jail with all the other miners. The commander announced the existence of the diamond in the jail which doesn’t escape the attention of David Archer‚ a smuggler who works for Van de Kaap and was arrested when he was trying to smuggle diamonds into Liberia. He arranges for Solomons freedom and then tries to persuade him to tell him the location of the elusive diamond‚ which he needs to obtain so that he could get out of Africa for the time being. David later on meets an American journalist by the name
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Abraham Lincoln In March‚ 1832 Lincoln began his political career with his first campaign for the Illinois General Assembly. He had attained local popularity and could draw crowds as a natural raconteur in New Salem‚ though he lacked an education‚ powerful friends‚ and money‚ which may be why he lost. Lincoln served as New Salem’s postmaster and later as county surveyor‚ all the while reading voraciously. He then decided to become a lawyer and began teaching himself law by reading Blackstone’s
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The book Booker T. Washington‚ W.E.B. Du Bois and the Struggle for Racial Uplift was affectively written by Jacqueline M. Moore and published in 2003. This book review will look at the following themes‚ Washington being a gradualist while Du Bois wanting confrontational immediacy‚ and the idiom‚ “if you can’t beat them join them.” What is also great about the book is that it starts with telling us about both philanthropist’s childhood to effectively reveal where each got their philosophies and unique
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In the 19th century‚ America was undergoing significant social reform‚ resulting in many different definitions of American freedom. To Henry Clay‚ a famous senator‚ American freedom meant liberty for all people‚ including slaves‚ and he also cared deeply about American unity. These beliefs led Clay to condemn slavery‚ and to also be a strong supporter of the Whig party‚ as unity was a very important value in their ideology. Another notable figure in the 19th century‚ Denmark Vesey was also in favor
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Emerging markets are nations with social or business activity in the process of rapid growth and industrialization. The economies of China and India are considered to be the largest.[1] According to The Economist many people find the term outdated‚ but no new term has yet to gain much traction.[2] Emerging market hedge fund capital reached a record new level in the first quarter of 2011 of $121 billion.[3] The seven largest emerging and developing economies by either nominal GDP or GDP (PPP) are
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because it would boost national pride‚ prestige‚ and security as a country. This map‚ shows how Africa was divided among the countries and which European countries held the most land‚ therefore power. Only two colonies were left unclaimed‚ Ethiopia and Liberia‚ which showed the natives’ lack of power against the Europeans. Britain‚ France‚ and Germany were among the most powerful countries that claimed the most territory in Africa. Whoever had the best economy‚ the most land‚ and the most valuable resources
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Citizenship Law in Africa A Comparative Study By Bronwen Manby Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) Open Society Justice Intitiative Second edition October 2010‚ incorporating revisions to the tables and other information relevant to Kenya‚ Libya‚ Namibia‚ South Africa‚ Sudan and Zimbabwe. Copyright © 2010 Open Society Institute. All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-936133-29-1 Published by Open Society Foundations 400 West 59th Street New York‚ NY 10019 USA www.soros
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Mineral Resources‚ Security and Development in Africa By Braima Koroma Lecturer‚ Institute of Geography and Development Studies‚ School of Environmental Sciences‚ Njala University Introduction: an overview Africa’s known mineral wealth places it among the world’s richest continents. Its very large share of the world’s mineral resources includes diamonds‚ gold‚ silver‚ the platinum group metals‚ emeralds‚ rubies‚ and other precious minerals‚ bauxite‚ manganese‚ nickel‚ cobalt‚ copper
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was more common than the latter as white plantation owners were in desperate need of laborers. Researchers have determined key regions from which many Africans were sold as part of the Atlantic slave trade. They include the Sierra Leone‚ Guinea‚ Liberia‚ Nigeria‚ Cameroon‚ Angola‚ and Ghana (Wikipedia‚ 2008). Many of these places I have seen on a map‚ but have never visited. I have also heard my grandparents and other family members talk about stories from these parts of Africa. Some have even said
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for our interactions with other industrialized nations. Besides international interaction‚ this dual system is also partially the result of a government push in 1975 to switch over to the metric system‚ as we are one of three countries (including Liberia and Myanmar) that do not use it officially. Originally intended to be a ten year effort to make the change‚ it was abandoned in 1982 when it was clear that Americans were apathetic and resistant to the change. We still see vestiges of this attempted
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