A Comparison of Pre-Colonial Slavery in East and West Africa
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A 7 page discussion of the vigorous slave trade that existed well before the colonization of Africa. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PPslavEvWafrica.rtf

A Garden Enthusiast’s Guide to Visiting Cape Town, South Africa
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This 5 page report discusses Cape Town as a valuable cultural, recreational, and entertaining vacation destination. The Cape Peninsula, the southern Western Cape Province, and the city itself make up one of the six “recognized floral kingdoms” of the world. As such, any garden enthusiast will enjoy the most botanically prolific of all the floral kingdoms with its nearly 9,000 plant species, two-thirds of which are native to South Africa. Basic travel information and information on the area’s botanical gardens is provided. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BWcapetn.wps

A Hero’s Death in Things Fall Apart
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A 6-page research paper on Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. The hero is identified as a classical tragic hero whose fate was tied inextricably to the culture he represented, and whose death was inevitable as the culture died. Lists 5 sources.
Filename: khhero.rtf

A Look at Mbarara, Uganda
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This 4 page paper examines Mbarara and the economic conditions as well as geographic facts. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: SA921u.rtf

A MAN OF THE PEOPLE
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This 4 page paper discusses the colonialism aspects of Achebe's novel, A Man of the People. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MBmanpple.rtf

A Research Proposal for Studying the Effects of Globalization in Africa
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This 3 page paper examines the problem of globalization in Africa and designs a way to gather more information on this topic. Interviews with the people are suggested and sample questions are included. The reasons for recommending this methodology are included as well. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA406glo.rtf

A Short History of Apartheid
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This 6 page paper provides historical information about the Apartheid that existed in South Africa. Its beginnings as well as how it ended is included in this paper. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA917a.rtf

Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves
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This 7 page paper discusses the Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves ecological project in Niger, including the diversity of biological species found there, the threat posed by humans, and protections used to safeguard the area. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: HVairten.rtf

Achebe's “Things Fall Apart” and Ngugi's “The River Between”
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A 10 page overview of these two works of African literature. A review of character development is provided as is a discussion of the interweaving of public and private themes which arise at the hands of colonization in each of these great works. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPafLit2.rtf

Acme Paperclips -- Offices in the United States and Uganda
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This 7 page report discusses the fact that working conditions for people in the United States and people in Africa are literally and figuratively a world apart. Not only are the workers of Uganda most familiar with agricultural work and agricultural related production (the countries leading export is coffee), they are generally unaware that their government has or should have any obligation in terms of providing them with a safe working environment. Using the example of the fictious “Acme Paperclip” company, issues of worker safety and protection are discussed. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: BWpclips.wps

Adam Hochschild's King Leopold's Ghost
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5 pages in length. Adam Hochschild's King Leopold's Ghost tells of Leopold's search for a colony to claim as Belgium's own. His fear was that all the other European nations would leave nothing for himself or his people in their overtaking of the Africa and Asia areas. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: JGAkleop.wps

Adam Hochschild/King Leopold's Ghost
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A 5 page essay that summarizes the principal points from Hochschild's book King Leopold's Ghost, which chronicles the atrocities implemented by the Belgium monarch against the Congolese people. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, King Leopold II of Belgium carved out a personal kingdom in the African Congo and built an enormous personal fortune, which cost, at least, 10 million African lives. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khleoII.wps