African literature is highly diversified‚ even though it shows some similarities. In fact‚ the common denominator of the cultures of the African continent is undoubtedly the oral tradition. Writing on black Africa started in the middle Ages with the introduction of the Arabic language and later‚ in the nineteenth century with introduction of the Latin alphabet. Since 1934‚ with the birth of the "Negritude‚" African authors began to write in French or in English. Since the 1960’s quantitative and
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The Hasmonean period The Hasmonean period refers to the era of Hasmonean rule over Judea that began with Simon Maccabee’s assumption of Jewish leadership in 142 BCE. The Hasmoneans were descendants of Hasmon; they became known as the Maccabeans after Judah‚ son of Mattathias the Hasmonean and brother of Simon‚ received the surname ‘Maccabee’ in recognition of his military prowess. After a series of military victories over their Seleucid overlords‚ the Maccabees established a dynasty that ruled semi-autonomously
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69 Indian English Children’s Literature: The Context of Salman Rushdie‚ Ruskin Bond and Arup Kumar Dutta Rizia Begum Laskar M.D.K. Girls’ College‚ Assam‚ India Abstract: Indian English children’s literature as a distinct branch of literature struggled to find its footing in India. The struggle is interconnected to the problem of the English language itself and the dominance of western children’s literature in India. At the same time‚ the publishing scenario plays a significant role
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Rona Joy T. Partisala May 9‚ 2013 II BSHRM Sociology 1. What changes in values‚ attitudes and practice do you think are necessary for Philippine progress and development? * Bahala Na – This is a belief in fate and a “come what may” attitude‚ tendency to leave things to chance‚ or letting things happen as they will happen. We need to change these values so that we can help our society more popular than now. * Filipino time – It is no coincidence it has been derisively labeled
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Religions (based on 2000 census): Roman Catholic 80.9%‚ Muslim 5%‚ Evangelical 2.8%‚ Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%‚ Aglipayan 2%‚ other Christian 4.5%‚ other 1.8%‚ unspecified 0.6%‚ none 0.1%. Languages: Filipino (based on Tagalog)‚ official national language; English‚ language of government and instruction in education. Education: Years compulsory--6 (note: 6 years of primary education free and compulsory; 4 years of secondary education free but not compulsory). Attendance (2008)--85% in elementary grades‚ 62%
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Literature Songs Killing An Arab by The Cure History Composer Robert Smith has said that the song "was a short poetic attempt at condensing my impression of the key moments in L’Étranger (The Stranger) by Albert Camus". The lyrics describe a shooting on a beach‚ in which the Arab of the title is killed by the song’s narrator; in Camus’ story the protagonist‚ Meursault‚ shoots an Arab on a beach‚ overwhelmed by his surroundings. Meursault is condemned for his honesty about his feelings. He is
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The term Neolithic means New Stone Age‚ and this was a period where human technology developed. One of the most important developments in human history was the discovery of farming. This was known as the Neolithic Revolution. In addition to learning to farm‚ humans learned to domesticate animals. This brought about a drastic change for mankind. Once man learned to farm‚ they began to settle. Permanent settlements started to develop along river valleys due to the fact that rivers provided water
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The Pleistocene period was a time when ecological changes emerged. During this period glacier formations began to arise and have been accredited with playing a role in the divergence of different species. For different species of avian there has been controversy between their origins and speciation events. Studies have been conducted for this controversy to try and find which theory to accept for the songbirds. Even though a majority of studies have accepted Late Pleistocene events role in the speciation
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The Middle Passage‚ was it just the route taken by the slave ships across the Atlantic‚ or rather‚ the time in our history when humans were ripped from their native land‚chained & shackled aboard a slave ship‚ being transported to a "New World". Which will you recall‚the route or the ship? The combined talents of authors‚ David Mannix & Malcolm Cowley offers an in depth view into our history as it relates to The Middle Passage in their Febuary 1962 issue of American Heritage & our supplemental
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local values”‚ (paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association‚ Boston‚ US‚ 11 Nov 2010). Byman‚ Daniel L.‚ “A Frosty Response to the Arab Spring”‚ in The Arab Awakening: America and the Transformation of the Middle East (Washington: Brookings Institution‚ 2011). Cantay‚ Hasan Basri‚ “Islamic culture in Turkish areas”‚ in Kenneth W. Morgan‚ ed.‚ Islam-The Straight Path: Islam interpreted by Muslims (New York: Ronald Press Company‚ 1958). Eickelman‚ Dale and Jon
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