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“When human beings live together, conflict is inevitable. War is not.” Oodles of poems explore different aspects of the violent theme of conflict. Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘War Photographer,’ Chinua Achebe’s ‘A Mother in a Refugee Camp’ and Louis MacNeice’s ‘Prayer Before Birth’ portray conflict through the disasters of warfare. In an akin way, the poem ‘Disabled’ by Wilfred Owen displays a youngster whose limbs were lost in the battlefield and is now waiting for death. ‘Piano’ by D. H. Lawrence is another

The Doctors without Borders organization was founded in 1971 in Paris due to the efforts of French doctors that originally worked for the Red Cross in Biafra during its civil war. The doctors were frustrated by the treatment of the Nigerian Troops’ to aid workers. Thus, upon returning to France, some doctors broke their contracts with the Red Cross and began to provide humanitarian aid not in conjunction

the world. According to Wikipedia, before 1970 over 15% of France’s population was below the poverty line (“Poverty in France”). At the time there was not only the French revolt of 1968, which caused the economy to plunge, but also the secession of Biafra (“Doctors Without Borders”). Citizens were being blocked in their houses, allowing them no source of food and if they went outside they would

We live in a world where modern states are the status quo. For the most part, no one questions who owns and rules a certain territory or population. This is because an all controlling and omnipresent “state” controls populations and sub-populations of people. This can be related to religious sects, hierarchies within communities, commonalities such as school and ethnicity, but most importantly – our allegiance to a country. January 2, 1997 at eleven twenty am, in a St. Louis hospital room, my first

The origins of Punk Rock have been stated as unknown. However, true “punk” has long lived in the hearts of the youthful subcultures in America, the United Kingdom, and Australia, since the late 1960’s and early 70’s. During this time, Punk Rock, which was influenced by Rock and Roll, offered its upbeat compositions and in-your-face lyrics, which brought some intelligence to the get drunk, get laid mentality that prevailed. Much like a shot of adrenaline to a dying heart, Punk Rock regenerated

African heritage emanates from a different tone and poetic genius in in Gabriel Okara’s poetic imagination in Fisherman Invocation. Okara concerns with the problems of man and human existence. Okara’s love of music, art and literature is reflected in his close attention to details of scenery. Also as a painter, Okara’s ability to create an atmosphere, a mood or a situation is one of his greatest poetic styles. Fisherman’s Invocation centers around the plight of human condition, and particularly

Slave Trade Many times discussions about slavery examine the everlasting racial impact of the practice. However, the reality is that Africans sold Africans into the slave trade, which, at that time, was far more motivated by finances than by any underlying racial motivation. Looking at the Great Circuit, and how African traders and political leaders impacted the slave trade, one sees Africans playing a significant role in the early slave trade. However, there were differences in how the slave

against the Igbo.  Further anger over the murder of prominent Hausa politicians led to the massacre of scattered Igbo populations in northern Hausa-Fulani regions. This persecution triggered the move by Igbo separatists to form their own nation of Biafra the following year. The consequences of the war included starvation, mass death, and displacement of Igbos. With the Nigerian blockade cutting off the Biafrans from their expected source of oil revenue, the Biafrans suffered

During the 1920’s, in an attempt to reduce the amount of alcohol consumption in the United States, Congress passed The Volstead Act, prohibiting the use and sale of alcohol. Quickly, unforeseen consequences made themselves very apparent. The effects of Prohibition were vast and negative, covering a wide spectrum of social ills. Between the increases in crime, an encouragement of organized crime, and the rise of alcohol use, Prohibition was deemed a disaster. One of the biggest problems that came

The potato is a starchy, crop originated in perennial Solanum tuberosum, and the fourth largest food crop. Since prehistoric age the potato has cultivated into the pantry of most every family. An important event involving the potato that struck Ireland was The great Irish famine. Looking at the great Irish famine and the effects it caused, after the famine, and how the effects relate to 20th century world hunger. Irish famine or better know the great famine swept across the lives of many families