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- 311: Margaret Laurence
- ... book, "The Prophet’s Camel Bell," written some years later, describes the Laurences’ experience in Somaliland. They moved to Accra, Ghana in 1952, with their 2-month-old daughter Jocelyn. During their five years in Africa, Margaret produced her first novel, "This Side Jordan," which won the 1961 Beta Sigma Phi Award for the best first novel by a Canadian. A collection of short stories, "The Tomorrow Tamer," Written a few years later, is also set in West Africa. Out of her African years came an interest in contemporary literature by Africans, which resulted in her study of Nigerian fiction and drama, Long Drums and Cannons. The Laurences’ son, David, was born in Ghana in 1955. After having Africa, they moved to Vancouver for five years. During this time Margaret wrote "The Christmas as Birthday Story." They then moved to England for seven years. In the ten-year period, 1964-1974, the Manawaka ...
- 312: Botswana
- Botswana Botswana is a landlocked country in southern Africa, roughly the size of Texas. It covers 224,607 square miles, yet contains only 1,444,000 people, making it one the most thinly populated countries in Africa. The eastern portion is where most people reside, because the Kalahari Desert covers almost all the rest of the nation. Botswana's climate is a semiarid one, consisting of very hot summers, and warm winters ... percent will go on to high school. The small percent of people that go to college attend the University of Botswana in Gaborone, the nation's capital. Great Britain once had control over Botswana. South Africa wanted Botswana, then called Bechuanaland, as part of their country. But Great Britain refused. On September 30,1966, Botswana was declared independent. It's official name is The Republic of Botswana. Seretse Khama became ...
- 313: The Ivory Coast
- The Ivory Coast The Ivory Coast is one of Africa's leading countries in industry and agriculture. This small country is located in West Africa on the Coast of Guinea where it is bordered by Mali and Burkina Faso on the north and by Guinea and Liberia on the west. The land itself is approximately 322,463 sq.kilometers and ... 1637 when it became a French Missionary contact. Then, in 1843-1845, it became an official proctrate of France. Thus, in 1893, the Ivory Coast became a French colony and remained part of French West Africa from 1904- 1958. Finally in 1960, independence was gained from the overseas country of France. In the Ivory Coast, which is a Republic, they have a semi-democratic system. The position of president, currently ...
- 314: Benin
- Benin Benin, independent nation of W Africa, formerly called Dahomey. Once a French protectorate, it is a country of 40 ethnic tribal groups and a low- level economy. Land and Economy. Located in the bulge on the S side of W Africa, Benin is bordered by Nigeria, Toga, Berkina Faso, and Niger, with 75 mi (121km) on the Gulf of Guinea. The coast is hot and humid, and there are two rainy and two dry seasons; average ... was the most aggressive, pushing N and selling slaves. In 1863 the king of Porto-Novo sought French protection. By 1892 France had subjugated all groups and made them protectorates as part of French West Africa. In 1960 the country became independent as Dahomey. The official name was changed to Benin in 1976. Economic and regional rivalries have caused numerous military coup d'‚tats and changes of government since 1960. ...
- 315: The Green Revolution in Asia
- ... be paid for. Even if the farmers could afford the machinery, they would have to be taught how to use it properly. Finding fuel, and the money to buy the fuel, in the middle of Africa, for instance, is impossible. The developed world produced the new wheat and rice varieties. To genetically engineer a new strain of food, a company or government must pay scientists (including agronomists, geneticists, biologists, chemists, nuclear ... before. Region Area harvested (000 ha) Production (000 metric ton) South America 5,659 15,295 USA 1,336 8,972 Central America 552 1,929 Europe 378 2,113 Asia 130,027 485,077 Africa 7,235 15,855 World 1,456,187 529,241 Rice Production from http://www.ent.agri.umn.edu/academics/classes/ipm/chapters/heinri ch.htm The population of China is projected to rise to ... person has dropped from 0.2 hectares to almost 0.1 hectares in the last 30 years. 30% of the worlds' drylands have become deserts of some kind. 3/4 of the dry lands in Africa and North America are in some stage of desertification. Conclusion: The Green Revolution in Asia is helping the people grow enough food to sustain the massive amounts of people that occupy the area. The ...
