POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN MODERN AFRICAN STATE‚ CAURSE‚ EFFECT AND SOLUTION INTRODUCTION The constant drumbeat of headlines about Darfur‚ Zimbabwe‚ Sudan‚ Somalia‚ Liberia as well as the other states in Africa that are beleaguered by political instability have made the causes of failed states and intra-state political conflicts a major issue‚ both academic and practical. The International Day of Peace which was established by a United Nation resolution in 1982‚ and is marked every year on September
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through a language of international exchange‚ it can reach a wider audience for whom it becomes a useful reference in times of need. The English language attained international prominence due to several reasons; one of the most important being colonization. As in other countries of the Commonwealth‚ English was imposed on Anglophone Africa as a means of easy communication and administrative convenience. It is a historical irony that the same language serves the African writer in voicing his thoughts
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Neocolonialism basically refers to the idea that some countries can control their former colonies (or other less developed countries) by political‚ economic and cultural pressures.The term Neo-colonialism was first coined in 1965 by the president of Ghana‚ Kwame Nkrumah‚ in the book Neo-Colonialism‚ the Last Stage of Imperialism. Neo Colonialism is also defined as a process by which multinational and transnational corporations‚ with or without the aid of rich & powerful developed states‚ use direct
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I. GEOGRAPHIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF AFRICA A. Location 1. Africa is the world’s second largest continent with an area of 30‚ 368‚ 609 km2 including adjacent islands. Most of its island is plateau. 2. The continent of Africa is centrally located on the earth’s surface and lies between the Atlantic Ocean in the West and the Indian Ocean in the East. 3. Africa has five distinct regions. The main regions are North Africa‚ West Africa‚ East Africa‚ Central Africa and South Africa. B. Topography
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was born on the 17th of January on Chuttyhunk Island in Southeastern Massachusetts‚ as a free child and a son of an African father and Native American mother. His father‚ named Kofi‚ was a member of the West-African tribe known as Ashanti tribe in Ghana. He was captured there and brought to America when he was ten. He was made a slave of Ebenezer Slocum‚ a Quaker of Dartmouth‚ Massachusetts‚ but the skills of
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Beginning with the voyages of Columbus and other explorers‚ the encounter of the Americas would soon lead to the start of increased trade between Africa‚ Europe‚ and the Americas. This immense trade changed the Atlantic Ocean from a predominantly unclaimed vast ocean into part of the growing maritime empires‚ booming with trade. As the region progressed‚ economic‚ political‚ and social changes occurred rapidly due to the emergence of the Triangular Trade Route and the Trans- Atlantic Slave Trade
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African descent fought for the European and their Allies in World War I and another estimated two million fought in World War II. Africa also provided a military bases and strategic area for the allied forces during that time. (Johnson 2013) The colonization of Africa was part of a worldwide drive to provide raw materials new resources and markets for Europe‚ usually at the expense of less developed. Africa in particular offered manpower in the form of slaves‚ or African natives working in their homelands
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Essay topic: “Exploring the history of Ghana’s oldest Diasporan/ Retournee group‚ the Tabom people” Thesis statement: Supporting of the Tabom people of Ghana will contribute immensely to the economy. How well do you know Ghana’s oldest Diasporan‚ the Tabom people? Diaspora is the dispersion of a population or a community of individuals living outside their homeland who identify themselves with the state or people of that homeland. Research estimates that about ten thousand
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pottery up and down the Niger river as far as 750 kilometers (450 miles) away. Mali began as one of the districts in the Kingdom of Ghana. Around 1230 CE‚ Ghana collapsed and Mali took over. In time‚ they grew to be larger than Ghana! The new king‚ Sundiata‚ was young and clever. He was a very good king. One of the first things he did‚ when he became king after Ghana collapsed‚ was to restore trade with the neighbors. He recognized that trade was critical to Mali’s survival and growth. He expanded
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Question1 – What does the Ghana Case reveal about why countries progress? Fail to progress? Ghana was organized as a self –supporting entity funded by local resources and loans. More so than the other British colonial powers‚ The British promoted education and employed skilled indigenous people throughout the civil service. The government took a laissez-faire approach to commerce‚ Was opened the first bank in Ghana(Standard Bank now) Cocoa was introduced by Presbyterian missionaries
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