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    Africa and Livingstone

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    A review of a recent biography of David Livingstone began with the words “His heroic figure looms over the continent”. Discuss constructions of white ‘heroism’ in Africa‚ focussing on a critical analysis of two  journalistic or non-fiction texts.  The texts you choose to analyse can be from any historical era or they can be modern‚ or  you can choose to analyse one historical  text and one modern text but at least one must be by‚ or about‚ Livingstone. As this is a Journalism module‚ one of the

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    Developing Africa

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    What is Required for Development: How Can Africa Achieve It Introduction Economic superiority has not been historically achieved simply because the people of a nation want it. When applying various rules of trade and economic theory to a nation that is undeveloped‚ the assumption is not that a specific strategy will work‚ but rather that a given strategy should‚ to the best of our knowledge‚ work. We have never created a fully functioning‚ advanced‚ and economically stable country in a lab experiment

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    Hunger in Africa

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    Hunger is a devastating epidemic that has affected much of Africa. It has caused thousands of people to die each year. Hunger has been one of the toughest problems to solve in Africa. People in countries much like America often take having food for granted. Hunger‚ a vital issue in Africa‚ is often forgotten. There are many causes of hunger in Africa‚ one being war. War has caused crops to be lost‚ money put towards no good‚ and children to lose their parents. (Aaseng‚ 35). It also stops

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    africa

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    Africa 10 A frica lies south of Europe and southwest of Asia. Geographically it is about three times the size of the United States‚ excluding Alaska and Hawaii. At its northeast corner is Egypt‚ which is connected to the Sinai Peninsula—and hence to the Asian continent by a very narrow strip of land. This is the only spot where Africa touches another continent; otherwise‚ it is surrounded by water. The Mediterranean Sea separates it from Europe in the north; the Red Sea and Gulf of

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    Investing in Africa

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    MTN: Investing in Africa Around the 1980’s mobile telephones started showing up for commercial use. They were analog style‚ cumbersome and expensive to purchase. In the 1990’s digital technology was born and mobile phones became readily available to everyone and less expensive than the previous ten years. By 1998 over 30% of the world population within the areas of Europe‚ Asia‚ and North America had mobile telephones. With this type of usage of mobile telephones‚ Mobile Telephone Network

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    Colonization in Africa

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    European colonization effected Africa negatively‚ as it resulted in the continent being taken advantage of‚ people and resources exploited‚ and their economical standpoint being very low. By looking at Africa’s experience with the Berlin Conference and the effects it had‚ we can see how greatly the continent was negatively influenced. The Berlin Conference brought King Leopold II into Africa‚ but the world did not know that it would result in genocide of about 5‚000 people in Sierra Leone. Continuing

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    Tourism in Africa

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    Tourism in Africa | May 2011 | Do the positive effects of tourism in Africa outweigh the negative effects? | Jo-Anne Mc Alister Student Number: 11028468 Lecturer: Avasha Rambiritch | Tourism in Africa Tourism is a fast growing economic industry‚ particularly in Africa‚ which‚ as a developing continent‚ has a vast amount of potential. Studies done have shown that tourism is a growing industry worldwide. It grows at an average of 10%-15% annually (Miller quoted in Wikipedia-Ecotourism

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    Ebola in Africa

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    Ebola disease is a devastating illness‚ with at least 6 random outbreaks in the past decade in Africa‚ killing not only people but also a large number of gorillas‚ which threatens the species into extinction. The mystery surrounding Ebola has grown because the disease often fails to appear for years‚ sometimes even decades‚ and then suddenly breaks out in seemingly aimless areas(“Ebola threatens Apes in Africa” http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Ebola_Threatens_Apes_In_Africa.html). Ebola disease is caused

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    Africa Stuff

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    water. Good water is needed for people to stay healthy and clean. So in this way‚ water pollution affects Africa. Also the unequal distribution affects these things‚ because when people have no water they can’t trade or irrigate. So‚ because of unequal distribution of water there is not enough drinking water in every area. 2. How do poor soil and deforestation distress Sub-Saharan Africa? Deforestation causes erosion which in turn causes poor soil farmers can’t use. When farmers have land with

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    Malaria in Africa

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    Malaria in Africa Malaria has been known to exist for thousands of years‚ with its signs documented as early as 5000 years ago in ancient Chinese and Egyptian records. Through out these thousands of years‚ it is believed that this disease has evolved and adapted to its surroundings. Malaria is a parasitic disease in the blood that causes flu-like symptoms. Some signs of this disease include fever‚ chills‚ muscle pain‚ headache‚ nausea‚ vomiting‚ and may also cause jaundice and other serious complications

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