- 316: Comparison Between Gandhi and Hitler
- Comparison Between Gandhi and Hitler In the late 1800’s and the early 1900’s the people of northern Europe, southern Africa and Asia were in despair. They had no leaders. They were defenseless. India had been taken over by the British Empire and now the 315 million Indians were under the rule of the 100 thousand ... in India, but schooled in England. Early on in his career he returned to his birthplace and attempted to practice law there, but he was very unsuccessful. A few years later he moved to South Africa, and again attempted to set up a law practice there. But South Africa was now in British control and the Indian lawyer was subjected to a lot of racial prejudice. Almost immediately he was abused because of his heritage and his law practice went down the drain. ...
- 317: Review of Ernest Hemingway and Writings
- ... he knew completely, inside and out. Being the perfectionist that he was, Ernest did not feel justified in writing about topics of which he was not comepletely informed. Through his extensive travels in Europe and Africa, as well as other areas, he formed the groundwork for many of his most famed and cherished stories. His work as a Red Cross ambulance driver (mentioned earlier) in Italy ended up providing the theme ... in Madrid. In 1933-34 He went on a big-game safari in Kenya and Tanganyika where he became an avid hunter and picked up the knowledge for his 1935 nonfiction work, Green Hills of Africa. Also derived from his African experiences were two of best stories, "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" and "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber." Dubbed his most ambitios novel, "For Whom The Bell Tolls," about the ... of discipline" (CLC, 180) and the building of one's code. One good example of the latter would be "The Short Hapy Life of Francis Macomber" in which a weak spineless man on safari in Africa (note the similarity to Hemingway's own experience) experiences various achievements and rejections which lead to his timely evolution from a normal twit to a disciplined man. Still the definitive hero of Hemingway's ...
- 318: Fuji Xerox
- ... Appendix 1: Xerox’s Organization Structure Appendix 2: Fuji Xerox’s Net Earning Performance Appendix 3: Fuji Xerox’s Sales Performance Appendix 4: Japan’s Index of Industrial Production 1955 = 100 Source: International Historical Statistics -- Africa, Asia and Oceania Appendix 5: Japan’s GDP/GNP Growth Source: International Historical Statistics -- Africa, Asia and Oceania Appendix 6: Market Share Performance Japanese Market Share of 1977 Reference Sender, Henny, Institutional Investor, Yotaro Kobayashi of Fuji Xerox: Managing a cross-border joint venture, September 1991, Vol.: 25, Iss: 10 ... Fuji Xerox: Giant JV Prizes Individuals, December 1993, Page: 14 Gomes-Casseres, Benjamin, Transnational Management: Text, Cases, and Readings, Case 4-1 Xerox and Fuji Xerox, Page: 383-407 Mitchell, B.R., International Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750 –1988 Yip, G.S, Asian Advantage: Key Strategies for Winning in the Asia-Pacific Region, Addison-Wesley, 1998 http://www.fujixerox.co.jp/indexEn.html http://www.strategy-business.com/casestudy/ ...
- 319: Summary of The Heart of Darkness
- ... pauses, and then begins to tell of a trip to the Congo he made as a young man. First, he describes how he came to make the trip. Out of a job and fascinated by Africa for a long time, he enlisted the help of an n influential aunt who was able to secure him a position as a river steamboat captain. Marlow then goes on to tell the story that ... his journey up the river. The captain tells him of the sad fate of another Swede who had apparently hanged himself. Again and again Marlow is struck by the incongruity of the European presence in Africa. Marlow goes ashore at the Company station, which is surrounded by broken machinery, dying slaves, and an aura of useless effort. The company accountant, an oddly out-of-place fellow dressed in a starched shirt ... three months before the ship is repaired and Marlow can start on the next leg of his journey. During his stay, we see several more examples of the madness and inefficiency of European life in Africa. A shed mysteriously bursts into flame one night. One of the Company employees tries pitifully to extinguish the flames using one bucket-which has a hole in it-to carry water from the river. ...
- 320: Airika
- ... enemies, the birth of children to slave parents, and means of punishment. Enslaved Africans represented many different peoples, each with distinct cultures, religions, and languages. Most originated from the coast or the interior of West Africa, between present-day Senegal and Angola. Other enslaved peoples originally came from Madagascar and Tanzania in East Africa. Slavery became of major economic importance after the sixteenth century with the European conquest of South and Central America. These slaves had a great impact on the sugar and tobacco industries. A triangular trade route ... 17th and 18th century enslaved African Americans in the Upper South mostly raised tobacco. In coastal South Carolina and Georgia, they harvested indigo for dye and grew rice, using agricultural expertise brought with them from Africa. By the 1800s rice, sugar, and cotton became the South's leading cash crops. The patenting of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney in 1793 made it possible for workers to gin separate the ...
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