“He knew the word for it”: Representations of Homosexuality in Anglophone Sub-Saharan Fiction Masterproef voorgedragen tot het behalen van de graad van Master in de Vergelijkende Moderne Letterkunde Katelijne Sommen Master in de Vergelijkende Moderne Letterkunde Universiteit Gent Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte Academiejaar 2011-2012 Promotor: prof. dr. Stef Craps 1 Table of contents Foreword and Thanks Introduction Sexuality and Homosexuality in Africa Terminology “Africa” Literature
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Research Project: Potato The potato originated in the South American Andes‚ but its heartland of wild genetic diversity reaches from Venezuela‚ Colombia‚ Ecuador‚ Peru‚ Bolivia‚ Argentina‚ Chile‚ Uruguay‚ Paraguay‚ southern Brazil‚ northward into Central America‚ Mexico‚ and the southwestern United States. Potato was first cultivated between 3 and 7 thousand years ago‚ some scientists believe they may have grown wild in the region as long as 13‚000 years ago. Potato is the third most important
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According to source two Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu‚ as the last stronghold of the incas and superb architectural and archeological importance‚ Machu Picchu is one of the most important cultural sites in latin america‚ the stonework of this site remains as one of the world’s great examples of the use of natural raw material to provide
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This experience in battle was what let them butcher the Moriori people‚ who had no reason to fight with other groups‚ and no experience with war. They were also behind in technology‚ because everyone was hunting or gathering‚ instead of researching and building. The Incas and the Moriori are two prime examples of where Diamond’s theory explains why things turned out how they did. Some of the many flaws in Diamond’s argument are pointed out by J.R. McNeill‚ in his short essay‚ “The World According To Jared Diamond”
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1. How did humans come to settle in all parts of the Americas and in Oceania? The first large wave of migration from Siberia to Alaska but small numbers of migrants crossed the Bering land bridge by watercraft‚ sailing or drifting with the currents from NE Asia down the west coast of North America. By 9500 BCE they had reached the southernmost part of South America. At least 60‚000 years before the present human migrants entered Australia and New Guinea via watercraft – rafts or canoes fitted with
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Managing Business: Assignment 1 Question 1 The Coca-Cola Company is the world’s largest beverage company with almost 500 brands ranging from the actual Coca-Cola® to products such as Sprite®‚ Fanta®‚ POWERADE®‚ Minute Maid®‚ and many‚ many more. The product was originally born in Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ in 1886. Today‚ the Coca-Cola Company has been in business for 125 years‚ employs 139‚600 people‚ and sells 1.6 billion beverages each day in more than 200 countries. Coca‑Cola has been a catalyst for
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Chapter 15 The West and the Changing Balance of Power Multiple-Choice Questions 1) Which of the following was NOT a symptom of decline in the Arabic caliphate by 1400? A) The narrowing of intellectual life symbolized by the triumph of religion over literature‚ philosophy‚ and science B) Landlords seized power over peasants C) The decline of the Sufis D) Decline of tax revenues for the state E) Landlords ceased to experiment with new agricultural techniques. 2) By what date had the Arabs
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The British took Nigeria as a colony around 1885 and into the early part of the 1900s. In 1914‚ Northern and Southern Nigeria were brought together to create one single entity known as Nigeria. The British created a legislative council in 1922. The council started off mainly Britains but slowly began to incorporate Western educated Africans. In 1947‚ the Britains established a new form of government in Nigeria based on a system of three regions. The regions were Eastern (Ibo)‚ Western(Yoruba)‚ and
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Americas Gunpowder Empires Colonial administrations Coercive labor systems Slave Systems Rise of Europe Scientific Revolution Enlightenment What were the major civilizations from 1450-1750? Major Civilizations 1450-1750 The Americas: Aztec‚ Inca Africa: Kongo‚ Benin‚ Oyo‚ Dahomey‚ Ashanti‚ Songhay East Asia: Ming‚ Qing‚ Tokugawa South Asia: Mughal What were some of the major continuities from 1450-1750? Continuities 1450-1750 Existing trade routes continued to be important to global
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Herrera. New York: Thames & Hudson‚ 1997 ISBN 0-500-01802-2. ^ "Little Llamas". Inca culture. 2006-10-10. ^ "Information Resources on the South American Camelids: Llamas‚ Alpacas‚ Guanacos‚ and Vicunas 1943–2006". 2007-06-25. ^ D ’Altroy‚ Terence N. (2002). "The Inca Pantheon". The Incas. The Peoples of America. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-631-17677-0. ^ Anning‚ Caroline. (2011-05-22) BBC News – Inca success in Peruvian Andes ’thanks to llama dung ’. Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 2011-08-21
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