Africa and Gandhi

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This paper discusses the views of Mahatma Gandhi and how he would see the situation in Africa, and especially Darfur, today. The paper looks at affirmative action programs in Africa and their shortcomings as well as the problem of leadership in Darfur, the economic problems there, and the ongoing ethnic conflict. The paper concludes that, were Gandhi alive today, he would be very sad to see what the world has become, not just in South Africa but almost everywhere as people even in so-called 'civilized' countries fight their battles with fists and knives and guns instead of with words.

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"Most of these deaths seem to have taken place not from fighting but simply from starvation. People over there make little money of any kind in most cases and they have little to eat. There is often no electricity or clean, running water, and their life expectancies are nowhere near what ours in the United States are. These are the people who Gandhi tried to help the most - the peasant class who essentially had nothing but their spirituality and their beliefs. To stand up to a government takes a lot of bravery, but Gandhi did not believe in fighting."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Darfur crisis: More urgent than ever. (2006). International Rescue Committee. Retrieved from http://www.theirc.org/media/www/darfur_hope_amid_the_violence.html.
• de Wall, A. (2005). Famine that kills: Darfur, Sudan. Oxford University Press.
• Flint, J., & de Wall, A. (2006). Darfur: A short history of a long war. Zed Books.
• Gandhi on Western Civilization. (n.d.) http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/will/CPP/gandhi.html
• Gramby-Sobukwe, S. (2002). Adam, Kanya. 2000. The colour of business: managing diversity in South Africa. Africa Today.

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