university‚ but applied for a job at the Shell company‚ because he was sure they would send him abroad. He was sent to East Africa‚ where he got the adventure he wanted: great heat‚ crocodiles‚ snakes and safaris. He lived in the jungle‚ learned to speak Swahili‚ and suffered from malaria. When the Second World War broke out‚ he went to Nairobi to join the Royal Air Force. He was a fighter pilot and shot down German planes and got shot down himself. After 6 months in hospital he flew again. In 1942‚ he
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CHAP TER 13 CHAP TER OUTLINE ● Tropical Lands and Peoples ● New Islamic Empires ● Indian Ocean Trade ● Social and Cultural Change ● Conclusion © Victor Englebert DIVERSITY + DOMINANCE Personal Styles of Rule in India and Mali ENVIRONMENT + TECHNOLOGY The Indian Ocean Dhow East African Pastoralists Herding large and small livestock has long been a way of life in drier parts of the tropics. Visit the website and ebook for additional study materials and interactive tools: www.cengage.com/history/bullietearthpeople5e
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CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL DETAILS NAME : Charline Otieno DATE OF BIRTH : 11th August MARITAL STATUS : Single LANGUAGES : English‚ Swahili‚ German and Luo NATIONALITY : Kenyan RELIGION : Christian CONTACTS Permanent Address : P.O BOX 30496‚ Nairobi (00100) E-mail : richnikkicharlie@yahoo.co.uk Cell-phone : +254 727324013 PERSONAL ASSESSMENT I have strong interpersonal skills. I am results oriented and a team player. I am not afraid to change my orientation to take on challenges
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native speakers (the children learn the pidgin as their first language)‚ it is then called a Creole. Creoles share more grammatical similarities with each other than with the languages from which they derived from. An example of a creole includes Swahili‚ which grew out of Arabic and Bantu languages in eastern Africa. 2. Explain how they are related‚ i.e.‚ from pidgin to creole. Pidgins become creoles when they become the mother tongue of the society. A creole will have greater vocabulary and
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Ubuntu A Management Philosophy What Is Ubuntu? One of the most striking features of the cultures of sub-Saharan Africa is their non-individualistic character: “Although African cultures display awesome diversity‚ they also show remarkable similarities. Community is the cornerstone in African thought and life.” An African is not a rugged individual‚ but a person within a community. In the words of John Mbiti‚ “I am‚ because we are; and since we are‚ therefore I am.” Or‚ as Yusufu Turaki puts it: “People
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From Ethiopia to Mozambique Valleys with steep rifts on each side As it continues to shift‚ East Africa will become an island. Mt. Kilimanjaro Tanzania Snow-capped; near the equator; The highest mountain‚ Mt. Kilimanjaro’s name comes from Swahili & means shiny mt. Africa’s highest mountain Lake Victoria Surrounded by Tanzania‚ Kenya‚ & Uganda Africa’s largest lake Supports plants‚ animals & human life in the area around it. Victoria Falls Fed by Zambezi River; in Zimbabwe Has a mist
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lifetime. After this death exploration was directed by a private "contractor" named Fernao Gomes. Bartholomew Dias reached the Cape of Good Hope at the south end of Africa in 1487 and returned to Portugal with the news. Vasco da Gama reached the Swahili Coast of East Africa on his way to India. He returned to Portugal with spices from India. In 1494‚ the Spanish and the Portuguese signed a treaty to divide the world in two. The dividing line ran through the Atlantic with Spain gaining lands to the
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services operated. Mali had abundant rainfall and a very tropic climate which helped with the fertile soil in the area for farming. Although there was also high mountain ranges and plateaus that had cooler weather and shorter growing seasons. The Swahili city-states also had a tropic climate as well as a tropic environment. Unlike the Mali‚ they depended on herding and agriculture. They had more wide open fields for farming and less tropical forests and mountains. 4.) A short time after the Black
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religious and despite some misconceptions it is not a substitute for Christmas. Kwanzaa is traditionally celebrated December 26 through January 1 with each day focused on Nguzo Saba‚ or the seven principles. The term Kwanzaa is derived from the Swahili phrase "matumda ya kwanzaa‚" which means the first fruits of the harvest. Kwanzaa is rooted in the first harvest celebrations practiced in various cultures in Africa. Kwanzaa seeks to enforce a connectedness to African cultural identity‚ it also
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fall of the Roman Empire. The Muslim traders in the Abbasid Empire influenced the spread of Islam to parts of Asia‚ such as China and Eastern Asia. The Muslim traders also traded in Africa for gold‚ silver‚ ivory‚ and jewels and spread Islam to the Swahili Coast. The spread of Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism was also spread in a very similar way to Islam through trade along the Silk Roads. This era of the Silk Road ended with the Mongol Invasion of
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