never explained why it chose Afrikaans.
The budget airline runs flights across Europe.
The quiz contained questions such as what is South Africa 's international dialling code, what is its Capital City and who is The current president of The country.
Anyone who failed was refused travel and refunded The cost of their ticket. Ryanair originally defended The Test saying it received a fine for every passenger found to have travelled on a fake passport.
In a statement sent to The Bbc last week, Ryanair said it had to carry out The Extra test because of " substantially increased cases of fraudulent South African passports being used to enter The UK".
But The imposition of The quiz was widely condemned.
More Than a week after The controversy blew up, Mr O'Leary has said The airline has changed its policy.
" Our team issued a test in Afrikaans of 12 simple questions, " he told journalists.
" They have no difficulty completing that. But we didn't think it was appropriate either. So we have ended The Afrikaans test, because it doesn't make any sense. "
Last week, South African citizen Dinesh Joseph told The Bbc how he was " seething" with anger when asked to take The Test before flying to The UK from The Canary Islands .
" It was The language of apartheid, " Mr Joseph said, saying it was a trigger for him.
" Being a person of colour, especially from South Africa , you've experienced a lot. . of racism, " He Said .
The imposition of Afrikaans in schools was The main reason behind The 1976 Soweto Uprising against The apartheid regime, in which at least 170 people were killed, mostly schoolchildren.
South Africa has 11 official languages: Zulu, isiXhosa, Afrikaans, Sepedi, Setswana, English, Sesotho, Xitsonga, Siswati, Tshivenda and Ndebele.
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