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    is violence Power is violence by Chinua Achebe "Benin Road" Weight violence The butterfly seeks safety in lightness In weightless‚ undulating flight But at a crossroads where mottled light From old trees falls on a brash new highway Our separate errands collide I come power-packed for two And the gentle butterfly offers Itself in bright yellow sacrifice Upon my hard silicon shield. Source: Chinua Achebe‚ "Benin Road‚" Collected Poems (2004; Random House for High

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    Slavery in Africa Homework - Task A = Read this text Since ancient times slaves had been bought and sold in Africa. When two tribes fought against each other‚ the victorious tribe would make the people of the defeated tribe their slaves. Slavery differed from one part of Africa to another‚ but in most places slaves were released when they had served their masters for a certain number of years‚ or else they could buy their freedom by good behaviour and hard work. Slaves were free to marry. This

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    Cultural Tourism in Nigeria

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    nasarawastatetourism.com/events/GbagyiGbogun.html Bob Mckercher‚ Hilary du cros. (2002)‚ cultural tourism the partnership between tourism and cultural heritage management‚ U.S.A.the Haworth hospitality press. http://nigerianartatoyasaf.blogspot.com/2012/02/in-benin-igue-festival-2011-celebrates.html Peter Robinson‚ Sine hietmann‚ peter Dieke. (2011)‚ Research themes for tourism‚ UK‚ CAB international. http://www.onlinenigeria.com/festivals/?blurb=471 Milena Ivanovic. (2008)‚ Cultural tourism‚ Cape Town‚ South

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    of our Spiritan World. In commemoration of the Spiritan’s founder week‚ a musical concert was staged in Duquesne University’s at Mary Pappert School of music in the PNC Recital Hall on Wednesday‚ February 3‚ 2016. A tour was made to Brazil‚ Ghana‚ Benin‚ India‚ China‚ and finally to Caribbean. Brazilian concert was called‚ Samba and Samba reggae selections played by Timbeleza. The Brazilian displayed their beautiful culture with percussion. Their attire was uniform‚ attractive and throughout the show

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    especially during his rehabilitation at Benin Home? Ishmael likes rap. When he was little he used to rap with his brother and friends. They created a band and rap became very close to him. Even though he didn’t quite understand it‚ he could mash a whole bunch of words and make it sound good. Rapping made Ishmael feel masculine and strong. It is important to him because he lost all of his family and that was one connection he would always have. At the Benin Home until he found his Uncle Tommy‚ he

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    C H A P T E R O N E INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Accounting as a profession or discipline‚ has always been seen as an information-generating one‚ which fittingly makes the job of the Accountant to be that of observing economic activities‚ recording the observations in the prescribed books‚ analysing the recordings‚ interpreting his analysis and preparing reports to all users of Accounting Information. The prepared reports are generally referred to as financial statements‚ which clearly

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    V Voodoo Voodoo. Many may think of it is some sinister dark taboo of mystical forces‚ based solely on black magic or the work of the devil. Some might say that it is just another version of Satan Worship. For many just the word Voodoo itself paints a picture of bloody sacrifice‚ nightmarish drum patterns‚ evil zombies‚ and dolls stuck full of pins. In actuality‚ Voodoo is a legitimate religion. Wade Davis‚ who wrote The Serpent and the Rainbow‚ would argue that Voodoo goes so far as to

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    NIGERIA The purpose of this essay is to describe Nigeria. Officially it is a federal constitutional republic‚ located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west‚ Chad and Cameroon in the east‚ and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. Its three largest and most influential ethnic groups are the Hausa‚ Igbo and Yoruba. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This

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    Leading issues in General Studies: Humanities & Social Sciences‚ (Book of Reading for General Studies)‚ 2001. EFFECTS OF CULTURE-CONTACT ON THE CONTEMPORARY NIGERIAN LIFE INTRODUCTION This Chapter attempts the review of various definitions of Culture. It also tries to bring out the common characteristics of culture in various definitions‚ which include being dynamic and transmittable from generation to generation. Factors that can influence culture in a particular society and how people can

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    CONTEMPORARY ARTIST ;THEIR WORKS. Aina Olabolu :art educator and painter Cheif Aina Onabolu (now late) was born in Ijebu-ode in Ogun state‚ Nigeria in the year 1882. The general impression the Europeans were having about contemporary African art was that of primitive and lacked impact on orld civilization Onabolu grew up in the midst of that notion and was determined to prove the white people wrong. He started to practice art on his own in 1900 even

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