Act of attacking different grounds & regions‚ with the end goal of settlement and/or resource exploitation. “Colonialism is a form of temporally extended domination by people over other people and as such part of the historical universe of forms of intergroup domination‚ subjugation‚ oppression‚ and exploitation” [1] Western colonial expansion started amid the fifteenth century when Spanish and Portuguese voyagers vanquished "new" lands in the West Indies and the Americas. It finished
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Colonialism played a large role in shaping North America. One significant outcome of colonialism in North American was the residential school system. Residential schools were a tool of Eurocentric colonialism to forcefully assimilate Aboriginals into white Canada. This system was mainly created to indoctrinate Aboriginals (savages) into the white European society (civilized). Therefore‚ I argue that the residential schools were the setting in which the concept of the civilized/ savage dichotomy was
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REEARCH PAPER ON DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN KENYA ABSTRACT Drug and Substance abuse is recognized globally as the greatest impediment to sanity of our social fabric‚ the greatest health risk and also it is touted to be one of the biggest derailments to our Economic growth. With all the misgivings associated with this menace‚ the international community; to which Kenya is a member resolved to tackle the issue amicably
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In its heyday‚ colonialism was often celebrated as a means to spread the values of advanced civilizations to people considered uncivilized. The great irony of this notion is that once the European colonial powers drew the lines over the newly discovered continents‚ their own civilized values were‚ in many cases‚ completely disregarded. The British writer Anthony Burgess‚ coincidentally the author of A Clockwork Orange‚ a book containing scenes of extreme violence not unlike some of the instances
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TOURISM IN KENYA INTRODUCTION Tourism is the world’s largest industry. According to World Tourism Organization (WTO)‚ tourism accounts for more than 10% of the world total employment‚ 11% of the Global Domestic Product (GDP) and the total tourist trips are predicted to increase to 1.6 billion by 2020. In Kenya tourism is an important sector of the economy‚ in 2006 tourism was the leading foreign exchange earners contributing Ksh 56.2 billion while attracting 1.8 million tourists (Source :Kenya Tourism
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away (XIX). Colonialism‚ a disease that spread through Africa causing destruction‚ disarray‚ and fear‚ was also directly responsible for the overall unity of the Igbo people observed throughout the twentieth century. Although colonialism broke up the unity of villages and forced different political‚ social‚ and economic lifestyles on the groups of Igbo people‚ colonialism also had a direct impact in forming national unity; in forming “a common Igbo identity” (XIX). Although colonialism diminished
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Globalisation is a euphemism for neo-colonialism. Discuss. Globalisation is a complex and multifaceted issue (Bayliss 2008:252). However‚ this essay will on the imbalance between western powers and the developing world and consequential exploitation‚ which‚ rather than being condemned as neo-colonialism‚ is justified as globalisation. The end of colonial rule did not mark the end of the trend of economic control and exploitation of the developing world (Manzo 2009:267). The cultural‚ political
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MONETARY POLICY TOOLS OF KENYA AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN THE RECENT YEARS * INTRODUCTION Kenya‚ officially the Republic of Kenya‚ is a sovereign state in East Africa. Although Kenya is one of the biggest economy in Africa‚ Kenya is still developing with a Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.519 putting the country at a position of 145 out of 186 – one of the lowest in the world and about 38% of Kenyans live in absolute poverty. The most important agriculture sector is one of the least
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clearly stated. The White Mans’s Burden was written during the time period of colonialism and imperialism. The Black Man’s Burden wasn’t written at the heat of colonialism it was written towards the end and its goal was the rebuttal The White Mans’s Burden argument. Rudyard Kipling wrote The White Mans’s Burden and he was a British poet. In Kipling’s poem he sought to provide a justification for imperialism and colonialism. He tried to help people understand that colonizers had the “moral responsibility”
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INFLATION Inflation is a term that refers to a persistent increase in general price levels of goods and services over a given period of time. The rise in inflation is mainly attributed to rise in food and fuel costs which results in a sharp rise in the prices of goods and services in the local market. MEASURING INFLATION Consumer Price Indices Inflation rate is calculated as the rate of change in consumer price indices from one period to another. Periods can be yearly or monthly. Pa-(Pa-1)Pa-1×100Where:
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