One person could belong to a lineage, a clan, a village, religious group, chiefdom, and a language group. ... In the light of this, African customs, religion, language, heritage and way of life was discouraged. It can be seen that the main Holy Grail was to change the identity of Africans and by slowly assimilating Africans into European culture; a common example to illustrate this is the changing of African names to Christian ones. ... As Jomo Kenyatta illustrates: "When Europeans came to Africa, they had the bible and the Africans had the land. ... Impact of Racial Thinking in Africa ...

• Word Count: 2491
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Both poems are based on traditional superstitions and it is evident from the title, Abiku, which is a word from the Yoruba language of Nigeria that is used to describe a child that dies and is reborn, usually multiple times. ... Hence, we see Soyinka and Clark as well as many other African poets bringing their cultural superstitions to their literary works, even though most of them are written in European languages. ... The juxtaposition of spiritual and human language used in the poem lets the readers know that both the spiritual and the human are present in this Abiku child. ... Also, it is...

• Word Count: 1278
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Christianity, western European languages, and Imperialism benefited underdeveloped regions through improved transportation, education, and medical care. ... This was known as the Scramble for Africa. The French invaded Western Africa, while the British were taking over Egypt. ... This replaced the trading relations between Africa and Europe. ... When Africa was invaded some people welcomed the invaders as allies against local enemies. ...

• Word Count: 673
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The African perception of life, religious believes, political ideologies, literary insights and thought patterns were best represented in these African languages as initiated by the African ancestors. ... The implication of relegation of African languages by these foreign languages on the African continent is an unfortunate loss of one of the paramount ingredients of the African cultural and racial identity. In precise terms, African languages have been significantly lost to English and French languages among others. ... Therefore, without the use of African languages in works of art, African ...

• Word Count: 796
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It was only within Arabia, where a crude form of idolatry was rampant, that Islam was propagated by warring against those tribes, which did not accept the message of God, whereas Christians and Jews were not forced to convert Within half a century of the Prophet's death, Islam had spread to three continents, Asia, Africa and Europe. ... They, therefore, set about with a concerted effort to translate the philosophical and scientific works available to them, not only from the Greek and Syrian languages (the languages of eastern Christian scholars), but also from Pahlavi, the scholarly ...

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Language constitutes an area of potential conflict in Europe, Africa and Asia, in countries where language rights are subject to ethnic discrimination and where recognition of their identities is demanded from the state. ... To analyze the role that languages play in our society we should consider questions such as "how do languages die out and why?" ... Language speakers are not responsible regarding which language they first start to speak and sometimes it's difficult for them to decide which language they must speak within a specific context. ... The loss of a language not only means ...

• Word Count: 1941
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During the heyday of Atlantic slavery, a range of European countries established small forts on the East and West African coasts. ... Historian Ira Berlin has called members of these communities Atlantic Creoles because of their connections to different African and European social and political networks. ... Europe was still rapidly developing and therefore needed the raw materials that Africa had to offer. ... Various precolonial African social orders had towns and little urban areas. ... Amid imperialism, urbanization happened decently quickly in numerous African provinces. ...

• Word Count: 2178
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• Grade Level: Graduate

It was believed that the white Europeans were superior to the black, brown and yellow people of Africa and Asia. ... Also, the expansionist nature of chauvinistic nationalism can be seen with the "scramble for Africa." ... Liberalism was founded on a defense of individual freedom, traditionally expressed in the language of rights. ...

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In Europe there are about 50 different languages. ... They all have their own official language. ... The region of North Africa and Southwest Asia stretches form Morocco in the west Afghanistan in the east and covers more than 10% of the earth's total land surface. ... North Africa and Southwest Asia have about 130 million more people than the United States. ...

• Word Count: 839
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He is basically showing us that Africa, Australia, and New Guinea had a head start over Europe and the Americas, yet it is Europe and the Americas that have the dominant cultures today. ... This is one of the factors that helps to explain why Europe was able to advance faster than Africa, even though Africa had a head start. ... The Eurasian societies were able to master food production at a faster pace than the societies of Africa and Australia. ... This allowed them to trade with other areas, exchange more ideas, and eventually to develop a written language to keep track of these ex...

• Word Count: 1597
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Patterns of Colonization explores the paradigms of two distinct societies born out of the influence of European imperialism, African slavery and extern factors that influenced the Caribbean. ... The author examines the impact that the Africans and Europeans had on the behavior of Caribbean society. The Language used by the author was not simplistic but rather complicated. ...

• Word Count: 555
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The Europeans would trade goods to the west coast of Africa and would receive captured Africans in exchange. The Africans were then taken across the Atlantic. Once in America, African slaves were traded for New World produce and raw materials. This made African trade a critical component to the lives of those in the New World. This also made many Africans become a very influential part of the history of America. ...

