WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT: GLOBALIZATION: POLS 1503: WEEK 3 I have chosen to investigate the work of Medecins Sans Frontieres‚ often known as Doctors Without Borders‚ a Non-Government Organization that works worldwide to alleviate distress where there has been natural disaster‚ conflict or the outbreak of disease. Medecins Sans Frontieres in its charter states that its mission is to (Medecins sans Frontieres) provide assistance to populations in distress‚ to victims of natural or man-made disasters
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NAME: BOLARINWA BOLAJOKO. K LEVEL: 200 COLLEGE: COLLEGE OF SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES DEPARTMENT: BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION COURSE TITLE: NIGERIA PEOPLE AND CULTURE COURSE CODE: GNS 203 COURSE LECTURER: MRS MBAKA ASSIGNMENT: GATHER PICTURE BOTH FROM THE INTERNET AND REAL LIFE AND BUILD AN ALBUM ILLUSTRATING NIGERIA PEOPLE AND THEIR CULTURE NIGERIA THE PEOPLE AND THEIR CULTURE Nigerian people and culture famous for her huge population of more than 150 million
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CHAPTER 18 The Atlantic System and Africa‚ 1550–1800 I0.Plantations in the West Indies A0.Colonization Before 1650 * 10. Spanish settlers introduced sugar-cane cultivation into the West Indies shortly after 1500 but did not do much else toward the further development of the islands. After 1600 the French and English developed colonies based on tobacco cultivation. * 20. Tobacco consumption became popular in England in the early 1600s. Tobacco production in the West Indies was stimulated
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Netherlands‚ Denmark‚ Sweden‚ and Brandenburg‚ as well as traders from Brazil and North America‚ took part in this trade. The enslaved Africans came mostly from eight regions: Senegambia‚ Upper Guinea‚ Windward Coast‚ Gold Coast‚ Bight of Benin‚ Bight of Biafra‚ West Central Africa and Southeastern Africa. The effects of the middle passage is shown in the following: didn’t have any proper sanitation they suffered from diseases such as smallpox and missals and below deck was so intolerable that no one
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to the growth of Nigerian nationalism and demands for independence‚ the British government moved Nigeria toward self-government . On 1 October 1960‚ Nigeria gained its independence from the United Kingdom. Several years later‚ it had civil war as Biafra tried to establish independence. The Nigerian civil war‚ known as the "Biafran War" was fought from 2 July 1967 to 15 January 1970. The war was between the then Eastern Region of Nigeria and the rest of the country. The Eastern Region declared itself
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CHAPTER ONE 1. INTRODUCTION As a social creature‚ man (economic‚ social and political status notwithstanding) craves for and enjoys freedom of association‚ freedom of movement‚ right to embark on any lawful economic activity‚ having the right to vote and be voted for‚ and to live in a conducive environment devoid of wars or tyrannical government. When all‚ or at least most‚ of these conditions are attained‚ the outcome is usually the creation of avenues for peaceful co-existence of individuals
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Discuss Adichie’s characterisation of Odenigbo and his significance in the the novel. A. What are the main characteristics of the character? Personality intellectual‚ bold‚ bravado‚ unafraid to voice his opinion‚proud. professor‚ confident‚ When first introduced‚ Odenigbo is portrayed as a confident mathematics professor at the University of Nigeria with a swaggering display of bravado and pride; often inviting other intellectuals and colleagues over to his house to debate and discuss social issues and
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period in the 1960s he was the director of External Services in control of the Voice of Nigeria. His participation in the things that concerns Nigeria helps him to be able to relate the African experience to the world. He also shows his‚ support for Biafra in the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970)‚ working for the government as an ambassador. In 1967 Achebe co-founded the publishing company Citadell Press at Enugu with Christopher Okigbo‚ a gifted poet and close family friend. Besides‚ Okigbo joined the
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photojournalism of different‚ nations in war or revolution‚ and extensive work on religion. The moments he has captured on camera‚ makes you stop‚ stare‚ and think. His photography has covered wars and revolutions in Ulster‚ Bangladesh‚ Chile‚ South Africa‚ Biafra‚ Cuba‚ the Middle East‚ and Vietnam‚ as well as coverage of Northern Ireland. Over many years‚ Attar has covered over 29 countries and published 17 books in his journeys capturing developing nations. The Iranian photographer‚ born in 1944 and
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boundary‚ Agila/Ngbo people had been indifferent to it. In the last two months‚ fighting had erupted in the disputed areas twice. In May this year‚ it was gathered that the Ngbo people invaded the Agila community and hoisted a flag of the defunct Biafra on the land as a
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