The United States and the Soviet Union became military "superpower" nations after the war. ... Much of Europe's economy was destroyed in the Second World War, and the European governments could not afford to send armies to Africa to suppress nationalist movements. ... A civil war is a war within a nation, as opposed to a war with other nations. Liberia's civil war lasted from 1989 to 1997, when military strongman Charles Taylor sealed his control over the nation. Civil strife has destroyed much of Liberia's economy and caused business people to leave the nation. ...

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But those reactions are exacerbated by the way that those local economies work. ... Finally, in such poor economies the absence of economic growth kills people: let alone what happens when economies start to shrink. With so many people at or just above the subsistence level it doesn't take much of even a slowdown in the economy to push some of them below it. ... It warns that the disease, if not successfully contained, could cost the West African economy US$32 billion in 2015. ... But the cost to the affected economies could well exceed the medical bills. ...

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The recruitment of soldiers for European wars was targeted toward natives; this was an enormous impact on Africa. ... Blacks served as soldiers of wars and large numbers of them died in wars that existed between Europeans such as the Dutch and the British, although the conflicts existed between whites. ... Westerners had many justifications for the imposition of their presence and beliefs during the nineteenth century in Africa. ... Thus the argument was that imperialism ultimately must take place in order to stabilize the European economy. ... Supposedly it was the obligatory burden of w...

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An example of independence won through violence was the Algerian war. ... The Economic Legacy of Colonialism in Brief The introduction and expansion of capitalist production (cash economy) in agriculture, mining and industry. ... This assumption was the ascendancy of the idea of the putative role of the civil society as a counter-hegemonic force or a force for the reform of African politics. ... African Women and Violence In times of war women were used as a weapon. ... Hybrid Democracy Hybrid democracy comes about during the third wave of democracy. ...

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Colonization and expansion of the European countries during this time to 1815 was termed old imperialism. ... Old imperialists recognized the economic burden in colonization as it could possibly lead to colonial wars and raise taxes, hence harming their economic interest. ... Colonial authority did not fully support the rule of law to be applied equally to both Europeans and Southeast Asians and there were limited civil liberties in the form of fair trials, free speech and free press. ... Hence, unlike in new imperialism, there were less impact on the imperial country and colony during old imp...

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During the era of the Atlantic trade, slave importation had become an extremely popular commodity among colonists. ... Although this method of labor seemed immoral and inhumane to most, the South's economy had tremendously increased through slave labor. ... Although the major confrontation, the United States Civil War was not until 1861, the events of the seventeenth century and the early nineteenth century started the movement to end slavery. ...

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During the first 2 million years of our history the human population had very little effect upon the overall world ecosystem, with no more than 10 million members. ... During the 14th century the Black Death wiped out a third of the population of Europe.... In the United States a similar program reduced endemic malaria from 250,000 cases a year during the 1930s to less than 10 cases a year by 1950....

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The opening images of the poem are drawn from accounts of the Mau Mau Uprising, an extended and bloody battle during the 1950s between European settlers and the native Kikuyu tribe in what is now the republic of Kenya. ... Ironically, wars between people are described as following the beat of a drum - an instrument made of an animal hide stretched over a cylinder. ... The poet appears to condemn such an attitude by comparing the Mau Mau Uprising to the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). Leaders of France and Great Britain wanted to avoid another war that would engulf all of Europe, so they introduce...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate