1500’s Arabs and Portuguese established settlements in Kenya. Later‚ in 1890 the land became a British protectorate. Then‚ in 1920‚ it became a Crown Colony‚ also known as British East Africa. In the 1940’s nationalist began stirring and by 1952 the Mau Mau movement rebelled against the government. This fighting lasted for about four years and finally ended in 1956. On December 12th 1963‚ Kenya received full independence. Jomo Kenyetta‚ the first president for Kenya was sent to jail by the British for
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lands in which at the end they resist to move out of that land. For Example‚ in the water towers of Kenya which are the Cherangani Forests‚ Mount Kenya’s Forests‚ Mau Forests and Mount Elgon Forests‚ there have been a lot of intrusion into them leading the government to move them out by force. This was so evident in the 2011/2012 cases of Mau eviction which still leaves an issue of resettlement in the hands of the government. This led to the formation of a taskforce by the government to evict them and
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Our team chose to focus on representations of women in Spike Lee’s latest joint‚ "Bamboozled". This theme was attractive to us because we felt the filmmaker had a powerful message to send his audience after viewing the trailer in class. Despite the fact that there is only one woman in a starring role‚ a multitude of specific and acute ideas are presented by Spike Lee through the film. We were also eager to take advantage of the opportunity to apply what we have learned in class to the thought-provoking
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AP WORLD HISTORY: 2013-14 Questions: Blood Money Name: Date: 10/9/13 Directions: Read the article linked in Moodle and prepare responses to the following questions for discussion on Tuesday‚ 10/15/13. Please write out your answers to facilitate the discussion‚ although I will not be collecting them. In addition‚ please print out a copy of the article at home to bring to class on Tuesday. 1) Who is Baldwin Spencer and what is he demanding? Baldwin Spencer is the prime minister of Antigua
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Decolonization and the Rise of the Third World Where the Major factors leading to the first wave of decolonization in the 1950’s and 60’s Contents Page Introduction 2 History and origin of Decolonization 3 The Major factors leading to the first wave of 4 Decolonization in the 1950’s and 60’s Conclusion Bibliography
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of clear social norms and values and to a lack of sense of social regulation. Merton focused on features of relative deprivation that cause anomie and Durkheim was interested in the link between rapid social change and social anomie‚ (Huschka & Mau‚ 2006). Durkheim’s and Merton’s view of anomie. The difference between the two. Durkheim’s conceptualization of anomie is based on a general assumption about the psychological or biological nature of individual human beings. He wrote that that the
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The global game industry will generate $60 billion in revenue for 2011‚ and is growing at 10% annually according to a new research report by industry analyst Colin Sebastian for RW Baird. That growth rate should see overall industry revenue hit $80 billion by 2014‚ but the some areas of the business will remain flat or even decline‚ while other areas will be growing at an annual rate of 15% to 20%. The growth areas that Sebastian sees are in online and mobile games‚ “driven primarily by downloadable
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JOMO KENYATTA Mzee Jomo Kenyatta‚ as founding president of the Republic of Kenya is arguably one of Kenya’s greatest and most beloved leaders. Even though his physical presence is long gone‚ his vision for a unified and free Kenya lives on‚ and remains a major source of inspiration not only to Kenyans‚ but for all people of African descent. The name Kenyatta stems from the Swahili phrase taa ya Kenya‚ which stands for the “light of Kenya”‚ truly befitting of his stature. Just as light
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To what extent was Britain able to retain control over decolonisation in Africa between 1959 and 1964? By 1959 decolonisation in British Africa was well under way‚ for example‚ the Gold Coast in West Africa had become independent in 1957‚ Nigeria and Sierra Leone were well on their way to independence‚ and agitation and advances towards independence were already taking place in Kenya and Tanganyika in Eastern Africa. By 1964 this had spread throughout Britain’s African territories and many more
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“Here‚ then‚ is the origin of Negro Slavery. The reason was economic‚ not racial; it had to do not with the color of the laborer‚ but the cheapness of the labor …… [Caribbean] colonies needed labor and resorted to Negro labor because it was cheapest and best. This was not a theory‚ it was a practical conclusion deduced from the personal experience of the planter. [Caribbean planters] would have gone to the moon‚ if necessary‚ for labour. Africa was nearer than the moon ……”1 Comment. Fourteen
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