which you can find here. The following is a bit about this poem and possible racism. “The Congo”‚ Lindsay’s best-known poem‚ became controversial both for its groundbreaking use of sound and for the issues of racism it raises. Novel use of sound Whirl ye the deadly voo-doo rattle‚ Harry the uplands‚ Steal all the cattle‚ Rattle-rattle‚ rattle-rattle‚ Bing. Boomlay‚ boomlay‚ boomlay‚ Boom… “The Congo” expressed a revolutionary aesthetic of sound for sound’s sake. It imitates the pounding of
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Democratic Republic of Congo The Democratic Republic of Congo plays a significant role in the global economy. This country contains a large amount of the world’s copper‚ cobalt‚ tin‚ tantalum‚ gold‚ and tungsten. These minerals are essential components of modern luxuries such as phones‚ jewelry‚ and cars (Global Witness). However‚ they are illegally mined by groups who in turn sell them to large companies in order to create these commodities. These outside parties prevent Congo from reaping the benefits
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language death‚ I don’t feel as though it’ll impact this country. Democratic Republic of the Congo Demographics In 2014 the population of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was approximately 75 million. There are about 214 languages spoken there. The official language is French with the national languages being Kikongo‚ Kiswahili‚ Lingala and Tshiluba. Colonialism in DRC The Democratic Republic of the Congo was a fiefdom under
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In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)‚ mining communities mostly depend on their ability to sell what they mine to make a living. So they explore all options to reach markets – and in this game‚ the price dictates the source. The DRC has its own rich mineral source that benefit both the rich and the poor and so far it’s benefitting the rich of other countries. The country has been living under constant dictatorship from the beginning of time till now even though the president is seen to bring
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political discussion at issues of society in Belgian Congo. The whole turning point of their advocacy for independence was during January 4-6 in 1959. In January 4‚ a riot broke out in Leopoldville due to the fact that an Abako meeting had been banned. This abrupt disorder for two days as European shops were broken and burned with over 40 people killed. The administration had political concession meaning that Belgium handed over independence to Congo. On January 13‚ the administration released a statement
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Will FDLR rebels ever leave Congo and return to Rwanda? Twenty years after the Rwandan genocide‚ some of those responsible are still wreaking havoc in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo‚ where they are terrorising the local population and profiting from the area’s rich natural resources. The BBC’s Grainne Harrington reports on the UN’s attempts to persuade them to lay down their weapons and return home. Vincent Miranzi" is on the legal affairs commission of the Democratic Forces for the
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Hunger is killing many people in Africa and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of them. Poverty has taken over DRC. There are many reasons behind this Poverty. Poverty in DRC is affecting the people in many ways. Some people are dying of hunger‚ also suffering because of less jobs‚ less education etc. In the article called the “Poorest Country in the World: Democratic Republic Of Congo”‚ The author Janki Kaswala says that‚ “More than almost 90 percent of the conflict’s victims‚ however‚ died
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Poverty has worsened in the Republic of Congo since the 1980s and half the country’s people now live below the poverty line. This average‚ however‚ masks wide geographic and economic inequalities. Most of the country’s poor people (64.8 per cent) live in rural areas and women are among the hardest hit by poverty. In 2006‚ more than a third of children under five in rural areas suffered from malnutrition. Access to water is also poor in rural areas where only 11 per cent of people can get water
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Your phone is fueling a war in the Congos. A conflict dubbed the Africa’s world war has been raging since 1996 in the wake of the Rwandan genocide. After the genocide more than two million Hutus fled to The Congo afraid of prosecution from the new Tusis government. In 1996 Uganda and Rwanda invaded the Congo on claims of rooting out out Hutsu war criminal‚ and a war then began. The war was settled but not ended there are still rebel forces all over the Congoo that the government can’t deal with
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playwrights that have ever lived. He has written dozens and dozens of brilliant plays‚ most of those plays have been made into movies. One such play that has been made into a movie is “Othello.” The play “Othello” is one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies. It is about a black general in the Italian army‚ Othello‚ and what happened between him and his wife‚ Desdemona. The main villain in this play is Iago; who is a soldier under Othello’s command. Iago tells Othello numerous lies about Desdemona and
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