broadcasting‚ computers‚ televisions‚ videos‚ home appliances‚ refrigerators‚ musicals‚ video games to generators‚ satellite systems‚ general goods etc are available in this market‚ buyers throng this market from as far as Ghana‚ Niger‚ Chad‚ Togo‚ Benin Republic‚ East Africa etc. to make their purchases. In Nigeria‚ resellers from almost all major cities come to Alaba International Market (Electronics) for their supply of electronics and allied products Other ancillary products and/or services to
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reliance on their lords‚ slaves were viewed as the perfect people to be near men in power. In a couple cases‚ female slaves accepted power and impact too. For instance‚ in the nineteenth century in the West African Kingdom of Dahomey (now southern Benin)‚ ladies served in the imperial royal residence and framed the kingdom’s warrior first
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West African Monetary Zone. (WAMZ) The WAMZ is made up of five countries namely Gambia‚ Ghana‚ Guinea‚ Nigeria and Sierra Leone. The main aim of the WAMZ is to plan to introduce a common currency‚ the Eco by the year 2015. Already‚ eight states (Benin‚ Burkina Faso‚ Côte d’Ivoire‚ Mali‚ Niger‚ Senegal‚ and Togo) under the West African Economic and Monetary Union or UEMOA share a common currency‚ the CFA Franc‚ with the exception of Guinea Bissau which joined the group on UEMOA on May 2‚ 1997 and
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world ’s biggest producer of cocoa beans with over a million cocoa farms and plantations. A British TV documentary‚ "Slavery‚" claims 90 percent of Ivory Coast cocoa plantations use slave labour. Most are young men and boys from impoverished areas in Benin‚ Togo and Mali are enticed by traffickers who promise them paid work‚ housing and an education. Instead‚ they are sold to Ivory Coast cocoa plantation owners who beat them into submission and offer no pay for grueling‚ 18-hour days. What does the
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Each city-state had a different style of war. In Athens‚ they had the largest navy in Greece and fought battles on water. Sparta dedicated all their men to military and were all soldiers. The Greek civilization began around 2800 BC and started in the bronze age. The Greek military was the most important part of Greek Civilization because it protected Greece against others‚ with good strategies‚ had great armor for protection‚ and honor brought through victories The Greek military was strong and protected
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Kimberly Wimberly Janet Kirchner Intermediate Writing August 18th 2010 My grandparent’s House My grandparents lived at 5501 Oldham in Lincoln Nebraska. It was a small 2-bedroom home with a large backyard. My grandparents bought their home as a young couple with two small children. They soon added 2 more children‚ one of them being my mother. Every holiday and family gathering was held at my grandparent’s house. Everything from birthdays to Christmas the whole family gathered. My
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Orientalism: Edward W. Said‚ post-collonail studies / Odalisque: exotic‚ erotic subjects like the harem girl(turkish word); redining or recumbent‚female nude; recurrent figure throuhout Western Art/ Die Bruke-The Bridge: 1905-ernst cuding kirchner (dissolved in 1913); earlliest German group to seize the avant-garde spirit; means “bridge”-members believed their work would be a bridge to the future; artists lived and worked communally producing intense‚ anguished pictures with harshly distorted forms
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Scientific Revolution Caige Comstock 4/15/2016 Columbus Signature Academy New Tech Campus “I am deeply religious nonbeliever – this is a somewhat new kind of religion”-Albert Einstein. The Scientific Revolution was a period of great change in the daily life and future of many people. The Scientific Revolution was majorly during the years of 1550-1700 A.D. This movement emphasized thinking with logical explanations and experimentation instead of religion and faith. Even though religion was
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subject matter. However‚ Indian representations of animals in art‚ such as the Lion at Sarnath‚ Vishnu as the Boar Varaha from Udayagiri‚ Ganesha and The Cat and Elephants from Mamallpuram‚ and Chinese representations of animals in art‚ such as the bronze Guang Vessel‚ the Flying (Pacing) Horse‚ Chimera and the Camel Carrying the Band of Musicians‚ clearly differ in both representation and their conveyed function. While Indian art represents vaguely representational‚ yet godly figures within a religious
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