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July 4 marks the Independence Day of United States of America
July 4, 2021
July 4, 1776 has special significance in American history. The great liberation movement against colonial rule was pioneered in this land and founding-fathers of this historic struggle showed the subjugated nations a novel path of hope. They started a new beginning of self-rule. It took a couple hundred years for American society to struggle on all fronts and make its mark as one of the leading nations of the world. For many countries, the United States of America (USA) became a role model in political evolution achieving great cohesion and solidarity amongst federating units within the constitutional framework. Great movements for human rights and against bigotry, intolerance, discrimination, exploitation, inequality and racism made the country a noteworthy example for others to follow. The democratic set-up is a unique and noteworthy achievement quite different from the conventional British sy
Black history in America, typically omitted or overlooked, often requires extra work from Black people to retell the narratives, add vital context, and infuse years of collective cultural wisdom to understand present-day conditions. Black Americans are in a unique position because Black is both a race and an ethnicity.
We use the term Black to be more inclusive of the culture and community, and specifically to recognize people of African descent who live in the Caribbean or West Indies, as opposed to saying African-American. When Black people were taken from Africa and spread out all over the world, their unique identity and culture was stripped away upon arriving in America. Descendants of slaves emerged with new cultures depending on their location those locations are what informed their culture.
The last thirty years of Ugandan politics cannot be explained as something that emerges primarily and ultimately from Museveni as a politician and as a “case”. Internalist characterisations of the drivers of social, political and economic transformation have contributed to a concealing of the inter-linkages of the international matrix of power structures and capital accumulation.
‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ an Oscar contender directed by George C. Wolfe. On Netflix Dec. 18
By Lapacazo Sandoval, Contributing Writer
Published December 10, 2020
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There is no doubt in my mind that “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is a serious Oscar contender. This dynamic film is directed by George C. Wolfe, from a screenplay by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, and is based on the play written by August Wilson which is one of 10 plays that comprise Wilson’s epic cycle depicting 100 years of African American experience. Wolfe and company transports the viewer straight into the “mother of the blues”’s world a formidable and deeply pained Ma Rainey.