• Word Count: 1034
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Emerson is noted for his skill in presenting his ideas eloquently and in poetic language B. ... He taught modern languages at Bowdoin from 1829 to 1835. ... During Lowell's lifespan of 72 years, one of his many accomplishments was becoming the professor of modern languages at Harvard after Longfellow retired. ... Robert Frost (1874-1963) - American poet, who drew his images from the New England countryside and his language from New England speech. ... He is known for his innovative language and precise detail, as well as attention to line breaks. ...

• Word Count: 1931
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• Grade Level: High School

In other words, it was the separation of North and South American from Eurasia and Africa. ... Amongst the participating continents and countries were Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. ... European domination and government influenced the Americas in its language, political and legal institutions, trade pattern, and religion. ... Decades after Europe discovered America, Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans began to interact. ... This economy had a devastating effect on Africa and reaped agricultural wealth and materials from the Americas on the basis of free labor from Africans and ...

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He is a good sportsman and swimmer and has made his way through Africa to Morocco where he is trying to make a living while he is attempting for the third time to cross the border to the small part of Spain. ... In addition, our protagonist can go between different places and translate between people, who do not speak the same language. ... Several times in the text the language is ironic. ... He's self-ironic as he racks himself down by saying "wise professor me" (l. 88) and "lucky professor me" (l. 107), and it is obvious because he puts himself in the situation where he is stuck in bet...

• Word Count: 1048
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People controlled by other countries began to develop feelings of nationalism and patriotisms, often referred to as consciousness of sharing a common past and a closeness of speaking the same language. ... The great powers of Europe sectioned off Africa among them establishing a solid influence in China. ... Both France and Britain had many colonies in Africa and Asia. ...

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Some of those people were Africans, Benicans Romans, and much more. ... They contain Jobs, Government, Religon, Writing, Language, Education, Tools, Technology, Art. ... A man with the last name Diaz was the first to round the south tip of Africa. ...

• Word Count: 756
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Japanese wanted to destroy the US' Pacific Fleet in order to clear the way to conquer Southeast Asia - US reacts by declaring war on Japan and inspiring men to enlist in the armed forces, creates a battle cry, General Kimmal forced to retire, America bombs major Japanese cities in revenge The Home front (life in the US during the war) - Farmers grew enough crops to feed the US and all its Allies - planes, bombers, tanks, scout cars and carriers, armored cars, trucks, light vehicles, rifles and side-arms, machine guns, artillery and ammo were produced in factories - production during the...

• Word Count: 945
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Currently, company driven expatriations are on a rise, among the most popular expatriate countries, the rankings are led by: Germany, Belgium, Spain, France and Russia in Europe, USA and Canada the in North America, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore and Hong Kong in Asia, Australia and New Zealand, and South Africa. [1] As the need for development of global leadership and the growth of new business ventures abroad increases, a massive rise in global mobility is to be observed. ... Some blame family issues, or if single, social issues like adapting to the language, culture, or both.[4] The f...

• Word Count: 1559
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Throughout history people possessing the same cultural identity (history, language, and customs) have felt a sense of coming together as one nation. ... Language 3. ... African nationalism is a kind of post-colonial nationalism as African nations sought to gain independence from their colonial powers under the umbrella of nationalism. ...

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It is currently widely accepted that as modern human beings emerged from Africa some 100,000 years ago, this new species spread eastward, through Asia, even to Australia, before any of its members entered what must, to people from a warm continent, have seemed a cold and inhospitable environment. ... Each of these waves brought with it another variant of this people's language "some seven or eight variants in all. These were the ancestral tongues of the languages that Europeans speak today. It may have been the Indo-European people's mastery of the horse "which was domes...

• Word Count: 1527
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Nationalism was a major cause because it was ignored by many groups who felt that people of the same ethnic origin, language, and political ideals had the right to independent states. ... The three countries competed for economic expansion over Africa. ...

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The first account of dancing known to man came from the ancient civilizations of the Middle East, India, the Americas, Africa, and Australia. ... During the time of the First Dynasty of Egypt, about 3000 years later, Egyptians paintings showed different types of dance movements (or body language), musicians, and dancers. It has also been proven that Australians, the American natives and Africans danced for spiritual reasons and for entertainment purposes. ...

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The Indian in the more North American region lived very scattered and secluded, there were many different languages and different customs. ... The Spanish used the Indians, and also imported African slaves to help gain wealth by mining for gold and silver which at the time was plentiful. ...

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Finally for someone to leave their country it can be down to environmental reasons, for example natural disasters or the climate for some people is too difficult to leave in such as countries in northern and southern Africa. ... For instance if one area is predominantly migrants then other migrants will want to move their, as their culture will be somewhat secure and it is easier as they can speak their own language to each other. ...

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