Reflections of culture in Nigerian video films • Emmanuel Alozie‚ Governors State University • For more than 25 years‚ Nigeria has emerged as one of the world’s leading video film producers. Since its inception‚ the cultural messages and values contained in these films have been a subject of interest. Several studies have been conducted to examine the contents. This study relies on a collection of these studies to extract the most common themes that have emerged. It uses the information and communication
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How did Stalin’s rule change the soviet union? Stalin totally hanged the country. When he gained power the economy was still based on agriculture and the majority of people lived in the countryside; when he died‚ the country was a global superpower‚ with a huge heavy industry sector and the majority of the people lived in cites. He achieved these through two policies; collectivization of agriculture and‚ for agriculture‚ a centrally planned command economy - the Five Year Plans. In purely
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“Five Year Plans‚” which consisted of forced collectivization and industrialization. Farmers were denied private property‚ and food was exported for foreign industrial technology. The resulting food shortages became a planned famine known as the “Holodomor” in the Ukraine‚ where farmers had actively opposed his attempts at collectivization. Despite Stalin’s harsh rule‚ the Soviet Union under his leadership became a world power and even acquired a brief technological lead in space exploration. As
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the economic changes coincided with the imprisonment of millions of people in correctional labour camps.[3] The initial upheaval in agriculture disrupted food production and contributed to the catastrophic Soviet famine of 1932–1933‚ known as the Holodomor in Ukraine. Altogether Stalin’s economic and political policies resulted in the deaths of up to 10 million peasants during 1926-1934. Between 1934 and 1939 he organized and led a massive purge (known as "Great Purge") of the party‚ government‚ armed
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enough farmers go into debt‚ leading many farmers to kill themselves. I agree with her‚ Monsanto has much more power than traditional weapons can provide as people can not go without food‚ restricting access to it can cause a genocide‚ not unlike the Holodomor in Ukraine. People need to be aware of these companies and make sure to hold them accountable for what they are doing to our food‚ and ultimately‚ us. Especially in poorer countries where people can not afford much‚ this could cause many issues.
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millions of people in Soviet correctional labour camps[3] and the deportation of many others to remote areas.[3] The initial upheaval in agriculture disrupted food production and contributed to the catastrophic Soviet famine of 1932–1933‚ known as the Holodomor in Ukraine. Later‚ in a period that lasted from 1936–39‚ Stalin instituted a campaign against alleged enemies within his regime called the Great Purge‚ in which hundreds of thousands were executed. Major figures in the Communist Party‚ such as the
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Over the course of time‚ many leaders attempted to control their nation and increase their own power in order to dictate their citizens. Some examples of such leaders are‚ Louis XIV of France and Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union. During the age of absolutism‚ Louis XIV also known as‚ the “Sun King” became the ruler of France through the theory of divine right‚ which allowed him to rule his people as an absolute ruler. He controlled his people by implementing a centralized government and forcing
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famous example of an autocratic leader. Hitler was power hungry; his lofty goal led to the epoch of World War II‚ causing the deaths of 17 million people. Another example is of Joseph Stalin‚ past leader of the Soviet Union‚ and the cause of the Holodomor. Almost half a million Ukrainian civilians who objected to Stalin’s new law of agricultural collectivisation were shipped to remote areas such as Siberia where they are left to fend for themselves‚ which will lead to their eventual deaths. Democracy
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whims.” Famine eventually hit the Soviet Union‚ particularly Ukraine and by extension‚ the Crimean Peninsula‚ killing millions‚ believed by many to be an act of ethnic cleansing to squelch the Ukrainian Independence Movement. It became known as the Holodomor. This claim was heavily denied by the Soviet government‚ however‚ it is impossible to truly deny the fact that millions were killed in this famine. The famine represents the staple failures of the Five Year Plans and the terror of Stalinism‚ and
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“Stalin transformed Russia from a backward country into a great world power… but the cost was certainly exorbitant” (The Guardian newspaper‚ 6 March 1933) Discuss. After becoming leader of Russia‚ a country that by his accounts‚ ‘was 50 to 100 years behind advanced countries’ Joseph Stalin sought to enhance Russia quickly‚ before ‘being crushed by his opponents’ (Stalin‚ 1931) To make up the vast difference between the agrarian country he had‚ and the superpower he dreamt about‚ Stalin determined
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