Essays about: "African Identity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 81 essays containing the words African Identity.

  1. 1. A qualitative study on Invisible Racism, Racial Bias and Inequality among Afro-Swedish Healthcare Workers in Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Jennifer Nnopuechi; [2023-02-09]
    Keywords : Labor market; Afro-Swedes; Invisible Racism; Bias; Heath Care; Sweden; Identity;

    Abstract : For many years, migration and racialization has formed a central theme widely discussed in our world today. The central notion of difference; vis-à-vis what is not seen, that is, absence of a certain element portray a huge standing in issues of race in recent times. READ MORE

  3. 2. Post apartheid challenges according to South African journalists : A qualitative study of how South African journalists evaluate the relationship between their ethnicity and work

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för medier och journalistik (MJ)

    Author : Frida Larsen; Ebba Eriksson; [2023]
    Keywords : Postcolonialism; apartheid; journalism; professional identity; South Africa;

    Abstract : This study is a bachelor's thesis based on a Minor Field Study conducted in Cape Town,South Africa between October and December 2022. This research is a qualitative studyand nine semi-structured interviews were conducted with South African journalistsduring the field study. READ MORE

  4. 3. Is Stand-up Comedy a Potential Tool for Social Change? : An Analysis of Stand-up Comedian Dave Chappelle

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Aryan Karim; [2023]
    Keywords : stand-up; comedy; empowerment; awareness; humor; Chappelle; comedy; intersectionality; representation; social change;

    Abstract : This degree project aims to research if stand-up comedy has the potential to be a tool for social change, in terms of awareness-building and empowerment. It also researches if a specific comedian can be a voice and representation for multiple social movements. READ MORE

  5. 4. The "Black Butterflies": Color in God Help the Child and the Inverted White Gaze

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Claudia Bern; [2023]
    Keywords : Chromatism; Dark Beauty; Ebony-Black Beauty; White Beauty; Black Skin; Blue-Black Skin; Afro-textured Hair; Black Color; White Mask; Slavery; Race Prejudice; Black Identity; Toni Morrison; God Help the Child; Africanist in Literature; Black Beauty in Media; Whiteness; Inverted White Gaze; White Gaze; Black Gaze.; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The discourse on beauty has primarily been focused on the white gaze to prescribe its normative standards. The white gaze conceptualizes the way in which beauty is dwelled on within society: the foisting of Caucasian-looking beauty canons on black women, and the veneration of whiteness as superior. READ MORE

  6. 5. Traces of the Past : Reclaiming Feminine and Maternal Identity in the Wake of Slavery, as Portrayed in the Novels Beloved and Jazz.

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Ira Elaika Konduk; [2023]
    Keywords : motherhood; individuality; mutuality; African Americans; Black feminist criticism;

    Abstract : Using Black feminist criticism, this study will examine the influence of the multifaceted yet simultaneous system of oppression on individuality and mutuality in the aftermath of slavery, as depicted in Toni Morrison’s works in Beloved and Jazz. Furthermore, this essay will explore the effects of the intersecting system of oppression on the characters’ identity formation. READ MORE