The nation itself is compared to an animal (perhaps a lion) with a "tawny pelt.... What seems an idyllic portrayal of the African plain quickly shifts; the Kikuyu are compared to flies (buzzing around the "animal" of Africa) who are feeding on blood, which is present in large enough amounts to create streams. ... Ironically, wars between people are described as following the beat of a drum - an instrument made of an animal hide stretched over a cylinder. ... Line 25 presents a cynical view of the Mau Mau Uprising as just another colonial conflict where gorillas - negatively ani...

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The traits of various activities during the forages period were carried on to the horticultural period, when crops were grown using bare hands, feet and sticks then on to agricultural period when animal domestication was common in assisting on the cultivation process. ... In recent times attention has been focused on female circumcision that has been condemned as mutilation and denial of the fundamental human rights of women. ... But the issue is not a simple matter of rights. ...

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Kung people still have traditions that have been passed down for hundreds of generations such as their poison arrows, their trance ritual, their wide knowledge of over five hundred species of plants and animals "knowing which are edible, harmful, cosmetic, and medical. ... This in no way makes them animal like, wild, or undomesticated. ... In this situation, the bushman would be treated as animals, and the very fact that people are considering this process proves that they are seen as animals already. ... The reserve was originally established to protect the land and resource use rights o...

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Chapter One ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF CASTE It seems necessary at the outset to point out the specific features of the caste system, in order more clearly to bring out the difference in social structure which has always existed between Europe and Africa. The originality of the system resides i...

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Abstract Beliefs in conspiracy theories are widespread throughout the world, in every culture and community. They range from a world take over by secret societies to rigged Olympic games. Many are short lived, however, others seem to become self-perpetuating animals preying particularly on th...

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