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    nation to live‚ the tribe must die.’ Assess the validity of Samora Machel’s assertion with reference to examples in Africa and/or Asia. It has been estimated that there may be some 600 to 1‚000 different tribal groups or more in Africa. There are some whose territory may be 200 or 300 miles square. Inside each large territory may live more than a million people. The smaller tribes may have only two or three thousand people and some of the smallest have only a few hundred. Most tribes are no larger than

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    Urban Tribes in the UK

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    Introduction Urban tribes are made up by groups of people – usually young‚ with a distinct common identity: the same aesthetic codes‚ the same identity symbols‚ the same rules‚ the same language‚ the same music… A whole ideology! These tribes have many different ideologies: right-wing‚ left-wing‚ non-political or against globalization. Some of them are nearly extinct‚ and others in full expansion. But all of them are ruled by it own ideology. They usually meet in central‚ commercial or nightlife

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    Sioux Indian Tribe The Sioux Indians were one of the largest tribes in the American West‚ so they were known as a nation. They are also called Lakota or Dakota. The name Sioux means ‘little snakes’. Like a lot of the other tribes‚ the Sioux were nomadic and lived in places like Wisconsin‚ North and South Dakota and Minnesota. The Sioux nation had a rich history and was a very powerful tribe. A Frenchman‚ Jean Duluth‚ moved into the Sioux territory in the 17th century and took control of most of their

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    The Shawnee Tribe Did you know that the Shawnee Indian tribe is a fascinating tribe? I recently have learned that they are nomads. Nomads are people who travel instead of settling in one place. Southern Ohio‚ West Virginia‚ and western Pennsylvania were a couple of states they once lived in. Until around 1660 Iroquois drove out the tribe to southern Carolina‚ Tennessee’s Cumberland basin‚ eastern Pennsylvania‚ and southern Illinois. They had tried to return‚ but again they were forced to leave

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    Historical background Tribe of Judah According to the Hebrew Bible‚ the Tribe of Judah (Hebrew: יְהוּדָה‚ Modern Yehuda Tiberian Yəhûḏā ; "Praise") was one of the Tribes of Israel.Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE‚[1] Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes. From after the conquest of the land by Joshua until the formation of the first Kingdom of Israel in c. 1050 BCE‚ the Tribe of Judah was a part of a loose confederation

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    THE KHASIS OF BARAK VALLEY‚ ASSAM Anthropologists have taken the word ‘tribe’ from its ordinary usage‚ which had different meanings. Generally‚ it meant people who were primitive‚ living in a backward area and did not know how to write. Sometimes it was synonymous with the term ‘race’. In fact there was no precise meaning given to the term ‘tribe’.[1] Theoretically‚ a tribe is an ideal State‚ a self contained unit. It is a society in itself‚ i.e. a collection of individuals sharing a common

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    ensure protection of the land resource of individuals‚ communities and habitations of Scheduled Tribes in Scheduled Areas. Alienation of land of a Scheduled Tribe would mean dispossession of land by any means to any one‚ whether a tribe or a non-tribe. The objective of this provision is to ensure protection of rights to land of every tribal persons as indicated by the usage of the term ‘a Scheduled Tribe’. Both the Gram Sabha and Panchayats at appropriate level is bestowed the power to prevent land

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    ENTERTAINED. Date of Written Test will be announced later. Candidates may keep in touch through the website www.fcijobsportal.com . Date of Written Test shall also be mentioned in the Admit Card. 1 UR – Unreserved; SC – Scheduled Caste; ST – Scheduled Tribe; OBC – Other Backward Class; PWD/ PH

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    Dr.B.R.Ambedkar

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    Expenditure incurred in these hill areas was also not voted by the provincial legislature because there were no representatives from these hill districts. Not only this‚ even no federal or provincial legislation extended to the districts automatically. The Khasi and Jaintia Hills‚ the Garo Hills‚ and the Mikir Hills were partially excluded areas. These districts had five representatives in the Assam Legislative Assembly but in the Garo Hills and the Mikir Hills‚ the franchise was limited to the traditional

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    “INDO-TIBETAN BORDER POLICE FORCE” (MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS) GOVT. OF INDIA RECRUITMENT FOR THE POSTS OF a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) Inspector (Hindi Translator) Head Constable (Dresser Veterinary) Constable (Animal Transport) Sub Inspector (Overseer) Constable (Pioneer) Head Constable (Motor Mechanic) Constable (Motor Mechanic) Constable (Driver) Applications are invited from Indian citizens‚ for filling up the vacancies of above posts‚ in Group-B & C‚ on temporary basis likely to be permanent

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