Domingo’s forced migration from the Bight of Benin to the America’s‚ via the middle passage‚ his brief stay on a plantation in Pernambuco‚ Brazil; and his experiences in Rio de Janeiro until his final exile in Portugal‚ all originated and culminated due to his suggested experience as a Vudon priest
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VO (1994). An Analysis of Factors that affects Principals Administration of Secondary School in Oshimili Local Government Area of Delta State‚ Nigeria‚ Unpublished Thesis‚ M.Ed. University of Benin. Ekpeyong LE (1998). “Communication in Schools” Nwadiani on Educational Management for Sub-Saharan African. Benin City: Nigerian Society for Educationa Planning (NSEP). Jike OR (1997). The Relationship between Communication ask Performance in Secondary Schools: A case study of Okpe L. G. A. in Delta State
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NAME :ADERIBIGBE ADEDOTUN Figure 14-2. West Africa: natural forest and plantation areas 2000 and net area change 1990-2000 The total volume of West African forests is estimated at approximately 5 billion cubic metres over bark‚ which is 11 percent of the volume of all African forests. The volume and biomass estimates for most countries are based on existing forest inventories. In humid zones‚ volume assessment is focused on timber volume. In dry zones‚ volume assessment usually includes the whole
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temporary and short-stay in nature because most age group members unite with their households daily or weekend. The International Organization for Migration (2011‚ 2012) and Blum (2014) corroborated the existence of the rural-urban migration attitude in Benin among the age group of 15 – 60 years from rural areas in order to meet their daily needs. There reports revealed an increased number of Beninese nationals migrating to other West African countries due to demographic growth‚ poverty‚ unemployment‚ increased
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initially 2. Traders 1. Ivory‚ pepper‚ animal skins gold for slaves initially 2. Mulattos and Portuguese gradually spread inland 3. Commerce leads to political‚ social‚ religious relations 1. Impressed by power of many interior kingdoms – Benin 2. Attempts at Christian conversion a. Kongo most successful – king and kingdom converted b. Ambassadors/exchange of ideas c. Oddly‚ relationship ends when Kongo people get enslaved 4. First contact – preconceptions‚ appreciation
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My Experience as a Kiva Fellow Kiva is a non-profit organization with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Kiva combines the poverty alleviating power of microfinance with the mass participation of the internet. It lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the world. Since 2005‚ nearly 570‚000 people have used Kiva.org to fund +$200M in microloans through MFIs to more than 526‚000 working poor entrepreneurs around the world. Source: Kiva
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Motivation Letter Electrical Engineering In pursuance to my graduate studies in Electrical engineering‚ I have discovered that it will help enlarge my knowledge of Electrical Engineering and the Technology behind electricity‚ hence my strong desire for Electrical Engineering. In addition to the vast potential of the masters program‚ it will give me opportunity of getting a better job anywhere in the world. The world of Electrical Engineering is fast growing every day; it motivates me hence I decided
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They spoke a different tongue‚ proto-Bantu‚ which is the parent language of a large number of interconnected Bantu languages still spoken all through sub-Saharan Africa. In fact‚ about 90 percent of the languages south of the border from the Bight of Benin on the west coast to Somalia on the east coast are a branch of the Bantu family (Gordon 102). Why and how these inhabitants stretched out into central and southern Africa remains unknown‚ but historians believe that at some period their iron weaponry
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By Apioth Mayom Apioth Slavery ’s last fortification in Africa is Mauritania. According to a November 11‚ 2013‚ New York Times ’ article by Adam Nossiter entitled ’Mauritania Confronts Long Legacy of Slavery‚ ’ close to 140‚000 or 4% of the total population is in chattel slavery: meaning it is passed down from one generation to the next. Centuries after the slavery was abolished in the Americas and Europe‚ Mauritania is still holding a dirty secret‚ right in our backyard. Two days ago‚ I
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Could you envision waking up one morning and an ordinary person‚ like you and me‚ comes and takes you away from your family‚ freedom‚ and rights as a human? In the 1700s‚ African Americans were abducted from their dormitories‚ auctioned off‚ and sold into slavery. Some of them favored the idea of coming to the New World as indentured servants‚ but when they arrived things changed. During this time‚ the notion of “ all men being free‚” was proposed by Benjamin Franklin‚ but in contrary‚ all men weren’t
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