“Decolonization signaled the declining legitimacy of
both empire and race as a credible basis for political or social life. It
promised not only national freedom but also personal dignity, abundance, and
opportunity.”(1088) Have national freedom really given all peoples’ these
things? There are still many nations that are fighting for freedoms.
“Conjuncture…at the international level, the world
wars had weakened Europe, while discrediting any sense of European moral
superiority. Both the United Sates and the Soviet Union the new global
super-powers, generally opposed the older European colonial empires, even as
they created empire-like international relationships of the own.”(1091)Are the
new empires (political structures) better than before? Maybe for some however
there are nations still struggling for stability in current unstable economic
times.
Independence comes with responsibilities that
peoples of these new nations struggled with, identifying who they were, their
culture, political structure and what are their economic resources in order to
establish themselves as a viable nation is taking time for some nations.
Two famous leaders emerged from these new nations, both
of these men believed in non-violent reform of their nations and established
movements to unify the nation yet both nations were divided even further. In
India – Mahatma Ghandi made an impact on the nation for a peaceful Hindi ways
of living yet faced opposition from the Muslim believers. The effect was the
division of the nation into Muslim Pakistan and Hindu India. And in Africa –
Nelson Mandela serviced time in prison for his attempts to unify the nation,
was released from prison after twenty-seven years and became President of his
nation. Africa also became divided by “race, ethnicity, and ideology that
generated dissension and sometimes violence. “(1101)
Let’s hope so.
Cause and Effects of Actions
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