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    types of bullying that almost everyone has taken part in, at least, one of them, maybe without knowing it. The Jamaican writer, Diana McCaulay, has exposed some of them in Dog-Heart, her first book published in 2010. The novel relates the story of Sahara, a middle-class single mother, who tries to help Dexter,…

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    in their family (1). Morocco itself has is scattered with ride-ranging mountains, a vast coastline, while having a subtropical climate which at times can prove to be a challenge to thrive in such an environment especially when moving east into the Sahara desert (2). This tribe has not only been very successful and resourceful in their environment but the Berbers have also had a large impact on Moroccan culture. Yet, at the same time the modern world has caught up to the tribe…

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    Women perceived breast cancer as a source of suffering and shame for themselves and their loved ones. Having this stigma led all the women in this study to live in silence. Justifications of living hidden were varied from woman to another but the majority decided to hide their disease to protect themselves from pity feelings and negative comments. By becoming less social and limiting their friendship cycle. I didn’t want from my extend family to know, I didn’t want from anybody to feel sorry…

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    Historians and archeologists have found evidence of human civilization in the Nile Valley dating as far back as 120,000 years ago. Over time, population began to grow and divide itself into two kingdoms, Upper and Lower Egypt. Around 3150 B.C., a pharaoh from the Early Dynastic Period gained control of both kingdoms uniting them to form the Egypt known today. With a population of 90 million, it makes Egypt the third most populated country in all of Africa. Roughly, 20 percent of this…

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    Female Artist Influence

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    Music through out the world whether performed to an adoring public or in a public arena, all genres and modes, is primarily the bastion of the male performer. There is nowhere that this is more apparent than in regions where cultural, religious or societal values inherent within the population dictate that this is the standard practice. One of the regions where music is heavily influence by normative cultural and religious practices is the role of female artists in the Islamic world; that is…

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    What if you wake up feeling like a boss, on top of the world, so powerful that nothing can destroy you? Nikki Giovanni was a black female born in Ohio. She visited Africa in 1972, the year Ego Tripping was published. That same year was when many civilizations were finding their origins. Giovanni celebrates being a black female with a huge ego during that time, so big that she seems to be tripping over it. In “Ego Tripping.” Nikki Giovanni uses allusion, simile, metaphor and symbolism to show…

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    The main groups were the Sahaja groups in the West of the desert and the Tuareg in the central and Southern Sahara. According to Shillington, it is one of these groups who introduced the use of the veil (over the lower part of the face). Shillington hypothesizes that this was probably for the traders to protect themselves against the harsh desert winds. He adds…

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    Africa is a continent with a diverse geography and human population. The people who lived in the sub Sahara Africa, which is located on the south, trade route fostered the development of a Kingdom centered on a gold trade. Agriculture moved south of the Nile Valley and across regions just south of the Sahara Dessert to West Africa which then moved southward. The Ancient Egyptians mainly controlled the south territory and Nile River, ships were not allowed to travelled freely. The Egyptians…

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    Mississippi Delta Poverty

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    In this study, the focus is to enhance understanding of poverty in the United States with a special focus on the Mississippi Delta region. It is true that studies have been conducted and the state of poverty in the country widely documented. However, it is true that this state continues to change with the changing environmental patterns. The Mississippi Delta region has been unique in terms of poverty level. While the country seems to be recording an improvement in the fight against poverty, the…

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    Why Is Mali Successful

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    was one of the biggest factors that made Mali very successful. Mali was founded on a goldfield, located on the southern border of the Sahara. Their location in the trans-Saharan trade made them extremely rich and powerful. Mali took advantage of the gold beneath their feet and began to trade it for other things, such as salt. “Much gold was traded through the Sahara desert, to the countries on the North African coast” (MaliTrade). Being the center of trade, West Africa had many connections to…

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