Category: Cultural Identity

Considering that refugees cultural identity is distinct from the majority of the host society, it is inevitable that refugees will face some challenges in the enjoyment of rights. Introduction Refugee movement has increased significantly in the last decade as the world develops to a rapidly increasing population of humans causing a multitude of people to…

Sunday Adelaja once said, Names have a great influence on the destiny of the person, who bears the name. In Jhumpa Lahirs novel The Namesake, Lahir tells the story of a Bengali man named Gogol who, throughout his life, has experienced an identity crisis. The name given to him at birth was solely supposed to…

Cultural identity refers to a person’s sense of belonging to a particular cultural group and how they relate to others. My own experience of cultural identity is that I am from two different cultures. My mother is Tswana and my father is Xhosa so I am expected to practice both cultures because my parents are…

Sunday Adelaja once said, Names have a great influence on the destiny of the person, who bears the name. In Jhumpa Lahirs novel The Namesake, Lahir tells the story of a Bengali man named Gogol who, throughout his life, has experienced an identity crisis. The name given to him at birth was solely supposed to…

Culture is defined in many different ways by different people. Whether talking about American culture, LGBT culture, or Deaf culture, they are all a system of knowledge. Culture shapes us because it consists of values, beliefs, language, behaviors, and practices that people share. These influence us on how to think, interact, and behave in the…

When people ask you, or when you ask yourself what it means to be American, what usually comes to mind? For most people, they would say to be american would mean to be born in America or to be a citizen of America. While those are correct answers, the question can go rather deep with…

When people ask you, or when you ask yourself what it means to be American, what usually comes to mind? For most people, they would say to be american would mean to be born in America or to be a citizen of America. While those are correct answers, the question can go rather deep with…

How successfully did Europe emerge from fascism and authoritarianism since 1945? Fascism has been defined as a radical form of authoritarian nationalism (Turner, 1975, p. 162). Fascism first emerged in Italy during the 1920s, followed by Germany in the 1930s and quickly spread to other neighbouring countries not long after. Fascism promoted a strong government,…

Political concepts are intrinsically polysemous. For many of them, there is no universal definition that comes without dispute. In this essay, I will argue that political concepts are subject to contestation due to the fact that humans and societies are not static, we are subject to constant change because of environment or culture for example.…

Life in Europe during the time leading up to World War 2 was a time of great turmoil. While the countries in the League of Nations wanted to avoid conflicts and wars altogether because of the severity of World War One, there were several factors that led to the beginning of World War Two. The…