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    Introduction Cholera is a bacterial infection that causes severe diarrhea and vomiting that can lead to dehydration, shock, and death. We chose this topic because the highly publicized earthquake that occurred in Haiti in 2010 played a large role in the cholera epidemic that arose 8 months after the earthquake. Since the earthquake, there have been over 470,000 confirmed cases of cholera (Cholera -Vibrio Cholerae Infection 2014). Cholera persists there because of the poor sanitary conditions

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    Purpose Without purpose, all people would not have the strength to get up and face the challenges that present themselves during the course of every day, regardless of the background they come from. Krik? Krak!, a novel by Edwidge Danticat, tells several stories of people connected to Haiti that live or have lived in terrible conditions. Finding a purpose allows the people to survive and press on despite the adversities they face. While some of the novel’s characters succumb and break down, many

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    Essay #2 The islands of Cape Verde were exposed and colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century. Cape Verde later became a trading center for African slaves and later a significant resting stop for long-haul shipping. Ensuing independence in 1975 and a faltering interest in unification with Guinea- Bissau, which is a one party system that was established in the 1990. Cape Verde also remains to exhibit one of Africa’s greatest steady democratic governments. Recurrent droughts in the 20th century

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    magic, where those who practices it take haughtiness aim to cause harm to their enemies. The native language of Haiti is Haitian Creole. This is a language that was created from the different tribes in Africa that was brought to Haiti as slaves. To communicate with each other, they were left with no choice but to create a common way understanding. In the Haitian Creole language, there is a vast number of different sounds within the dialect. The sounds are used as an exaggeration to the meaning of

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    Hawaii creole english, or in other words “pidgin,” is based on the english language, but also containing words from many other languages. Some of those languages include Hawaiian, Japanese, Portuguese, and more. Hawaii pidgin english is widely used in everyday conversations, television shows, and advertisements. Hawaii creole english was created many years ago, but is used by a large number of people on the Hawaiian islands, as well as on the mainland. Hawai’i creole english was first established

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    Literature Review The term Creole can be described as a language which comes into being through contact between two or more languages. In relating to Jamaica, the creole language came about by the Africans slaves were forced into accepting Standard English which they the reduced in order to obtain a common language, Creole for communication, a point expounded on by Ruby Madden The importance of the use of Creole in the Jamaican society is a topic that is highly debatable, and relates and is affected

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    considering how few people I had seen on my walk over. People were meeting up chatting amicable about the events they were arriving to witness. I headed through the lobby to the stairs and descended down into the basement. Normally the basement of Ellison reminds me a bit to much of an empty hospital hallway in a horror movie. All long windowless corridors and locked doors. But tonight, as it often is on event night, the hallways at the end of stairs was bustling with people. The metro room, the

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    GJ is a 50 years old Haitian American male, born on February 15, 1967 in Brooklyn New York; he is 6 feet, 280 pounds, has brown eyes and grey hair. He is the middle child of 4. After birth, he spent one year in Brooklyn, then moved to Spring Valley for 6 years. After his sixth birthday, GJ moved to Nyack where he spent all of his childhood and adolescence. After he got married, GJ moved back to Spring Valley with his wife and children. He has been with his wife since 1985; they have 2 children, a

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    Poetry within Jamaican Creole in a Linguistic Imperalised England It is clear from the poem to see how Linton feels about the racially hostile environment in which he lives. He chooses to show his social identity with his strong Jamaican accent which conveys to the reader that he is of immigrant status, this is fundamental to this poem. Within this essay, I wish to analyze his reasoning for choosing to express himself with a post colonial approach by using his Jamaican Creole and how he chooses

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    Oppression Little is a town is rooted and build on the back bone of Haitians. This city now known as little Haiti was once known as the lemon city continues to face struggled that has placed them as an oppressed society. Many of the residents are oppressed for many reasons ranging from factors such as education, income, and physical power over their community. The Haitian and residents do not hold their power of influence in their community. In the recent development, there has physical effect

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