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    relationship between the slave trade and Africa’s current underdevelopment, used data from different shipping records and historical documents reporting slave ethnicities, and he came up with estimates of the number of slaves exported from each country in Africa during Africa’s four slave trades. He found a robust negative relationship between the number of slaves taken from a country and its subsequent economic development. Which means, the slave trade can be considered as part of many African countries

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    Reasons why Europe Colonized Asia and Africa and not the Other Way Round Student’s Name: Institutional affiliation: Colonization is the governing influence, control or acquiring partial or full political control past another country, occupying it with foreign settlers and manipulating it economically. It also is when a group or society of people migrates from one area to another but keep their original homeland language and culture. Colonialism is establishment and preservation

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    Europeans, changed the culture and boundaries, set previously, by many overthrown nations. Africa was one of the biggest targets for European colonization and colonialism. The spread of the ideals that sprouted out of the 1884 Berlin Conference and the Scramble for Africa later spread to African American and Cuban culture. The ideals that were brought forth during this time broke apart the heart of Africa and many other countries, and by doing so also developed the concept of and ideals for White

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    Eastern asia and Africa have many similarities. Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent. Throughout history to describe the most eastern portion of the Asian continent, it has been called East Asia, The Far East, and The Orient. These are two magnificent continents that we are going to take a very close look at. What could be better to look at the physical features of two of the most beautiful lands of eastern asia and africa. Eastern Asia is a beautiful region

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    between Africa and the rest of the world. These creation myths, from the San, Dogon, and Yoruba people, come from the prominent local religions from early times in different parts of Africa. These stories and religious rituals lasted until Christian missionaries came and converted a large portion of the population to Christianity, which diminished those that adhered to the original religions. Another topic heavily discussed by those interviewed was the economic status of those in Africa today. Jamie

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    this necessity of sustaining life. Although Africa is a huge continent with a plethora amount of natural occurring resources, fresh water is not one of them. Africa is the second largest continent that is bounded by the Atlantic and Indian Ocean and the Red and Mediterranean Seas. Africa has 8 major physical regions and they are: Sahara and Sahel Desert, Ethiopian Highlands, the Savanah, Swahili Coast, the Rain Forrest, African great lakes and South Africa. Tropical rainforest – discovered especially

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    Devón Fox World Literature Essay #2 Dr. Claiborne “Africa feeds the world, but the world continues to eat without Africa.” This quote, popularized by Dr. E Obiri Ado, accurately describes the relationship between Africa and the rest of the world. Africa has been known to have been extorted for its surplus in natural resources such as oil, ivory, gold, spices, and even people, throughout history. Although “Mother Africa” has been proven to be the birthplace of mankind and is home to a lot of the

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    Water, water is a colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and it is the basis of the fluids of living organisms. Yet there is an alarming amount of people who do not have access to clean water, proper sanitation, or even just a way to use the restroom. There is a huge amount of people who do not have access to clean drinking water around the world. This highly affects their health and growth. Forty percent of Africa’s population and

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    Violence plays a crucial role in the liberation of various African countries. The necessity of the violence, and the justifications for the violence are both highly debatable. However, knowing the prominent role that violence played in the initial colonization, is a justifiable and necessary act of the colonized peoples in the fight for their independence. War and violence played a large role in various political changes throughout history; often war is used as a tactic to force change, when all

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    diseases. This situation has been going around forever and has gotten worse over the years and is especially expected to get worse if we don’t fix anything. The water situation is happening all over the world, but it’s always been a lot tougher for Africa and water. You should really care about this human right because innocent kids and adults are dying from unsanitized, dirty water. They can’t afford or have access to the everyday things we have. Water is a human rights issue because people don't

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