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trade led to a violent transportation overseas and death to millions of African, the specific number of deaths in the slave trade is unknown. There was kidnapping of many Africans that occurred in the region that is known and stretches from Senegal to Angola. The imprisonment and transportation were horrendous conditions in the voyage from Africa to the…

1.0 Introduction This document is referred to as a proposal paper for the anticipated study titled, “Social, and environmental risks in Albertine region, Uganda as a result of oil and gas exploration, drilling and extraction “. Oil and gas exploration, drilling and extraction will be treated as the dependent variables while the Social and environmental risks associated with such activities in the Albertine region will be treated as the dependent variable. The researcher has been propelled to go…

These are diamonds mined in Angola, Sierra Leone and other West African states embroiled in war. These diamonds are sold outside the De Beers cartel and are often used to finance rebellions in Africa and to buy arms. The diamond producers are worried, and they should be, that widespread…

What makes someone an epic hero? Is it their righteous personality? Their likable character? An epic hero obtains a brave and noble character. Someone admired for their great achievements or affected grant events. Princess Diana, lived as an epic hero with extraordinary selflessness. She embodies the characteristics of an epic hero by manifesting a nobel birth, earning national heroism, and expressing cable of great strength and courage. Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, possess a Noble…

Carrie Underwood: From Oklahoma Farmgirl to Worldwide Humanitarian At the age of 22, Carrie Underwood became known for debuting one of the fastest-selling country albums according to Nielsen SoundScan, a system that tracks music sales (“Carrie Underwood.”). Carrie started off as a normal young girl from Oklahoma who happened to win Season 4 of American Idol. Ever since then, she has continued with her career in music, grabbing several Grammys, Country Music Association Awards, and other similar…

“Congo is now total horror story, for years.” This is what Noam Chomsky, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, said after the murder of Patrice Lumumba, former Prime Minister of the DRC, on January the 17th 1961. Unfortunately, he saw right. Since a few decades now, it has been widely observed that the Democratic Republic of Congo, a Central African developing country and former Belgian colony, has been the stage of great instability; and notably massive human…

Charles Taylor a former Liberian President on May 30, 2012 was sentenced to 50 years in prison for aiding and abetting during the Sierra Leone civil war. The Special Court of Sierra Leone found him guilty on 11 counts of crimes such as terrorism, murder, and enslavement. Liberia and Sierra Leone Taylor was the first Liberian government official to be found guilty for receiving royalties from illegal diamond mines that were exchanged for armored weapons and utilities. The conflict or “blood”…

Thornton claims that the pasts of these slaves should be considered. He found that there is a high probability that the South Carolina slaves involved in the Stono Rebellion were from a particular African region: the kingdom of Kongo, which is in modern Angola. If these slaves had previously been Kongolese, according to Thornton, they would have been influenced by the Catholic Portuguese and would have considered themselves Christians, with “the elite carefully maintained chapels and sent their…

After years in the workforce, I , Amber Kirtley, have realized that a bachelor’s degree is commonplace and the equivalent now to what a high school diploma used to be. I am applying to the Bethel University MBA program to set myself above the rest, live up to my potential, and be as constructive and productive in society as possible. Obtaining my MBA is an investment I am now ready to acquire in my next step towards my doctorate. I started college at the ripe age of sixteen, knowing that my…

As late as 1870, only 10% of Africa was under European control, but this changed when King Leopold came in and the “Scramble for Africa” started. The European nations realized that Africa was filled with incredible natural resources and this created competition between the European powers. The European nations divided up Africa by claim at the Berlin Conference. The nations then went on to imperialize their parts of Africa and it would not have been possible for them without the inventions that…