CHARACTERS Major Characters Ishmael Beah - The narrator of this true story‚ Ishmael‚ is a boy soldier who finds a way to escape the horrors of war and go on to counsel others who are only looking for a way to live in peace. Esther - She is a nurse at Benin House where Ishmael is taken for rehabilitation. She befriends him and helps him to find himself again. Alhaji - He is a young man whom Ishmael befriends when they are both part of the soldiers fighting the rebels. He is as strong and cold as Ishmael
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Ishmael Beah was born on November 23‚ 1980‚ in Mogbwemo‚ Sierra Leone. In his critically acclaimed memoir‚ “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier”‚ Beah bases his survival from abduction and terrorism on his recollections as an unwilling child soldier for the Sierra Leone Armed Services during Sierra Leone’s 1991-2002 civil war. They were fighting the Revolutionary United Front or RUF‚ also known as the rebels. Ishmael describes his circumstances in simple to understand language. He is also quite
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Body modification is the deliberate alerting of the human anatomy or the human physical appearance. What drives people to radically reshape their bodies or go under the knife to seek physical perfection? Or to stretch human bones like the Kayan women in Nai Soi Thailand. Tattoos‚ piercings‚ implants‚ hair color: As a species were either trying to stand out or fit in. The changes we make to our bodies do not just define us; they define the very culture we live in. On the remote border of the Thailand
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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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info/journals/jorind THE CHALLENGES OF ADOPTING INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING SYSTEM IN NIGERIA Anthony O. Garuba Department of Accounting and Finance‚ Western Delta University‚ Oghara‚ and Pat Donwa Department of Accounting‚ University of Benin‚ Benin City E-mail: anthonygaruba@yahoo.com Abstract Nigeria is going to adopt International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) from 1st January 2012. Globalization and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has reduced the world to a global
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Period 4 Complete with one map per SPICE category ETAHAST: Events that are happening at the same time Map: shows the movement of slaves through transatlantic slave trade. Social(Soren) Date Event Significance ETAHAST 1664 Guns and alcohol are imported into native american societies. Firearms and alcohol largely disrupted the native american communities. Firearms made warfare among tribes far more deadly. Alcohol caused youn men to become more troublesome. Both of them overall
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Togo has the average sizes of families ranging from 3 to 7 kids is the average family size. The food that is mainly eaten in togo is maize‚ rice‚ millet‚ cassava‚ yam‚ plantain‚ and beans are the most common consumed food in Togolease.The educational system of togo is patterned on the French model that has the three levels of primary‚ secondary and higher education. The primary education is free and compulsory of children six years of age‚ and lasts for six years.Health care options are not very
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It all started with the Atlantic slave trade. During the European age of exploration‚ Portugal took the lead of the slave trade during the early 1400s when its ships reached Africa’s western coast. Portuguese voyagers first arrived at Senegambia‚ Benin‚ and Kongo where they found a thriving commerce in slaves. Europeans however‚ settled and exploited North and South America‚ and the Caribbean islands. They quickly enslaved American Indians as laborers and mines. Unfortunately for them‚ Native Americans
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Nigeria Essay Located in West Africa‚ Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh most populous worldwide. Thanks to its natural resources‚ especially oil‚ its economy is among the fastest growing in the world. From 1901 until its independence in 1960‚ Nigeria was a British colony. Great Britain decided to grant Nigeria its independence because after World War II Nigeria’s economy was very poor. Comprised of over 250 ethnic groups‚ as well as a population that is split religiously
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