He is a brilliant engineer, but is quite naive about the continent. ... He eventually gains the help of a haughty, unkempt rogue hunter from America. ... The portrayal always unfolds from the familiar western view point as it moves into the unknown, assaulting the senses with culture clash, and winning like-minded sympathy along the way. ... And this captivating foreground all but shuts out what is behind. ... And quite often this power is wielded with a Euro-centic irresponsibility. ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

History often likes to portray all Africans of this time period as helpless victims when in actuality come of them were just as, if not more, ruthless in the slave trade than their European counterparts. ... While the exact number of individuals who were enslaved and brought to the western hemisphere will be forever unknown, it has been studied where in Africa they originated from and estimates have been made based on how many people arrived. ... There were eight primary areas used by Europeans slave traders and Africans to obtain and import slave natives to the Western Hemisphere. ... Unfortu...

• Word Count: 1258
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Homo Sapiens are known to be much smarter than the Homo Erectus; their brains were quite bigger, so that they had the ability to make better tools and adapt to the most demanding weathers and ecosystems throughout the world. ... A transition from a nomadic to a sedentary way of life was responsible for many changes on the people who lived at that time. ... This is quite a bit contradictory. ... During the preagricultural period, height apparently declined by as much as two inches in many parts of the Old World (Greece, Israel, India, and northern and western Europe). ... However, that theory m...

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All they had of their lives prior to slavery had become a memory. ... During colonialism, Africans were taught that their cultures were less evolved as Western cultures. ... However, the reality was quite different as substantial evidence indicates that Africa was by no means inferior to Europe1. ... In Africa, the kingdoms of Ghana, Benin, Mali and Songhai were all extremely powerful and prosperous and the cultures were diverse and rich. ... Canes, statues, baskets, rugs and sculptures were all made to retain elements of African heritage and served as a reminder of the journey of the Africans...

• Word Count: 2280
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate