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    South Africa

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    South Africa‚ alone of all the British colonies did not follow the political course of embracing democracy and freedom. Even though the geographic area called South Africa had a large British presence‚ the country was required to follow legislation given in the agreement of the surrender in 1806 from the Dutch. Those terms meant that the country was allowed to diverge from English law and replace it with South African law. The country at that time was not plagued with inequality‚ layers of a class

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    Africa Hunger

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    AFRICA HUNGER Today‚ i am happy to come here and tell you sth about Africa Hunger. First‚ i have a small question for you :” have you ever had nothing in your stomach for three days? Maybe none of you here have suffer it but in sub-saharan Africa‚ there are a lot of people died everyday due to starvation. In this presentation‚ i will tell you five things you may not know about hunger in Africa. Hunger in Africa has become a huge issue over the years. There are billions of adults and children

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    slaves‚ many farms were tended to by slaves‚ and served the Europeans with any need they could be useful for. The fact that all of the slaves in North America and most of the slaves from the Caribbean and Brazil hailed from or had ancestors hail from Africa shows that the African population took over the term slave. There were other groups that were enslaved and treated poorly but none of their numbers could equate to what the Africans were dealing with. The African slave trade became such a huge deal

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    The Dark Child

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    excellent gold smith to craft some gold. However‚ it is clearly described that the process to craft the delicate jewelry is extremely harmful to the health. It was a custom or a ritual for people to crowd around and watch this process. A “go-between” is called upon to glorify that specific persons job‚ in this case it was Layes dad‚ or better known as the gold smith. In a way this inspires Laye. As he watched his father‚ he saw the glorifying praises but also it was making life choices a lot more difficult

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    Dark Ages in Europe

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    DARK AGES IN EUROPE Dark Ages is the term that was formerly used to describe the decline of Roman culture and the turmoil in Europe in the 5th and 6th centuries after the collapse of the Roman Empire. Modern historians avoid the term with its implication that only Roman values were civilised values. Many Germanic peoples traveled through Italy‚ Germany‚ France‚ Spain and North Africa‚ settling wherever they could. Many groups formed their own kingdoms. The label employs traditional light-versus-darkness

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    Martin Luther: Father of the Protestant Reformation Known as the Father of Reformation and the one whose actions forever impacted the world of religion‚ Martin Luther was a great leader. He showed this leadership by leading his followers to fight the Catholic Church and prove their sin against God‚ while spreading the true meaning of His Word. Luther sacrificed all he had-almost being killed several times and even excommunicated just to let everyone know who the Lord truly was‚ and what He had done

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    A Shot in the Dark

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    Angela Viola ENG 102 M/W 3- 4:15 Professor Mirelese A Shot in the Dark Immunization has been deemed the most important public health intervention in history‚ after safe drinking water. It has saved millions of lives over the years and prevented hundreds of millions of cases of disease. There are many legitimate concerns about vaccines safety from parents. Questions arise if vaccines should be state mandated without the choice from parents. Ethically speaking‚ parents need to be aware on

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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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    South Africa

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    National Flag of South Africa Country: South Africa Proportions: 2:3 South African Flag Description: The flag of South Africa consists of two horizontal stripes of equal width - red on the top and blue on the bottom. The red and blue stripes are separated by a green middle stripe which is bordered in white and splits into a horizontal Y. On the left side of the flag there is a black isosceles triangle which is outlined in yellow. South African Flag Meaning: Although the colors have no official

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    The Dark Ages

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    Throughout the history of the human civilization‚ historians have been able to develop labels for the different historical ages by the important events which occurred within each of them. For example‚ the Dark Ages is a reference to the historical period within Europe in which there was a deterioration of the economic and social life. The deterioration was partly due to the degeneration of the Roman Empire. Each age can be labeled by the protruding theme which identifies the way which life was for

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