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  • With the benefit of hindsight this house as South Africa would establish TRC that excludes the influence of Christianity

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    Truth and Reconciliation Commission South Africa (TRC) is a courtlike body established by South African government in 1995 to help heal the country and bring about a reconciliation of its people after the period of apartheid. In many ways Christianity has been infused in the TRC processes.

    Nusantara Overland Varsity English Debate 2021 · Open Quarters · 2021-11-01

  • This house believes that Ambazonia Separatist movements should prioritise advocating for stronger devolved units with greater autonomy instead of a secessionary independent state

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    The Ambazonia Separatist movements in Southern Cameroon were established through the merger of several groups to advocate for the secession of Anglophone Cameroon from the majority Francophone Cameroon. The country has since been in a civil war. Devolution is the transfer of power from a central government to sub-national (e.g., state, regional, or local) authorities. The Devolved territories have the power to make legislation relevant to the area and thus granting them a higher level of autonomy; this includes areas such as healthcare, law enforcement, education, etc. however elements such as moneary policy, taxes, foreign policy and defense remain under the central government.

    Western IV 2021 · 4 · 2021-10-08

  • This house prefers authors from the African diaspora writing fiction through a lens of Afro-futurism over Afro-pessimism.

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    Both Afro-futurism and Afro-pessimism refer to approaches in exploring African experiences through different cultural aesthetics. Afro-futurism reimagines the future via a black lens, voiding white supremacist thought and the structures that violently oppressed Black communities. Afro-futurism evaluates the past and future to create better conditions for the present generation of Black people through the use of advanced technology, often presented through art, music, and literature. An example of Afro-futurist literature is Wakanda (Marvel) and Beyonce's Lemonade (2016).Alternatively, Afro-pessimism is a lens of interpretation that accounts for, and focuses on the ongoing effects of racism, colonialism, and historical processes of enslavement including the trans-Atlantic slave trade and their impact on structural conditions as well as the personal, subjective, and lived experience and embodied reality of African Americans. An example of Afro-pessimism literature is Twelve Years A Slave

    Western IV 2021 · Open Final · 2021-10-08

  • This house supports Gulf States intervening in Ethiopia

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    Gulf States refer to Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Tigray is Ethiopia's northernmost region. Bordering Eritrea, it is home to most of the country's estimated 7 million ethnic Tigrayans. In November 2020, the regional government, controlled by the Tigray People's Liberation Front, launched a full-scale siege of a key Ethiopian military base. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered a federal offensive against the region, setting off a conflict which has killed thousands of people - many of whom allegedly died as a result of indiscriminate shelling of cities in Tigray by Ethiopian forces, and has seen nearly 60,000 people fleeing to Sudan.

    UADC 2021 · Open Quarters · 2021-10-01

  • This house regrets the decline of Pan African Marxism

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    In the 20th century many African leaders and political parties were engaged in a struggle for independence from colonial rule. At this time many of these leaders and parties adopted theories of governance based on Marxist ideologies and the shared identity of Africans across borders. this theory can loosely be described as Pan-African Marxism. Chief proponents of this movement include but are not limited to Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress in South Africa the SWAPO party in Namibia the MPLA in Angola Julius Nyerere in Tanzania and Kwame Nkurumah in Ghana. However shortly before gaining independence or soon thereafter many of these parties abandoned the theory in favour of the capitalist democratic structure popular in the West.

    Xtensions IV 2021 · 5 · 2021-09-06

  • This house regrets the decline of Pan African Marxism

    Infoslide

    In the 20th century many African leaders and political parties were engaged in a struggle for independence from colonial rule. At this time many of these leaders and parties adopted theories of governance based on Marxist ideologies and the shared identity of Africans across borders. this theory can loosely be described as Pan-African Marxism. Chief proponents of this movement include but are not limited to Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress in South Africa the SWAPO party in Namibia the MPLA in Angola Julius Nyerere in Tanzania and Kwame Nkurumah in Ghana. However shortly before gaining independence or soon thereafter many of these parties abandoned the theory in favour of the capitalist democratic structure popular in the West.

