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    superpower‚ has catalyzed her desire to engage Africa in her Foreign Policy. This has heightened the Chinese desire to geo- strategic reach into Africa as ‘The Going Global Strategy’ according to (Corkin‚ 2006). This has been the plan far back in the 1978 eras of Mao Zedong. 2. China’s objective in the new phase of assertiveness is to maintain strong economic ties in Africa‚ unlike the previous objective of building a coalition of sharing common goals with Africa as ‘Third World’. This geo-economic factor

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    The colonization of North America‚ following its discovery in 1492‚ was a competition --based on the claim and settlement of lands in the New World-- between the major European imperial powers. The English‚ Spanish‚ and French colonization of North America was primarily a religious endeavor that focused on the desire to convert the Native Americans to Christianity‚ the need for religious havens to worship freely and openly‚ and the belief that Europeans had a God-given right to the lands in the New

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    methods of colonization. The British had colonization all over the world and the most abundant were Americas. I believe that the British methods of colonization have the similarities with the Spanish in the western hemisphere. Both Spain and Great Britain’s goal of colonization was conquest‚ settlement‚ and rule over the hemisphere. Spanish were motivated by Catholic Church and expectations of treasures (gold)‚ glory‚ and the return to Spain wealthy. Spanish exploration and colonization starts

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    PROBLEMS WITH DICTATORIAL LEADERSHIP IN AFRICA Have you heard that some of the world’s most brutal leaders are from Africa? After the colonial leadership‚ many African countries have come under the control of dictators. Some of them are the most notable ones worldwide‚ such as; Colonel Muammar Gaddafi‚ Idi Amini‚ Mobutu Sese Seko‚ and Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe. Countries like Zimbabwe‚ Uganda‚ Libya and Sudan have all experienced dictatorial or single party regimes. Citizens and opposition political

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    THE RAINBOW NATION‚ GOING BEYOND THE HORIZON - GLOBALIZATION OF SOUTH AFRICA – ABSTRACT This paper examines the advantage‚ disadvantage‚ trade and FDI in SA from globalization perspective. South Africa(SA) is the one of the post BRICs country and it has largest economy market in Africa. Following the democratic elections of 1994‚ SA corporations moved with alacrity into the rest of Africa and beyond. Mining houses led the way‚ followed by manufacturers and financial institutions. Multinational

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    Drug abuse in Africa Sections ABSTRACT Introduction Historical background Current drug abuse situation in Africa Effects of drug abuse in Africa Control mechanisms Future trends Details Author: T. ASUNI ‚ A. O PELA Pages: 55 to 64 Creation Date: 1986/01/01 Drug abuse in Africa T. ASUNI Department of Psychiatry‚ College of Medicine‚ University of Lagos‚ Lagos‚ Nigeria A. O PELA Clinical Pharmacy Unit‚ Faculty of Pharmacy‚ University of Benin‚ Benin‚ Nigeria ABSTRACT Apart

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    Africa has long been the target of an unfathomable amount of stereotyping. People often perceive it as an impoverished continent suffering from decades of severe conflicts‚ diseases‚ and environmental problems. These widespread negative public images of Africa stem from common social ideas as well as our life experiences and beliefs. John Iliffe (one of the preeminent historians of Africa in the twentieth century)‚ described Africa as an abandoned and inhospitable place. His inaccurate views about

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    city-states (poleis) within the country‚ as well as the colonisation movement which lead to an expansion in Greek land ownership throughout the Mediterranean region. This essay will discuss the reasons for and changes caused by colonisation‚ as well as the impact it had on militia warfare and how it aided the rise of tyranny. Firstly‚ after the collapse of the Mycenaean civilisation‚ the people of Greece formed small tribes which slowly developed into individual city-states‚ that is‚ poleis. Although each

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    AMOBI. I D NUMBER: U04200910 TOPIC: THE INFLUENCE AND IMPACT OF KEY FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE PRACTICE OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS IN SOUTH AFRICA TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. OBJECTIVES OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 3. FACTORS THAT AFFECT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 1.4 A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF THE SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMY 1.5THE INFLUENCE AND IMPACT OF KEY FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE PRACTICE OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS IN SOUTH AFRICA 1.5 CONCLUSION 1.6 REFERENCES 1.1 INTRODUCTION International

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    The Belgians first imperialized the Congo Free State‚ situated in the middle of Africa‚ in 1877. Prior to the colonization there was the Luba‚ Lunda and the Kongo Empire who were all ruled by a king. The Luba Empire was the largest of the kingdoms. Before the colonization by the Belgians‚ the territory’s land was largely untouched and was rich in natural resources [1] [2] [3]. The Luba army was very small due to the lack of threats from other empires; the kingdoms additionally developed in size through

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