1. Paraphrase of Slave
Exploitation of slavery was a big thing among rich people in the past. White people go to Africa to exploit Africans of different age and sex to America for slavery. Out of the slaves that were brought over to America, some of them would die and some would survive during their boat ride to downtown New York at Wall Street where they would be sold to their masters. The master would bought them in New York and take them to the South to work for them in their farm. There are two different types of slaves, domestic and field slaves. .
Domestic slaves were the one that work inside the house, while the field slaves work outside in the farm. The domestic slaves are mostly females, but most slaves would like to be a domestic one. The get to work inside the house with their master and their master's family to help cook, clean and do all the house chores. They also get to have on clean clothes so they can look half decent to stay indoor with their master's family and guest that come around sometimes. Field slaves do all the farm work. These slaves seem to be the one that suffer the most because they are outdoor all the time in the field in all kind of weather.
In the story "Member Youse a Nigger" emphasized on being a slave by the way the master in this story set his slave, John, free. There was a slave name Ole John. His master's name was Ole Massa. The master had a wife, Ole Missy and two children. One day, the two children were in the lake on a boat and they lost their oars and were about to turn over when John was "workin" in de field and he had seen the children out on de lake in a boat, just a hollerin"." Massa and his wife followed the shore to find their children and neither one of them want to jumped in the lake. John had to jumped in the lake and saved the children since he was the slave and he had no choice to jumped in or not since the parent chose not to do so; "John pulled off his shoes to jumped in and swum out and got in de boat wid de children and brought "em to shore.
In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, the author, Zora Neale Hurston uses a technique called symbolism with the characters to create a story. Hurston was an African American author, born in Eatonville, Florida on January 7, 1891. She wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God in seven weeks, which was ...
A perfect example of this kind of problem caused by MNCs is the development of the oil industry in the Niger Delta. ... Most of Nigeria's oil is found along the coastline of the Niger delta, which is a massive environmental issue as there is real concern of marine pollution from "spillage and blowouts"5. In 1997 a report released by the World Bank stated the 300 oil spills take place each year and pollute the Niger delta with 2.3 billion cubic meters of oil.6 This has serious implications to the standards of environmental codes of practice these companies employ, and to the standard of ...
Niger Kordofanian is the language of which is spoken in nearly all the areas from Senegal to Kenya, and to South Africa. ... A subgroup, Niger Congo is composed of eight sections. ... The Benue-Congo branch of Niger-Congo contains a number of groups of languages in northern and eastern Nigeria. ... The groups that were found in Zaire were thought to be Khosian people that embraced the Niger Congo language. ... The Songhai branch is spoken by the people who live on the Niger River. ...
Hundreds of billions worth of crude oil have been extracted from the Niger Delta wetlands, earning huge profits for a privileged few, while virtually robbing the affected communities of both life and livelihood. The people of the Niger Delta region have seen few benefits from the large-scale operations carried out by the oil company in their communities, and despite the vast wealth produced from the oil found under the Delta, the people in the region remains poorest. From an environmental point, Oil corporations in the Niger Delta seriously threaten the livelihood of neighboring lo...
The African Nation in question is "Mali", and the traditional culture is "Dogon" (Merriam-Webster's definition: a member of a people of Mali noted for their sculpture). ... Mali is bordered on the north by Algeria, on the east and southeast by Niger, on the south by Burkina Faso and Cote d'Ivoire, and on the west by Guinea, Senegal, and Mauritania. ... In the south, by the Niger and Senegal rivers, are areas where peanuts, rice, and cotton are grown. ... The Niger River serves as an important transportation artery and a source of fish. ... Many of these ceremonies are funerary (at t...
African languages are broken up into four individual categories: Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan, Afro-Asiatic, and Khosian. The most commonly heard two categories are Niger-Congo and Nilo-Saharan. ... Niger-Congo languages are spoken of the people in West Africa, below the Sahara desert, Southern and Central Africa. ... Khoisan languages are spoken mostly in Southern Africa by Bushmen, members of traditionally roaming hunting people, and Hottentots, members of pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa. ...
The Mali Empire was located near gold mines and rich interior floodplain of the Niger River. ... Under Sundiata and his immediate successors, Mali expanded rapidly west to the Atlantic Ocean, south deep into the forest, east beyond the Niger River, and north to the salt and copper mines of the Sahara. ... He expanded the Mali kingdom over the large Niger city-states of Timbuctu, Gao, and Djenne". ...
The Nok civilization was centered in the valley where the Niger and Benue rivers meet. ... The Efe live in small groups of no more than 50 members, all of whom are related to each other. ... Hausa The Hausa Culture is located mostly in northwestern Nigeria and parts of southwestern Niger they call Hausaland. ...