Once it was assumed that scarves are for women only but as time passed it become a necessary embellishment for men as well. While some cities in southern Brazil swelled with burgeoning immigrant populations, other immigrants, especially Germans and Japanese, established themselves in isolated rural communities. In many small towns and rural areas in the South and Southeast during the 1920s and 1930s, children were educated in German or Japanese and Portuguese was rarely spoken. But when it was disclosed that the German government was aiding anti- government groups in Brazil, the Brazilian authorities ordered the closing of schools in which the principal language of instruction was not Portuguese. Reading up further on Bantu, one learns more from him when he says: “Being part of an exploitative society in which we are often the direct objects of exploitation, we need to evolve a strategy toward our economic situation. We are aware that Blacks are still colonized even within the borders of South Africa. Their cheap labor has helped make South Africa what it is today. Our money from the Townships takes a one-way journey to White shops and White banks,and all we do in our lives is pay the White man either with our labor or in coin. Capitalistic exploitative tendencies,coupled with the overt arrogance of White racism, have conspired against Africans. If they do not actually sneer, they are nonetheless sure that the drive for African cultural unity will fail. Cultural surrender is a foregone conclusion, in view of the ignorance of vital problems that extends to some of our most responsible political leaders. Political independence to a certain degree is, yes, what they envision now. None of what makes for the greatness of modern nations in national culture or even economic infrastructure will, when all is said and done, ever exist among us,they, assume. Wilson says that, “It is very important to keep in mind that a culture is to a significant extent a ‘historical’ product. A culture is socially manufactured, the handiwork of both deliberate and coincidental human social collusions and interactions. A culture also manufactures social products. Some of the most important social products it generates include its own cultural identity, and the social and personal identities of its own constituent group and individual members. I will add below what Wilson has to say about culture, further. I disliked authority in Apartheid time; I denounce in strong terms anyone who seeks to manipulate the mind of the masses, afraid to let loose the mass’s own potential as a force of change and stability- I oppose; if only the masses were given a chance to apply their mass mind to the problems plaguing South Africa, things ight be different. I have written some material and blogged on various topics, which are there for all to see for free, only thing is that one must invest time in reading the tomes I am writing on various subjects- in a scholarly and ordinary-man-friendly reads.
“With many Africans having left their culture, we have been tricked into using the European ‘racial’ identity model, a model that places all of the emphasis for defining identity on the contemplation of pigment and other aspects of phenotype. When we become preoccupied with our “racial” or phenotypic features, we fail to consider sufficiently our vast cultural wealth which connects us to Africans around the world. This brings into focus issues about our culture. I have tried to show how Art and sports have developed, or was developing, and now it is not; i.e.e, both sports and art are now controlled by foreign companies band White-owned museums and show-rooms. Both sports and art have been taken out of the hands of the sportsmen and artists; out of the control of the communities and the Africans who were supposed to be representing and represented in various sporting activities. Like in the case of when Orland Stadium was rebuilt in preparation for the World Cup, the new stadium is good only for rugby, soccer, and festivals. The Old Orlando stadium used to have Track and field tracks and schools in the communities throughout Soweto would meet there and partake in the sporting activities there. Now, with the new stadium, the track and field stadium has never been configured into the building of the stadium-was never rebuilt into the stadium, and the stadium serves, mostly, soccer teams, and the community has a useless new stadium, either than sports, music, church events and such like things. I ask, Why do we let anyone walk into our communities today and not be questioned or responsible for whatever they do to our people without making them accountable? Why do we say that our people, whenever they question first preference given to anyone, except them, as being Xenophobic? All Countries in the West and in Europe are Extremely and profusely Xenophobic- research bears this out, and I will post it in some not too distant future? Why if Africans raise their concerns about what is happening to them they are tagged as being unwelcoming and very mean to foreigners. And during the early 1960s, with the establishment of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL), the team rose to the occasion and finished near the top of the table on a number of occasions. The Lynneville Stadium hosted many exciting matches, and huge crowds would flock to witness games between Amazayoni and once famous opponents like Black Pirates, Katlehong United, Randfontein Young Zebras, Transvaal Black Birds, Orlando Highlanders and Pretoria’s Spa Sporting club. Significantly, in 1964 the Blue and Whites†reached the finals of the UTC Cup but narrowly missed the handsome cup and the R400 prize money on offer, when Young Zebras outplayed them.
3. Mineral Oil – This substance is consistently used in many skin care products, for the reason that it is cheap. Again, people do not associated mineral oil with being bad or damaging however it can clog your skin pores, causing irritation and even acne. Mineral oil reduces your body’s ability to get rid of toxins, so extensive use can be harmful. It is also known as paraffin wax, so look out for it, and steer clear. Look for this ingredient. Very few companies have it. I found one that not only has Cynergy TK but many other natural skincare products. “We must be assertive in countering denigration and defamation, which charge that African people have no meaningful traditions to recall. We, as a community,must rescue and reconstruct the most viable elements of our powerful African indigenous socialization systems. We cannot avoid it. We cannot delegate it. Fikile also alludes to the important political debates that were confronting artists at that time. How to address the role of the artist in terms of his or her social responsibility; questions of accountability; and the constant problem of how to overcome the alienation of the black artist from his or her own community. The preceding Hub has covered as much ground as possible in trying to show the Historical, Cultural and Traditional linkages between African South African culture, tradition, custom with that of and as being the same with that of Mapungubwe. When one goes through the historical, cultural, archeological, social, and anthropological literature and records, one is struck by the attempt to sway the fact that African South African Culture is one-and-the-same with that of Mapungubwe, and some want to demonstrate that the only way for historians to understand this is by the way of understanding this culture as if it was really Shona, Zimbabwean, not really South African. Comparison of masculinity-femininity in the American and Khmer cultures. Sepra et al. identified femininity as a Khmer cultural orientation and masculinity as the predominant American cultural orientation. As such, (a) Cambodians tend to place higher value on people, quality of life, and nurturing while Americans place higher value on material possessions, power, and assertiveness; (b) Khmer citizens consider disagreement as impolite and may verbalize ‘yes’ but act to the contrary while Americans value disagreement as a means to expressing one’s self; and (c) Cambodians value saving a person’s feelings and avoiding confrontation while Americans value the truth over sparing the feelings of another (p. interpersonal communication).
