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    Drake Research Paper

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    school and forest hill collegiate institution growing up. Before Drake was rap and singing, he was an actor on a tv show called Degrassi: The Next Generation where he started rapping. When Drake was growing up, he was influence by Jimi Hendrix, Kanye west, and Jay Z. Drake career took off when he landed a role on Degrassi: The Next Generation where he played a character name Jimmy Brooks. Drake create a lot hits songs but his biggest ones were "Hotline…

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    2 Chainz Research Paper

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    "2 Chainz" 2Chainz aged 38 is a United States rapper who was born as Tuheed Epps on 12th September 1977 at college park, Georgia, United States. His first stage name was Tity Boi before reverting to 2 Chainz in later years. He attended Alabama state university, Arizona state university, north Clayton high school as well as Virginia state university. He is famed for being a member of the southern rap duo Playaz circle together with his childhood acquaintance and beneficiary singer, Earl ‘Dolla…

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    Kanye Omari West was born June 8, 1977 in Atlanta Georgia to Donda and Ray West. After going through a divorce, his mother moved him with her to Chicago when he was three. As a child, Kanye was very rebellious and hard to deal with. He also was very interested in music at a young age. In grade school, he created his first song/rap called “green eggs and ham”, purchased his first keyboard, created beats, and choreographed dances. After graduating from high school, West attended Chicago State…

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    Stasiland Analysis

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    Stasiland by Anna Funder is a text which explores how the communist regime of the former GDR has had a lasting impact on its people. Funder examines the history of Germany, noting the lingering effect that the Stasi had on its victims, as many of them were unable to recover from their past and move into the future, whilst also exploring how the fall of East Germany caused many members of the Stasi to become trapped in their memories of what once was. Funders own understanding of the the GDR…

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    Narrative Critique of the Music of Kanye West." Florida Communication Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, Fall2007, pp. 90-99. Kanye West has risen beyond the title of “rapper” to a household name due to his music and unpredictability. This article focuses on the musician’s early album, “The College Dropout” and analyzes repeated themes featured on this work. Through sampling other artists, featuring spoken-word bits, and providing raw yet relatable lyrical content, West received high praise for his album…

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    Astonishing… Page-turning… Unforgettable” (Entertainment Weekly). A book that is not easily forgotten; Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing. The story of two family lines originating with two West african step sisters separated because of the slave trade in the mid 1700s. One line is sent to the deep south of the United States while the other remains in West Africa. This book challenges the ordinary thought process towards African and African American history as described in African History: A Very Short…

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    West Africa Research Paper

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    In West Africa, the “human experiment” lasted for hundreds of years. West Africans developed agriculture independently. This led to large, complex states. Eventually, more connections between the world zones hurt West African civilizations. The start of West African states West Africa developed agriculture on its own, like the Fertile Crescent did earlier. Starting around 3000 BCE, West Africans began to grow more food. This food was extra energy that supported more people than did hunting and…

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    Decolonization Research 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…

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    Benin Kingdom

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    consist of brass casters (Igun Eronmwon), who are the highest order in the Benin hierarchal structure in the Iwebo society (Royal Arts of West Africa Kingdom, Kathleen Berzock, pg. 5)”. Followed by the “black smith’s (Igun Ematon) and Ivory and wood carvers…

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    ever heard of “TIMBUKTU” before? It is a great learning center of the spread of Islam in Africa. It was built by Askia Muhammad which was a powerful and political ruler of Songhai. Songhai Empire was the largest and last of the three major empires in West Africa. Askia Muhammad became a powerful ruler of Songhai with his accomplishments through building an empire, trade success, and by building a learning center called “TIMBUKTU”. Askia Muhammad was born in Futa Toore in 1443, later people…

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