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    Gabon: An Example For All of Africa The country of Gabon is praised as being one of the most successful countries in Africa. Gabon is a very diverse country in many ways. There are a variety of different tribes that call Gabon home. Also‚ the land differs through out the county. Gabon is one of the smaller countries of Africa with the area of 267‚670 square miles. Comparatively‚ this is the almost the same size as Colorado. The terrain of this tiny country consists of narrow coastal plains;

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    Sub-Saharan Africa: The Causes of Postcolonial State Failure On the vast continent of Africa‚ there are fifty-three countries; of these only six are not located below the Sahara Desert. This

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    The models on the disbursement of modern humans include the Out of Africa hypothesis and the Multiregional Continuity hypothesis. The Out of Africa hypothesis explains that modern humans first evolved in Africa and then migrated out to Asia and Europe‚ displacing the archaic Homo sapiens already habituated there. In contrast‚ the Multiregional Continuity hypothesis explains that evolution of modern humans occurred regionally and without replacement‚ meaning that each continent’s archaic H. sapiens

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    Europeans came to Africa in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries‚ Africans developed an advanced civilization. Many cities‚ kingdoms‚ and empires like the empire of Aksum in east Africa in the 300’s and other parts of Africa arose and declined. In West Africa‚ empires like the Ghana‚ Mali and Songhai controlled the gold and salt trade. They were the crossroads of trading. Cities on Africa’s east coast also gained wealth and power through trade in between 1000 and 1500. In Africa between 300 and 1400

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    This article is about the modern country. For other uses‚ see South Africa (disambiguation). Republic of South Africa[show] Flag Coat of arms Motto: "!ke e: ǀxarra ǁke" (ǀXam) "Unity In Diversity" Anthem: National anthem of South Africa Capital Pretoria (executive) Bloemfontein (judicial) Cape Town (legislative) Largest city Johannesburg (2006)[2] Official languages 11 languages[3][show] Ethnic groups ([Note 1][4][5]:21) 79.2% Black African 8.9% Coloured 8.9% White 2.5%

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    Those who survived faced a struggle in a new country that would persists until this day and throughout‚ a struggle only comparable perhaps to those in Africa who stayed. The African slave trade was by no means a true manner of trade. It was trickery‚ banditry‚ kidnapping‚ and war waging that was used in the capture and selling of slaves in Africa to the Americas. Many of those capturing slaves were warriors under the direction of African rulers who traded captives for beads‚ cheap gin‚ cheap gunpowder

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    The Adulterous Medieval Times Since the beginning of written history‚ marriage is portrayed as a sacred vow by almost all religions and peoples throughout the Earth while adultery is almost always looked upon as wrong. Marie de France was one of the few female writers in medieval times which made her very influential and well respected. In her book titled “The Lais of Marie de France‚” she gives the reader a look into the affairs and adultery that was going on in the medieval courts. It seems Marie

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    violent conflict in Africa * In sub-Saharan Africa there are more than 25 million Africans infected with HIV/AIDS (70 percent of the world’s cases) and 17 million dead; on its current trajectory‚ by 2010 the disease will decrease life expectancy on the continent to levels found at the beginning of the last century. * Many governments‚ international organizations‚ and NGOs have joined a UN-led movement to address the causes and effects of AIDS in Africa. It now appears

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    Effects of Child Poverty in Africa Throughout the world‚ children suffer and die every day from issues caused by poverty‚ a large number of poor children are in Africa. Poverty is the leading problem for the African children causing not only physical health issues; but emotional‚ educational‚ and social problems as well. Many of these children are very sick from the water they drink‚ not having enough food‚ or from extremely contagious diseases passed throughout their villages. Although poverty

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    Racism in South Africa

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    1 Racism in South Africa today Tonya Abern February 12‚ 2011 SOC/120 Kimberley Stephens 2 South Africa. What do people picture when hearing those words? Some imagine vast open spaces‚ full of beautiful wild life‚ roaming free along the prairies. Or peaceful‚ glorious landscapes ready to be painted. The people who populate South Africa have a different story to tell‚ about the life in South Africa. These are the people that live with the prejudice

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