Aside from clothing being an art unto itself‚ the earliest forms of sculptured art found as early as 500 B.C. in West Africa consisted of distorted human statues and masks. It is speculated that these statues and figures inspired Picasso’s experiments with Cubism. The Yoruba people of Ife also influenced lost-wax cast metal art‚ also known as Benin Art after the people of Benin perfected the art to the highest quality. The Village craft workers had extensive knowledge of pottery and metalworking
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The United States should be involved in the affairs of other countries because what we do for other countries‚ we get back in return. In The Kite Runner‚ the Taliban take over Afghanistan and ruled most of it including its capital‚ Kabul. Since no one could stop the Taliban‚ many devastating things occurred. “I saw a dead body near the restaurant. There had been a hanging. A young man dangled from the end of the rope tied to a beam‚ his face puffy and blue‚ the clothes he’d worn on the last day of
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Baby Got Vax In recent years‚ vaccines have become a hot button topic amongst parents. With Internet research becoming easier to access‚ coupled with studies showing an alleged correlation between vaccines and autism‚ it is easy to see how parents‚ neighborhoods‚ and even entire communities could become concerned about vaccines. The apparent surge in holistic treatments across America could potentially correlate with the decline in vaccinations‚ but why does it seem like the majority of “Anti-Vaxxers”
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a real difference to the lives of millions of children. Since 2002‚ aid has helped: forty million children go to school in Africa‚ ensure around 4 million fewer children under five will die this year compared to 1990‚ rebuild countries‚ such as Sierra Leone‚ following civil war. By not giving aid‚ there is the widening of the classes: between rich and poor. Income inequality in Africa is a prevalent occurrence‚ particularly in South Africa. This is a huge problem facing African nations where the
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Lit. 329 Imagining Trauma Ebola Extra Credit Essay The Ebola Outbreak The Ebola outbreak has took a huge toll on the world‚ however it is primarily in the African countries Sierra Leone and Liberia. It spreads through bodily fluids including sweat which is one reason it spreads so fast there. In African culture people are allowed to embrace the dead person and may have to carry a sick person to a medical area. This causes the virus to spread without them even realizing it. Ebola has a 90%
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In April of 1839‚ a ship (La Amistad) carrying hundreds of native Africans from West Africa were captured near Sierra Leone‚ and sold into the Spanish slave trade. On July 1st ‚ while traveling across the Atlantic‚ the slaves led by Cinque‚ began a revolt on the high seas that ended the lives of the ship’s captain and crew‚ leaving two planters Ruiz and Montes‚ that were transporting Cargo (supposedly slaves) on the ship‚ to navigate the ship back to Africa. Instead the men purposely tried to steer
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With the Ebola outbreak in late 2014‚ I started to think about ways to prevent sickness and diseases. I have seen many claims of natural treatments for everything from the common flu to cancer and even HIV‚ but are any of them real? An article posted on NaturalNews states that shipments of nonosilver were used in the treatment of Ebola in West Africa‚ but what is nonosilver? A declassified document from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) (declassified in 2009) shown that antimicrobial silver solutions
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Several scholars have come up with theories which try to guide countries on how to achieve development. One such theory is Liberalism. This essay aims to explain the theoretical assumptions of the liberal approach to development and to discuss its applicability to the development of modern day developing countries. It begins by defining the key concepts‚ thereafter‚ it will discuss the topic at hand and finally‚ a conclusion on the entire essay will be drawn. Todaro and Smith (2003:15)‚ define
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Spain Main article: Spain in the American Revolutionary War Spain did not officially recognize the U.S. but became an informal ally when it declared war on Britain on June 21‚ 1779. Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid‚ general of the Spanish forces in New Spain‚ also served as governor of Louisiana. He led an expedition of colonial troops to force the British out of Florida and keep open a vital conduit for supplies.[65] Native Americans Main article: Native Americans in the United States Further information:
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as the only independent countries. Britain occupied Egypt‚ Sudan‚ Kenya and Uganda‚ British Somaliland‚ Zimbabwe and Zambia (Southern and Northern Rhodesia)‚ Botswana (Bechuanaland)‚ South Africa (Orange Free State and the Transvaal)‚ Gambia‚ Sierra Leone‚ Nigeria‚ Ghana (British Gold Coast) and Malawi (Nyasaland). These countries held more than 30% of Africa ’s population. Other colonisers were France‚ Germany‚ Belgium‚ Italy‚ Portugal and Spain. During the time when African countries were colonised
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