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rapidly waned, colonialism
celebrated them, and what was
regarded as “traditional” was set
like a fly in amber. Africans were
given tribal identities and ethnicity
was restored – invented by elites
and Europeans. The British believed
Africans had tribes, so tribes
came into being to which they
could belong.
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Words to understand
Apartheid:
(In South Africa) A policy or system of
segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.
Pan-Africanism:
The principle or advocacy of the political union of
all the indigenous inhabitants of Africa.
Pastoral nomads:
Groups who raise livestock, and they move
about within their established territory to find good pastures for
their animals.