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    African Union The African Union is a conglomerate of 53 African countries. The Libyan leader‚ Muammar Gaddafi in order to replace the old Organization of African Unity‚ which was no longer effective‚ conceived it in 2002. The union is based on the European Union and its goal is to create political and social development between the member nations. It also hopes to create better economic ties between each of the member nations. One of its goals is to have a single currency‚ much like the Euro

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    Chapter 1 Physical Context of African History: Geography and Environment 1. Although some may think of Africa as being of a single climate and terrain description‚ in reality a wide variety of land types can be found throughout Africa. How does this wide variety of climates and physical terrains affect human life and settlement patterns on the African continent? Different terrains and climates allowed for different lifestyles for Africans in different regions. Those close to the sea were

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    In the novel The Stranger by Albert Camus‚ the protagonist Meursault is a man who is indifferent to major events in his life which would deserve a "proper" reaction according to society. Also‚ the decisions he makes in his life are done carelessly and without a second thought about whether what he is doing is good or bad. As a result‚ Meursault is a stranger to society because of how differently his view on life is based on how he approaches certain aspects of life. Eventually‚ death is what connects

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    will never receive. He mistreats Minnie and Miss Leah wants to protect Minnie so Miss Leah prepares a special pie for killing Frank. In my opinion one of the most important topics in this text is the way Pearl Cleage deal with the influence of colonialism in one of the main characters: Frank. Frank is the son of a white slave-owner and a very light-skinned black‚ he is a mulatto‚ and in fact his mother was a Black slave who gets married with his father. These facts are decisive for the way Frank

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    “Speer was an apolitical technocrat” There have been historical arguments over the idea of Albert Speer being an apolitical technocrat in regards to his career. Speer wasn’t an apolitical technocrat due to the use of slave labour for the production of armament‚ his visits to concentration camps such as Mauthausen camp and the horrific conditions he saw at the Dora missile factory‚ his knowledge of Himmler’s speech at Posen also his defence at the Nuremburg trials in 1945. Criticism of Speer’s

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    a specific culture influenced by colonialism but the perspective in which they are done is different. Postcoloniality study by definition is a specifically post-modern intellectual dissertation that consists of reactions to‚ and analysis of‚ the cultural effects of colonialism. Subaltern studies on the other hand is the analysis of the dimensions of colonialism and how it affected cultures but from the point of view of that inferior country inflicted by colonialism‚ for example South Asia in regards

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    Albert Einstein remains one of the 20th Century’s most enigmatic yet popular figures. His high-minded concepts are more than most adults can handle‚ yet his popularity seems to rise with each passing year. His continuing importance to the world of physics is staggering given the recent advancements in the world of quantum physics. Yet Einstein the man is a much a different person than Einstein the scientist. It is Einstein the man that we see here‚ in this wonderful book by Maree Ferguson Delano

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    Albert Einstein is perhaps the single most ingenious scientist in American history. His contributions to science have forever changed scientific world. When Albert Einstein was only four years old he was greatly intrigued by a magnetic compass. The device convinced him that there was so such out there to be discovered. Einstein rebelled against the academic high school because intelligence was only measured in the ability to memorize facts and obey authority. He strongly believed intelligence could

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    Wars of National Liberation and the End of Colonialism National liberation is a concept that has been justly and unjustly idealized for many generations. Freedom and independence are rights that every person deserves‚ and‚ sadly enough‚ war is often the only means by which to obtain these basic human needs. Most Americans living today know close to nothing about dictatorships‚ tyranny and how many people don ’t have these rights‚ which most American people commonly ignore. National liberations

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    Jeffrey Luong ACCEPTING MEN AS THEY ARE – ALBERT ELLIS In Albert Ellis’s‚ The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Mating and Dating (1979)‚ he states it is a fact that most males are more interested in sex from love‚ that they love after being sexually satisfied rather than before going to bed‚ as females often do. He believes women should accept men as they are: sexually demanding‚ less devoted to the children‚ less warm and romantic. Ellis states it is the natural act of a man to be this way

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