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The independence of British Somaliland in 1960, along with the "Wind of Change" speech that Macmillan delivered in South Africa earlier that same year, marked the start of a decade in which the dismantling of the British Empire reached its climax, with 27 former colonies in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean becoming independent nations. [11]
George Orwell, author of Nineteen Eighty-Four, whose wartime BBC career influenced his creation of Oceania. What is known of the society, politics and economics of Oceania, and its rivals, comes from the in-universe book, The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism by Emmanuel Goldstein, a literary device Orwell uses to connect the past and present of 1984. [1]
The novel became the subject of controversy when it was revealed that author Alex Haley had plagiarized sections of The African for his own 1976 novel Roots, [3] which later was made into a 1977 television miniseries, [4] a 1979 sequel miniseries, and a 2016 television miniseries remake.
In 1956, Hemingway agreed to work on the filming of The Old Man and the Sea and abandoned work on "the Africa book". [16] He wrote to his editor, "I found it impossible to resume writing on the Africa book." [17] Hemingway put the manuscript in a safe-deposit box in Havana, although after the 1959 Cuban revolution he feared the manuscript lost ...
The topic of Lincoln's speech was citizenship in a constitutional republic and threats to U.S. institutions. [1] In the speech, Lincoln discussed in glowing terms the political regime established by the Founding Fathers, but warned of a destructive force from within.
By RYAN GORMAN President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech touched on many subjects including taxes, racial tensions and income inequality -- here are some of the most notable quotes.
This led to a climate of fear and suspicion, as owning the wrong book or having talked with the wrong person could result in punishment, imprisonment or death. [ 30 ] Having turned against Spain, Macías Nguema allied with the Eastern Bloc , enlisting support from the Soviet Union , Cuba , and North Korea .
The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia is a book-length anthropological and historical study of the Zomia highlands of Southeast Asia written by James C. Scott published in 2009.