The Plague My book report is on The Plague by Albert Camus. It is fictional and was published in 1948. The story takes place in the 1940s in the town of Oran. The author describes the town as ugly with smug‚ placid air‚ and also says there are no pigeons‚ trees‚ or gardens. The main character of the novel is Dr. Bernard Rieux‚ he is the narrator. Throughout the story‚ he tries to battle the plague against the disagreeing forces of the authorities. Although he is separated from his wife‚ he
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Prince Among Slaves considered as a historical documentary directed‚ written and produced by Andrea Kalin. This film is a story of Abdul Rahman Sori‚ a prince from West Africa who had become a slave in the United States and got freedom 40 years later. Abdul Rahman was a prince of a kingdom in Futa Jallon‚ West Africa. In 1788‚ at the age of 26‚ his father sent him in war‚ where he captured and sold to English slavers. A slave- ship headed for American shores from West Africa with hundreds of men
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Today in America many new followers of Islam experience confusion when choosing which area to examine first. Many devout Muslims believe that the true basis for understanding Islam begins and ends with the study of Mohammed’s life and his creation and writing of the Q’uran under Allah’s direction and spirit. However‚ the understanding and study of any religion (that will become your way of life) must include the close examination of peoples‚ history and the influence or spread into other countries
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The spread of Islam transformed African societies and what survived culturally from before Islamic influence. The expansion of Islam had some key people involved in the spread of the new religion. One of the most important of the cultural effects was the change of some African states to Islam. The arrival of Europeans in the 15th century further shaped the relationship of Africa to a wider world. Between 600 A.D. and 1500 C.E.‚ contacts between Africa and other civilizations strengthened. Islam
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St. Augustine of Hippo was a theologian primarily in the third and fourth century CE. Born in North Africa‚ he had strong religious beliefs. He was a strong believer of God. According to St. Augustine‚ God was there for those who were considered good and did not cause any harm. He supported Christianity and described it in terms of freedom and sin. A great focus of his work‚ “City of Gods and Confessions”‚ was describing slavery and its existence. While many considered slavery an inhumane practice
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Introduction Both in The Wretched of the Earth and The Battle of Algiers we are presented with the harsh reality that is the French colony of Algiers during the post-war period. Both works focus very strongly on the use of violence but both adopt a very different approach in justifying its use. On one hand‚ The Battle of Algiers presents us with an ever-escalating conflict in which neither of the parties of the conflict seems entirely right. On the other hand‚ Fanon argues that violence is a catharsis
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The presence of Islam was a powerful force in Mali and Songhai‚ leading to improvement in scholarship and government. The empires of Mali and Songhai were able to have an improvement in scholarship in West Africa due to the thirst for education by conversion Islam‚ as well as an increase in opportunities for people living in the kingdoms. The kingdom of Mali brought Islam to West Africa‚ which was extremely crucial to development in scholarship as there was a social mindset of Muslims being well
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The 1848 revolution marked a turning of the page the West African region of Senegal‚ site of France’s only substantial foothold on the African continent at that point. Two events were of particular importance in this regard. The first was the decree of April 27‚ 1848 whereby the provisional government abolished slavery in France’s colonies‚ including Senegal. The newly-freed slaves in Senegal automatically became French citizens‚ a privilege extended by a law of 1834 to free inhabitants of French
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study of coastal floristry biodiversity in Oran Haddad Fatma Zohra1‚ Frih Faiza1‚ Noureddine Benaissa1‚ Zitouni Boutiba1‚ Ionela Dobrin2 1 Department of Biology‚ University of Oran‚ Laboratory Network for Environmental Monitoring (LRSE)‚ Oran‚ Algeria 2 Department of Plant Science‚ Faculty of Agriculture‚ University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine‚ Bucharest‚ Romania Key words: Oran coast‚ Biodiversity‚ Vegetation‚ coastal flora‚ Marsat-El Hadjaj. Article published on April 11
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Cited: Khacoub‚ Bouchra. Arabization and Language Policy: The Case of Morocco and Algeria.
Free French language Second language Morocco