HOW DOES ALAGIAH CONVEY HIS FEELINGS ABOUT JOURNALISM IN A PASSAGE TO AFRICA? In a passage to Africa George Alagiah conveys his feelings about journalism during the course of his stay in Somalia through the use of various different language and literary devices. In a passage to Africa George Alagiah uses powerful and emotive language to show is views about journalism. An example of this is shown in the quotation: ‘that went beyond pity and revulsion’ ‚ ‘revulsion’ has strong connotations of horror
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demonstrating them. I can remember thinking‚ Wow‚ I did not even know any causation people lived in Africa. The misperceptions of Africa can be changed through education. Five countries and five languages spoken within the continent of Africa are: Somalia the official languages are; Arabic‚ Italian‚ and English. South Africa has eleven official languages‚ Afrikaans‚ English‚ IsiNdebele‚ Pedi‚ Sesotho‚ SiSwati‚ Xitsonga‚ Tswana‚ Tshivenda‚ IsiXhosa‚ and IsiZulu. In the country of Sudan/South Sudan‚
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and political purposes if they recognize their long-term goals in official statements “rather than lurking in the obscurity of a hidden agenda”.[3] This concept can be seen in numerous cases of nation building‚ such as Somalia: The United Nations and United States entered Somalia unprepared and as a result‚ “what began as a humanitarian mission to feed people starved by rival warlords became a misguided attempt at ad hoc nation building”.[4] Having a plan means that the nation builders know what
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Ibn Battuta Ibn Battuta was a Muslim Moroccan explorer‚ known for his extensive travels. Over a period of thirty years‚ he visited most of the known Islamic world as well as many non-Muslim lands; his journeys included trips to North Africa‚ the Horn of Africa‚ West Africa‚ Southern Europe and Eastern Europe in the West‚ and to the Middle East‚ South Asia‚ Central Asia‚ Southeast Asia and China in the East. He is considered one of the greatest travellers of all time. He journeyed more than 75
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me nt The globalising world‚ of the late 20th and early 21st century‚ presents a myriad of dynamic possibilities in which the responses of individuals transforms the self and shape the communities in which they live. The erosion of traditional boundaries‚ due to globalisation‚ has necessitated the reevaluation of an individual’s role and identity in their local and global environment. Thus‚ the choices made by individuals create a changing reality driven by social‚ cultural and economical paradigms
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Organization‚ 2002. Prevention of pollution by oil. [online] Available at: http://www.imo.org/environment/mainframe.asp?topic_id=231 [Accessed 10 November 2009] 6. International Maritime Organization‚ 2005. IMO Assembly calls for action on piracy off Somalia. [online] Available at: http://www.imo.org/newsroom/mainframe.asp?topic_id=1018&doc_id=5428 [Accessed 13 November 2009] 7. Muttaqien‚ M.‚ 2007. Japan in the Global “War on Terrorism” Available at: http://journal.unair.ac.id/filerPDF/global6%20mt.pdf
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bigger. Africa is one of the most poverty-stricken countries in the world and it continues to get worse. African income levels have actually been dropping relative to the rest of the world. So poor Africa is getting relatively poorer on average and in Somalia‚ religious war has been worsening the famine situation there. Moreover‚ due to poverty‚ almost 21‚000 people die every day. That is equivalent to:1 child dying every 4 seconds‚ 14 children dying every minute‚ a 2011 Libya conflict-scale death toll
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Bill Clinton made this exact Statement. The US had just pulled American troops out of the nightmare of a mission in Somalia. In the United States eyes‚ why would they get involved with a conflict that they could not understand‚ ethnic turmoil they did not understand‚ and as I stated before‚ in a country where the US had not national interests. Lastly‚ the genocide was
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Gold Coast colony) and establishing a protectorate in Nigeria. Around 1914‚ the Scramble for Africa had ended; Britain was in charge of a huge part of the continent. Britain controlled Anglo-Egyptian Sudan‚ Bechuanaland‚ British East Africa‚ British Somalia‚ Egypt‚ Gambia‚ Gold Coast‚ Nigeria‚ Northern Rhodesia‚ Nyasaland‚ Pemba‚ Seychelles‚ Sierra Leone‚ Southern Rhodesia‚ Uganda‚ Union of South Africa‚ Walvis Bay‚ and Zanzibar. The size of the British reign over Africa was greater than that of any
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Global terrorism has continued to be a challenge especially with the conditions of tremendous insecurity and volatility as well as the tectonic shifts in the deep-rooted equations of power. Worldwide ambitions and aggravated tensions have been fuelled since the disintegration of the great Western and Soviet powers. This continues to happen in a world that is currently experiencing smoothness only at the end of a major war. Therefore‚ the assessment of global threats such as terrorism continues to
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