Only after her son's birth does Nnu Ego begin to feel like a "real woman" (Emecheta 54). ... With both sons pursuing further education abroad, Nnu Ego never receives the comfort she expected them to provide. ... In the Rhodesian culture, a son is more valuable to a family because he remains as a family member until death. The son is responsible for caring for his parents in their old age. ... Western education offers natives a delusional sense of improvement and even if education does improve the economic wellbeing of certain individuals, gender inequality is widened as a result...

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Portugal had been present in Western Africa for several years but in 1445 the King, Henry the Navigator instructed his sailors on their way to the continent to win over the natives so they could purchase human beings to be used as free labour rather than to kidnap them as they had done previously4. ... Africans were believed to have higher levels of strength and 'humour' than European workers or the Native Americans and, therefore, considered the more effective work force in this new industry. As the demand for sugar across Europe soared so did the demand for African slave labour, s...

• Word Count: 2679
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In principle, one could have a nephew serve as a substitute: a man's sister's son, in this matriarchal regime, would be given by his uncle in ransom; whence the two Wolof expressions, na djây ("may he sell," i.e., the uncle), and djar bât ("he who can buy back," i.e., the nephew). ...

• Word Count: 5359
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Consequently, Christianity was not only turned native in Graeco-Roman cities, but also helped to shape the Graeco-Roman world; conversely the Graeco-Roman world helped to shape Christianity giving it the language and all other creative symbols at its disposal to produce what we practice and discuss today in the sacraments and theology. ... The four subdivide into two close streams - an alternate elder age-set that becomes godfather or patron and that initiates the younger age-set, pairs with the younger group to form a stream; successive patronage is excluded; and so a father will never be god...

• Word Count: 2773
• Approx Pages: 11
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