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Rodezya'lı çiftçiler 1980

Rodezya'da bulunan beyaz tenli yerli halk çiftliklerini koruyor. 1980 yılı.


Rodezya ülke ismini duyan var mı?


Rodezya şu anki Zimbabve'nin eski ismidir. Zimbabwe adını aldıktan sonra dünyanın en fakir ülkeleri arasına girmiştir. Rodezya daha önce İngiliz sömürü devleti olarak beyazlar tarafından yönetilmekteydi.

İngiliz asıllı olan Cecil Rhodes, 1880 yılında elmas aramak için Güney Afrika'ya gider ve De Beers madencilik şirketini kurar. Bu şirket günümüz elmas piyasasına hala büyük ölçüde hakimdir.


İngiltere tarafından Cape Town sömürgesine başkan seçilir ve bugün üzerinde Zimbabve (güney rodezya), Malavi (kuze rodezya) ve Zambiya'nın bulunduğu topraklara kendi ismini verir. Rhodesia ( Rodezya)


1980 seçimlerini bir siyahın kazanması üzerine Rodezya ismi Zimbabve olarak değiştirilmiştir. Zimbabve bağımsızlığını ilan ettikten sonra , Birleşmiş Milletler, üyelerine bu ülkeyi tanımamaya davet etmiş ve tanıyan devletleri güvenlik konseyi yaptırımlarına maruz bırakacaklarını bildirmiştir.


Ek bilgi : Martin Luther King'i öldüren James Earl Ray, o zamanlar beyazlar tarafından yönetilen Rodezya'ya kaçarken İngiltere hava alanında yakalanmıştır.

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Gorilla and pygmies

British Captain A. Gatti and two pygmies with a 500lb gorilla strung from a pole, which the captain shot in the Tchibinda forest in the Lake Kivu region, Democratic Republic of the Congo, circa 1930.

The other two people standing next to the gorilla are Pigmies, which is considered to be one of the first inhabitants of Central Africa and as short as a dwarf.

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Poverty in Africa

Africa-based countries were divided into colonies among countries such as Portugal, Britain, France, Italy and Germany, with Portuguese seafarers stepping on the continent in the 15th century, which continued in various African countries until the 1970s.

The borders of most African countries were drawn by the colonial states on the desk table. This has led to years of internal conflicts and border wars in Africa, which has increased hunger and poverty in Africa.

Colonies always supported minorities and opposition in African countries, discriminated (eg, apartheid regime), which later led to genocide (eg genocide of Rwanda) in order to manage easily.

Although African countries declare their independence, most people still speak the language of the country they are exploited and live economically on them. In addition, "new colonialism" keeps these countries connected to colonial governments in various ways and increases their foreign debts with the assistance of the IMF.

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Child Soldiers during first sudan war

The First Sudan Civil War began with the request of South Sudan for autonomy between 1955 and 1972.

Half a million people have died in 17 years of war.

After the end of the First Sudan Civil War in 1972, the Second Sudan civil war began and continued between 1983 and 2005 . The North Sudan and the South hereby began to fight again. The Second Sudan Civil War was a major continuation of the First Sudan Civil War, which took place between 1955 and 1972.

In the Second Sudan civil war, two million people died of war, famine and sickness. Four million people in southern Sudan were displaced at least once during the war.

The civilian death rate of the civil war in Sudan is the highest among the wars that have taken place since World War II.

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The Great Sphinx of Giza  Excavated 1860s

The Great Sphinx is a sphinx sculpture located in the Gize pyramids region in Egypt's capital, Cairo.

It is the largest single-stone sculpture in the world, measuring 73.5 meters in length, 6 meters in width and 20 meters in height. A sculpture in the form of a head of a pharaoh with a head in the shape of a lying lion with a temple between its claws. It is thought that the lions were built for the protection of pharaonic graves and pyramids using sacred and magical powers for their sacredness in ancient Egyptian mythology. It is estimated that the face in the Sight Sphinx is the face of Kefren, one of the six ancient king pharaohs, who was believed to have ruled for 24 to 26 years in the capital Memphis during the Fourth Dynasty. It is believed to be the guardian of the Pyramids of Gize, as it welcomes the rising sun.

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