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. ... Problem About 140 000 million babies will be born, and 53 million will die which gives the overpopulated world an additional 84 million people per year. ... Farming has been around since the 8000 B.C perhaps one of the most important inventions ever made. ... Someone must feed the hungry, with each individual requiring about 2 200 calouries per day. ... Wheat, rice and similar grains are important measure to ensu...

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The findings of this study show that broadcasting - radio in particular - has become the dominant news source for the nation, an effective instrument of propaganda for the government and a powerful influence in the political, social, economic and cultural life of the Zambian people. ... CHAPTER TWO: traces and summarizes the political background of Zambia and examines the British government's policy on Colonial Broadcasting before the Second World War. ... CHAPTER THREE: is devoted to discussing the development of radio in Northern Rhodesia after the Second World War and how the Colonial...

• Word Count: 8649
• Approx Pages: 35
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The pattern of the trade of humans is usually from developing (third world countries) to developed countries ( first world countries). ... They display high or significant increasing number of victims. 2. ... For example, according to the CIA world fact book, around 61.94% of people in Chad, among other countries live below the poverty line, living on just $1.25 USD per day. ... Underlying all of the economic drivers of human trafficking is not that people are particularly vulnerable to be trafficked but that there is high demand for cheap labour, services and commercial sex, not just in unde...

• Word Count: 2490
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

More than 1,900 people have died from Ebola in the four affected west African countries, but many more will suffer the economic consequences. ... Finally, in such poor economies the absence of economic growth kills people: let alone what happens when economies start to shrink. ... The reason is the outbreak of the Ebola virus in west Africa, which has killed more than 5,000 people. ... Transparency is important. ... The economic impact would be felt most severely in the three affected countries, with a wider impact felt across the broader West African region.[311][312] On December 2, it was r...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Africa's people and culture have been subject to many external changes that left a trace in the way they think and act nowadays. ... When war broke out in Europe in 1914 at the start of World War 1, British and French troops prepared to seize Germany's colonies in Africa." It was supposed to be the 'war to end all wars' and yet by the proxy of colonial empires, it created war where no one cared for, it dragging 2 million Africans into the conflict (www.washingtonpost.com). ... When World War 1 ended, African soldiers often received little or no compensations for lost ...

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Old imperialists recognized the economic burden in colonization as it could possibly lead to colonial wars and raise taxes, hence harming their economic interest. ... Another important factor driving old imperialism was religious missionization. ... The most important motive of the military side was the weak military forces of the colony continents. ... Cecil Rhodes, a British quintessential capitalist and the outstanding imperialist of his day, once said " I contend that we [British] are the finest race in the world, and the more of the world we inhabit, the better it is for the human race...

• Word Count: 1994
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Most accounts centre largely on change in the social scene across Western Europe during the 16th century with intense focus on colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade as the central feature to its inception some stating "slaves were the capital that made capitalism"2. ... Firstly ships would leave Western Europe for Africa filled with goods for which sailors would exchange for slaves the most popular and important commodities were weapons and gun powder followed by textiles, pearls and other manufactured goods. ... It is estimated that between 25 and 30 million people, were tak...

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Montgomery 2 Storytelling/folklore The African tradition of professional entertainment dates back to ancient times. ... Since storytellers or griots focus mainly on the history of their people ancestors are usually the principal subjects of a particular chronicle of the past (Stuckey, 14). ... Suddenly the people in the ring start to scream and spin and run around as if possessed and this continues until the "spirit" leaves them. ... For example many spirituals from the Civil War Era make coded references to the Underground Railroad and the name "Moses", which not only has biblical conno...

• Word Count: 2002
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He addresses some very important issues of the time, but they can be read in a sarcastic, satirical manner. ... Finally, the people of Africa have made up their minds to unite and take things into their own hands. ... Essays read in class such as Mark Twain's "Soliloquy of King Leopold" and the Diamond Wars essay also demonstrate this. ... And the "burden" that Kipling writes on, while patronizing, was indeed a genuine burden.2 The fact that the British Empire went far in alleviating famine and disease in the conquered territories should not be ignored. It is beyond a doubt, however, ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Through the analysis of various text, it can be discerned that the actions of the United States heavily influenced not only the decisions of the South African government but also the actions of disenfranchised peoples, blacks and coloured alike, living in South Africa who could now emulate the social movement of civil rights in America. ... Key to the understanding of racial separation, as exemplified by segregation and Jim Crow laws in America and the system of apartheid in South Africa, is the understanding of race itself and the effects of categorizing people by skin color as to provide a b...

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I expect to find: 1) conspiracy theories in both Black South Africans and African Americans and 2) that these conspiracy theories cover a wide range of issues dealing with origination, transmission, treatment, and prevention/protection. ... I expect to find: 1) similarities between both groups given their cultural heritage and 2) dissimilarities between both groups because of societal differences. ... This was called the New World Order. ... The rumor is that when the time is right for them, they will create a third world war (http://www.freedomain.com/Catalog/catalog.htm). A...

• Word Count: 9660
• Approx Pages: 39
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

But that is not all, as we shall see: members of all castes including slaves were closely associated to power, as de facto ministers; which resulted in constitutional monarchies governed by councils of ministers, made up of authentic representatives of all the people. ... CONDITIONS OF THE SLAVES The only group that would have an interest in overthrowing the social order were the slaves of the father's household, in alliance with the bâ- dolo ("those without power," socially speaking, the poor peasants). 2 Indeed, it is clear from what preceded that the status of the artisans ...

• Word Count: 5359
• Approx Pages: 21
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The trans-Atlantic slave trade was the largest long-distance coerced movement of people in history and, prior to the mid-nineteenth century, formed the major demographic well-spring for the re-peopling of the Americas following the collapse of the Amerindian population. ... For several centuries slaves were the most important reason for contact between Europeans and Africans. ... The epidemiological impact of the Old World destroyed not only Native American societies, but also a potential labor supply. ... Among such criteria were constructions of gender, definitions of criminal...

• Word Count: 4994
• Approx Pages: 20
• Grade Level: Undergraduate