This lack of interest in Africa did not include The Cape Colony though, which the British gained at the end of the Napoleonic Wars and which served a key role in outfitting ships on the British trade route to India. ... The British had been present in Nigeria since the middle of the 19th century with many small companies involved in the palm oil and coco industries in 1879 these small companies were merged together through the leadership of George Goldie producing The Royal Niger Company. ... The problem primarily arose because Goldie's company lacked a charter and had no real treaties...

• Word Count: 3207
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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 Government used the medium to 'socialize' the Africans. ...

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

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 limbs or battle injuries (www.dw.de). ... The English businessman and financier Cecil Rhodes founded the modern diamond industry and cont...

• Word Count: 3051
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Their investment in human labour continued and grew and in 1488, the profit margins generated were so large that they almost solely funded the Christian nation's war against Islam in North Africa. ... The French Revolution lead to a huge social upheaval and the French Revolutionary wars between the new French Republic and other Monarchical European countries. ... The Royal Africa Company established in 1672 was the only company permitted to transport African slaves and was owned by the British government. Between 1680 and 1686 the company averaged transportation figures of around 5000 sla...

• Word Count: 2679
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She talked of " weaning those ignorant millions from their horrid ways" but when Marlowe hinted to her that the Company was run for profit, she said, "you forget, dear Charlie, that the labourer is worthy of his hire." ... According to the essay read in class about the diamond wars and this charter, the destiny of Africa was controlled by Europe and even the United States in 1963, and is still controlled to some extent today. A good example of this is the Ogoni tribe in Nigeria whose lands were taken and exploited by American and Scandinavian oil companies. About two thirds of all the best lan...

• Word Count: 4292
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

Tourism Airlines, hotels and travel companies are expected to suffer reductions in revenues. The World Travel and Tourism Council, which represents airlines, hotels and other travel companies recently stated that early indications suggest a decline of 30% in bookings to the region. ... In the Ebola-afflicted parts of west Africa where health systems have been overwhelmed, some foreign companies are already pulling out workers. ...

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• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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...

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

For example, the Mohawks had the power to veto the council, and the Senecas were in charge of appointing the two war chiefs that were in charge of the confederacy's military. ... The Iroquois then went to war with and defeated the Hurons and the Petuns northward. ... The first colonists in Africa were members of the Dutch East India Company. ... Had the employees of the Dutch East India Company obeyed these orders, perhaps they would not have so profoundly influenced the Native Africans. ...

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The first two stanzas refer to the Kenyan conflict, while the second two address the war within the poet-as-outsider/insider, between his roles as blood insider but geographical outsider to the Mau Mau Uprising. ... Ironically, wars between people are described as following the beat of a drum - an instrument made of an animal hide stretched over a cylinder. ... The poet appears to condemn such an attitude by comparing the Mau Mau Uprising to the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). Leaders of France and Great Britain wanted to avoid another war that would engulf all of Europe, so they introduced a no...

• Word Count: 4862
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The African Slave Trade I. Background a. Early history of European trade with Africa b. The beginning of the Salve Trade II. Middle Passage c. Living arrangements d. Death II. Slaves in the New World a. The marketing of slaves b. Treatment of slaves (corporal punishmen...

• Word Count: 2584
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School