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Similarities and differences between South African culture and American culture

The similarity lies in that they are all immigrant countries, but the difference lies in the different process of country formation.

The ethnic composition of South Africa and the United States is very similar. Both countries are immigrant countries, but South Africa is mainly composed of blacks, Indians, Indians and Dutch descendants. The United States is more of a North-South immigrant and a Latin immigrant, which is why Spanish is second only to English in the United States.

The history of South Africa is slightly different from that of the United States. The history of American independence is the history of whites and aborigines resisting British colonists. South Africa, on the other hand, is a country where Dutch descendants and British descendants enslave indigenous blacks. From a historical perspective, the United States is a country that has never been occupied by other colonial powers, but it is also a country where slavery began.

South Africa is a purely British colonial country. In addition, since the establishment of the government in this country, there have been no more invaders and foreign regimes in the United States, while South Africa was first ruled by the Dutch, then by the Germans, and finally by the British, so it experienced a lot of invasion, colonization and political and cultural changes.

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Short for "South Africa". Located in the southern hemisphere, known as the "Rainbow Country", it is located at the southernmost tip of the African continent with a land area of 12 19090 square kilometers. It is surrounded by the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean on the east, south and west, and borders Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland on land. It faces Australia across the Indian Ocean to the east and Brazil and Argentina across the Atlantic Ocean to the west. ?

South Africa has three capitals: the administrative capital (seat of the central government) is tshwane, the legislative capital (seat of parliament) is Cape Town, and the judicial capital (seat of the Supreme Court) is bloemfontein.