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Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom – Voices of South Africa’s Apartheid

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On July 7th 1991 Nelson Mandela became South Africa’s first black head of state. Nelson Mandela’s biographyLong Walk to Freedom tells Mandela’s extraordinary journey; he talks about his upbringing during South Africa’s Apartheid, his journey to University, his role in African National Congress (ANC – black rights group), his time in prison, for his role in the ANC, and finally his presidency (“Long Walk to Freedom”). Mandela’s story is not only remarkable but allows for distant audiences to understand the story of South Africa divided history. Mandela’s story allows for…read more

Mar.17
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Henry’s Letter

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Jan.28
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The Impact of Gilean Douglas’s Writing; Liberating a Man Constrained by Social Norms of Masculinity

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Gilean Douglas was a outstanding journalist who writing focuses centrally on nature. Douglas was not what you would call a ‘typical women’; she was an outdoorsman. She would spend months in her cabin up in the mountains of British Columbia, isolated from society, and wrote articles of her experiences in the wilderness. Douglas however from wrote many of her outdoor experiences under the male pseudonym Grant Madison because a women writing about these experiences was questioned regarding her credibility. ‘Grant Madison’s’ often moved people resulting in people writing fan letters…read more

Jan.28
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Life Narratives: The Key to Breaking down Stigmas of Disability

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         Over the past month I have been questioning my understanding of disability after reading G. Thomas Couser’s book  Signifying Bodies. Couser identifies how societies understanding of disability is limited and often are associated with stigmas (i.e. helplessness and unequal). He encourages people with disabilities to write autobiographies that ‘question the status quo’, to show abled body people that the real constraints of disability isn’t due to the disability itself but of the social stigmas that oppressive to those with disabilities. I then was directed towards Pasquale…read more

Nov.07
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How Traditional Art can Spark Change

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Recently the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) had an exhibit called “Arts of Resistance”. The whole purpose of the exhibit was to explore how “communities in Latin America use traditional or historical art forms to express contemporary political realities” (MOA). Each artist highlights on the themes of ‘political injustice’ in their society but each artist does it through their own chosen art style such as paintings, drawings, murals, clothing etc. Through the use of this type of artwork artists are able to change the perspective on an issue and apply their…read more

Oct.01
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