BennyRants

Wait, why on earth did I wear a white wig that made me look like a fetish priest just to get licensed? I remember walking down an aisle that felt like we were being cleansed of our individualities and bestowed a whiteness that we had to have. These were my thoughts when we were discussing the extent of wisdom and specificity that went into the South African Constitutional Court building. The building was centered around dismantling the remains of the apartheid regime and establishing something new. It was streamlined to their culture and echoed that they were ready to start afresh. In Nigeria, anyone who wants to get licensed to practice law must purchase a white wig and a black gown. Additionally, they must wear it on the day of call by the Nigerian Body of Benchers. Although this practice dates to the 17th century in England, it started towards the end of the British colonization in Nigeria when she decided to adopt the legal system of Britain, and by extension, all the paraphernalia...

              My thoughts on Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness -  There are two narrators: an anonymous passenger on a pleasure ship, who listens to Marlow’s story, and Marlow himself, a middle-aged ship’s captain. Heart of Darkness centers around  Marlow , an introspective sailor, and his journey up the Congo River to meet  Kurtz , reputed to be an idealistic man of great abilities. Marlow takes a job as a riverboat captain with the Company, a Belgian concern organized to trade in the Congo. As he travels to Africa and then up the Congo, Marlow encounters widespread inefficiency and brutality in the Company’s stations. The native inhabitants of the region have been forced into the Company’s service, and they suffer terribly from overwork and ill-treatment at the hands of the Company’s agents. (Joseph Conrad, Spark Notes) The writer witnessed the shooting and fight with the natives in Congo and their eventual slavery, but ev...