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    The Epic of Sundiata

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    The Epic of Sundiata is a West African tale that tells the story of the rise to power of Mali’s greatest king‚ Sundiata (Son-Jara). In this epic‚ the griot Djeli Mamoudou Kouyate begins the story from the humiliating childhood of Son Jara (Sundiata)‚ to the jealousy between his stepmother Sassouma and his half brother Dankaran Tuma‚ to the continue conflicts with the great sorcerer Soumaoro and the later achievements of Sundiata for his fatherland and his people. The Empire of Mali rose out of what

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    Voodoo

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    are who use it today‚ why Voodoo is practiced‚ what are some of the rituals performed and lastly‚ does it actually work? Voodoo is actually a religion that originates in Africa. Many people spell it “Vodou” which translates from the languages of West Africa and is believed to mean ‘spirit’‚ which is fitting because is traditionally a religion of spirits. There is considered to be a good and bad side to this. The good includes practices of healing and medicine and is referred to as Rada. The bad

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    Intro Have you ever wished that candy will fall out the sky? This happened to a group of german kids in 1948 on the other side of the berlin wall. gail halvorsen made these german kids happy and he symbolized hope for the children. Halvorsen thinked that‚ “what then of the future? I think you will agree with me that our children are our future. not just our children‚ but everyone’s children” said Halvorsen Gail Halvorsen’s Piloting Career Gail Halvorsen grew up on an small farm in Garland‚ Utah

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    Gechee

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    he Gullah and Geechee culture on the Sea Islands of Georgia has retained ethnic traditions from West Africa since the mid-1700s. Although the islands along the southeastern U.S. coast harbor the same collective of West Africans‚ the name Gullah has come to be the accepted name of the islanders in South Carolina‚ while Geechee refers to the islanders of Georgia. Modern-day researchers designate the region stretching from Sandy Island‚ South Carolina‚ to Amelia Island‚ Florida‚ as the Gullah Coast—the

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    Reasons for the Cold War

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    The Cold War With the aim of preventing East Germans from seeking asylum in the West‚ the East German government in 1961 began constructing a system of concrete and barbed-wire barriers between East and West Berlin. This Berlin Wall endured for nearly thirty years‚ a symbol not only of the division of Germany but of the larger conflict between the Communist and non-Communist worlds. The Wall ceased to be a barrier when East Germany ended restrictions on emigration in November 1989. The Wall was largely

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    considered fragmented and subject to Israeli restrictions. Much of the population is dependent on food aid. Israel‚ many Arab countries and the West avoid Hamas‚ which controls Gaza. These circumstances eventually established a Palestinian National Authority (PNA - also referred to as the Palestinian Authority‚ or PA) as a temporary body to run parts of Gaza and the West Bank (but not East Jerusalem). The PNA functions as an agency of the PLO‚ which represents Palestinians at international bodies. A directly

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    Banksy

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    become objects of local pride. When it was announced that a new building development in Bristol‚ instead of destroying his street painting The Mild Mild West‚ it will be incorporated and profit from the association. I totally respect Banksy‚ because he is an ambitious artist. He went to Ramallah to paint on the dividing wall in the occupied West Bank. Banksy makes open-air sculptures that are like gags from a Dom Jolyesque television show - he put shark fins in a pond in Victoria Park in east London

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    the whole of Britain at this time. The British maintain that Bengal was too large to manage as one province and that it would be more able to manage it as two smaller provinces. In 1903 Viceroy Curzon projected that Bengal should be partitioned into West Bengal and East Bengal. The eastern province would include Assam and

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    Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma (Myanmar) to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south. Political and linguistic discrimination as well as economic neglect led to popular agitations against West Pakistan‚ which led to the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 and the establishment of Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a secular state. We are unified by the Bengali nationalism. Nearly all the people speak Bengali language and we are proud of the fact

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