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    Rwanda; a multicultural African country with more than ten million inhabitants, has a village called Banyarauanda which has three different ethnic groups; Tutsis, Hutus and Twas. These ethnic groups share the same culture, languages and some tasks such as agriculture and livestock. Moreover, when the Tutsis was in charge of the small town; monarchy, everything was peaceful and equitable; however, in 1923 Banyarauanda became a Belgian colony with a different way of rule where the Tutsis was a…

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    Imvaho Nshya Case Study

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    3. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY With the establishment of “Imvaho Nshya” and its sister paper “La Relève” as far back as 1960; both newspaper almost enjoyed the monopoly in the domain of print media in the dissemination of information countrywide. Both newspapers were established by the then colonial government of Rwanda when it was called only “Imvaho”(the Truth). It was a weekly newspaper since its establishment till 1994 when it started being published three times a week and changed its…

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    engraved upon your hearts, a date whose meaning you will teach your children with pride, so that they in turn will tell their children and their children’s children the glorious story of our struggle for freedom. For though this independence of the Congo is today being proclaimed in a spirit of accord with Belgium, a friendly country with which we are dealing as one equal with another, no Congolese worthy of the name can ever forget that we fought to win it a fight waged each and every day, a…

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    The Baule Tribe One of the largest tribe in Côte d'Ivoire, which is between Liberia and Ghana, the Baule (also spelled Bauole or Bawule) people are one of the most unique tribes of all of Africa. The name Baule, or “baouli”, means “the child has died.” “According to a legend, during the eighteenth century, the queen, Abla Poku, had to lead her people west to the shores of the Comoe, the land of Senufo. In order to cross the river, she sacrificed her own son.” They are an Akan group, so they…

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    Sometimes in April Sometimes in April is a movie that shows the Rwandan Genocide in 1994. The movie shows the events of the genocide through flashbacks between two brothers. The first brother is Augustin Muganza, a captain in the Rwanda army. The second brother Honoré Butera, is a radio speaker that talks about politics in Rwanda. The brothers have picked their own path and are living with the consequences of those choices in the present. The Rwanada genocide in 1994 is a genocide that targeted…

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    Gibbon Research Paper

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    Gibbons are only found in most parts of asia. There are at least ten, if not more, types of gibbons. Most of the gibbons people see are in southeast and south Asia. gibbons live in forests that are very dense. The forests they live in are humid and hot. Almost all of a gibbon’s life is lived in trees. Gibbons are small and short animals. Most of their body isn’t as big as their long arms. Gibbons don’t have tails so that makes their arms the longest body part. The gibbons stand up to fifteen…

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    The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a violent place to live; many human rights violations are being broken. The authorities are taking away basic freedom of expression and assembly rights that are protected under Congo’s constitution and international human rights law. The government will not allow them to speak freely about their political views. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in the east of the country, all forms of sexual violence have been named the worst in the world.…

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    Paper The Congo is a very large country located in Central Africa. In modern times, the Congo is officially known as The Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has many interesting geographical features. One of these features is that despite being located in the center of Africa, the Congo also has an Atlantic Ocean coastline. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the second largest country in Africa and covers over 2,500,000 square kilometers of land. The Congo…

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    family. Only a few days after Methuselah is released, Adah found Methuselah dead. He was killed by a civet cat, ironically the same day the Republic of Congo gained their independence.…

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    subjected to this ongoing epidemic. This violation of human rights is most prominent in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Violence against women encompasses the lives of hundreds of thousands throughout the D.R.C, with 420,000…

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