The Lord’s Resistance Army‚ or LRA‚ is a rebel group run in central Africa by Joseph Kony. The LRA originated in Northern Uganda in 1980 as a religious movement called the Holy Spirit Movement‚ which was led by Alice Lakwena‚ who claimed that God had told her to overthrow the Ugandan government. (www.warchild.org.uk/issues/the-lords-resistance-army) The Ugandan government had been‚ at the time of the order‚ treating the Acholi people of the North unfairly. The movement quickly drew large amounts
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The Making of Modern Africa: Colonialism Take a look at the past‚ our history; although there is only one factual outcome‚ there are an infinite number of opinions‚ perspectives and almost always more than one side to a story. I will be taking a look in to the novel‚ Colonial Africa‚ written by Dennis Laumann‚ as well as‚ African Perspectives on Colonialism‚ by A. Adu Boahen‚ and hopefully through this‚ we can gain a stronger understanding of Colonialism in Africa and how Boahen and Laumann compare
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HISTORY OF WEST AFRICA Overview The history of West Africa is the long history of human movements‚ incursions‚ displacements‚ intermixtures of peoples‚ and of the impact of these on the beliefs‚ attitudes‚ social and political organization to the peoples West Africa. The history of West Africa can be divided into three major periods: first‚ its prehistory‚ second‚ colonial period‚ in which Great Britain and France controlled nearly the whole of the region and the post-independence era‚ in
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former were called the “Moderate party‚” the latter the “Patriot party” – the commencement of the two parties which were afterwards known as United Empire Loyalists and Revolutionists.”[24] Similarly‚ the "Patriot party" was known in Virginia in early colonial history during 1618: “By this time [1618] there were two distinct parties‚ not only in the Virginia Company‚ but in the Virginia Colony‚ the one being known as the “Court party‚” the other as the “Patriot party…In 1619 the Patriot party secured the
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Capitalism‚ Sport and Resistance Adrian Budd South Bank University Introduction In the late 1970s the non-racial sports movement in South Africa adopted the slogan‚ coined by Hassan Howa of the South African Cricket Board‚ ’no normal sport in an abnormal society’. It later became a standard defence of the sporting boycott of apartheid. That black cricketers like the West Indian Alvin Kallicharan could only compete as honourary whites rather confirmed this view‚ as it did that of the
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Songhai‚ Africa The Songhai Empire‚ also known as the Songhay Empire‚ was a state located in western Africa. From the early 15th to the late 16th century‚ Songhai was one of the largest Islamic empires in history. This empire bore the same name as its leading ethnic group‚ the Songhai. Its capital was the city of Gao‚ where a Songhai state had existed since the 11th century. Its base of power was on the bend of the Niger River in present day Niger and Burkina Faso. The Songhai state has existed
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PTLLS Resource PTLLS Resource Menu Search Inclusion‚ equality and diversity Jan 19th‚ 2011 @ 12:19 pm › Frances ↓ Skip to comments On to T3! As I said for the previous essay you may well have had this bundled in with T2 and be doing them both the same week. It pulls out from that question on legislation and codes of practice to focus closer on these particular and important issues. Check out the full list of Ptlls assignments if you need a different one. Level 3 – Explain how you could
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The Scramble For Africa After the Berlin conference‚ European powers occupied and colonized areas in Africa‚ in order to gain resources. But many Africans weren’t too happy with the idea of the Europeans coming in and controlling them. During the scramble of Africa‚ the actions and reactions of Africans was that some surrendered their territory and control over to the Europeans‚ while others rebelled against them. Others tried to appeal through religion and believed culture would give them
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Colonial History of: Mali Mali started out as part of The Ghana Empire which was dominated by the Soninke people up until 1203 when it was taken over by an anti-Muslim Sosso Kingdom. The Mali Kingdom took over from 1230 – 1600 this empire had a lot of influence over West Africa; it began to weaken in the 14th century and was challenged by the Songhai Empire. The two empires ruled over Mali until they were defeated by the Moroccan Saadi Dynasty who controlled parts of Mali until they were challenged
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30 years of independence in Africa correctly states that Africans were no longer a homogenous people ruled by benevolent chiefs who discussed with the elders under a tree for hours until they agreed. He (Prof. Nyong’o) points out that great division of African people into social groups and categories with different interests and different attitudes towards the colonial state. The consequent of this was their inability to constitute a united front against the colonial regime. Political parties then
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