    Xtensions IV 2021 · 5 · 2021-09-06

  • This house would remove lower grade maths from schools

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    In a number of countries (eg. South Africa) “lower grade math” is a simplified mathematics curriculum that students in public high schools can opt into. Students struggling with math or schooling in general are typically encouraged to take lower grade math. An A in lower grade math usually counts for half as many points as an A in 'standard math' using an admission points system for universities. As a result, students who take lower grade math are unlikely to be accepted into many university programs (such as STEM, law and medicine)

    International Education Open · 3 · 2021-09-05

  • This house believes that all extractive industries (e.g. oil coal gold iron copper etc.) in African countries should be placed under the control of the African Union

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    The African Union is a Pan African organization representing 55 member nations. Its goals are: - To increase socio-economic and political integration on the continent; - Develop and promote common policies on trade defence and foreign relations to ensure the defence of the Continent and the strengthening of its negotiating positions; establish the necessary conditions which enable the continent to play its rightful role in the global economy and in international negotiations;- Promote sustainable development at the economic social and cultural levels as well as the integration of African economies;- Promote cooperation in all fields of human activity to raise the living standards of African peoples;- Coordinate and harmonize the policies between the existing and future Regional Economic Communities for the gradual attainment of the objectives of the Union

    DebateGo Waterloo 2021 Tournament · Open Final · 2021-08-13

  • This house believes that all extractive industries (e.g. oil coal gold iron copper etc.) in African countries should be placed under the control of the African Union

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    The African Union is a Pan African organization representing 55 member nations. Its goals are: - To increase socio-economic and political integration on the continent; - Develop and promote common policies on trade defence and foreign relations to ensure the defence of the Continent and the strengthening of its negotiating positions; establish the necessary conditions which enable the continent to play its rightful role in the global economy and in international negotiations;- Promote sustainable development at the economic social and cultural levels as well as the integration of African economies;- Promote cooperation in all fields of human activity to raise the living standards of African peoples;- Coordinate and harmonize the policies between the existing and future Regional Economic Communities for the gradual attainment of the objectives of the Union

    DebateGo Waterloo 2021 Tournament · Open Final · 2021-08-13

  • This house believes that all extractive industries (e.g. oil coal gold iron copper etc.) in African countries should be placed under the control of the African Union

    Infoslide

    The African Union is a Pan African organization representing 55 member nations. Its goals are: - To increase socio-economic and political integration on the continent; - Develop and promote common policies on trade defence and foreign relations to ensure the defence of the Continent and the strengthening of its negotiating positions; establish the necessary conditions which enable the continent to play its rightful role in the global economy and in international negotiations;- Promote sustainable development at the economic social and cultural levels as well as the integration of African economies;- Promote cooperation in all fields of human activity to raise the living standards of African peoples;- Coordinate and harmonize the policies between the existing and future Regional Economic Communities for the gradual attainment of the objectives of the Union

    DebateGo Waterloo 2021 Tournament · Junior Final · 2021-08-13

  • This house believes that all extractive industries (e.g. oil coal gold iron copper etc.) in African countries should be placed under the control of the African Union

    Infoslide

    The African Union is a Pan African organization representing 55 member nations. Its goals are: - To increase socio-economic and political integration on the continent; - Develop and promote common policies on trade defence and foreign relations to ensure the defence of the Continent and the strengthening of its negotiating positions; establish the necessary conditions which enable the continent to play its rightful role in the global economy and in international negotiations;- Promote sustainable development at the economic social and cultural levels as well as the integration of African economies;- Promote cooperation in all fields of human activity to raise the living standards of African peoples;- Coordinate and harmonize the policies between the existing and future Regional Economic Communities for the gradual attainment of the objectives of the Union

    DebateGo Waterloo 2021 Tournament · International Finals · 2021-08-13