ICH4801
Assignment 2 2024
Unique Number: 322543
Due Date: 21 June 2024
SECTION A: COMPULSORY SECTION
QUESTION 1
Question 1(a)
1. (2 ANSWERS PROVIDED)
Colonialism refers to the political and economic relations in which the power of a people rests
on a foreign colonial or imperial power. It involves the control and exploitation of a territory and
its people by a foreign power for the benefit of the colonising country. Colonialism often results
in the suppression of local culture and history, as well as the imposition of the coloniser's culture
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SECTION A: COMPULSORY SECTION
QUESTION 1
Question 1(a)
1. (2 ANSWERS PROVIDED)
Colonialism refers to the political and economic relations in which the power of a people rests
on a foreign colonial or imperial power. It involves the control and exploitation of a territory and
its people by a foreign power for the benefit of the colonising country. Colonialism often results
in the suppression of local culture and history, as well as the imposition of the coloniser's culture
and values.
OR
Colonialism can be defined as a political and economic system in which a foreign power
dominates and controls another territory or group of people, exploiting their resources and
imposing their own culture, values, and institutions on the colonized population.
2.
Maldonado-Torres explains coloniality as the institutionalised expression of colonial practices in
a long-standing pattern of culture, social relations, and knowledge production. It refers to the
ongoing impact and influence of colonialism on a society, even after political independence has
been achieved. Coloniality perpetuates the power dynamics, cultural norms, and knowledge
systems established during the colonial period, which continue to shape social and political
structures in post-colonial societies.
OR
The continuation of patterns of colonialism expressed in the culture, behavior, knowledge
production of the subjugated. Decolonisation implies an emancipation from colonial culture,
values, etc.
He focuses on the issue of “race” and the biological basis thereof, assuming that the
conquistador control the conquered through labour, slavery and serfdom. Coloniality is linked to
relations of capital and the world market
Coloniality is another way to refer to the 'colonial matrix of power' or the coloniality of power. It
is the basis and justification for the exploitation of the world and its resources by European
systems of domination.
