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    Sukarno, first president of Indonesia, said, “I hate imperialism. I detest colonialism. And I fear the consequences of their last bitter struggle for life. We are determined, that our nation, and the world as a whole, shall not be the play thing of one small corner of the world.” Looking back in our history, American, English, European, we see time and time again the imperialistic and colonialist ways of our ancestry. France colonializing Vietnam, the Dutch imperializing South Africa, and England

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    Paul Robeson was a famous African American athlete, singer, actor and advocate for the civil rights of people around the world.  He rose to prominence in a time when segregation was legal in America and black people were being lynched by white mobs, especially in the South. Born on April 9, 1898 in Princeton, New Jersey, Paul Robeson was the youngest of five children.  His father was a runaway slave who went on to graduate from Lincoln University, and his mother came from a family of Quakers

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    Amongst the 1870s and 1900, Africa confronted European imperialist hostility, political pressures, military assaults, and ultimately the conquest and colonization. At the same time, African civilizations put up numerous methods of resistance against the effort to inhabit their countries and enforce foreign control. By the early twentieth century, however, much of Africa, except Ethiopia and Liberia, had been inhabited by European powers. The European imperialist drive into Africa was encouraged by

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    W.E.B. Dubois The great African American intellectual W.E.B. Dubois was born in the post-Civil War era. Being born at this time encouraged him to fight for equal

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    Audre Lorde was born in New York City the 18th of February 1934 of Caribbean immigrants. As a child, the author had difficulties in communication that made her acknowledge poetry and its power as a form of expression, allowing her to become a writer, a feminist, and a civil rights activist. Which is very strong in “Age, Race, Class, and Sex” in which the author describes her feelings using a style of superior journalism with elements of popular culture that leads to racial issues. In order to emphasize

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    Yahya Bello World studies 2nd period The effect of colonialism in Kenya This essay analyses the effect of colonialism in Kenya. It explains the depth of colonialism within Kenya’s context and analyses the impact of colonial conquest, the imposition of international and local administrative boundaries. It also examined further the lasting consequences of colonial economic and social policies concerning colonialism in Kenya. This essay gives more explanation that has to do with British colonialism

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    Radical Theory of International Relations Radical Theory derives its views from Marxist Theory. It is therefore sometimes referred to as Marxism, Socialism or Socialists internationalism. Radicals believe that the state is nothing more than a machine for the oppression of one class by another. Although they consider the state to be an important actor in world affairs, they emphasize the conflicting interests of social classes. Classes (capitalists, workers, and peasants), clash for control of

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    Africa is an immense country, with one of the most diverse cultures. Kenya is a part of that diversity. Being there are hundreds of tribes and languages in Kenya, one would say they each have their own culture. Kenya gained its own independence, and celebrates with festivals and traditions. Kenyan culture is vast: their language, foods, crafts, and religion is increasing throughout the country. With Kenya being very underdeveloped, its education system is outstanding. Gaining independence is a

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    Tourism in Kenya Introduction Tourism Goeldner and Ritchie (1995) define tourism as a short term movement of people to places other than their normal place of residence and work, including the activities of persons travelling to and staying in locations outside their places of residence and work for not more than twelve months for the purpose of: leisure (recreation, vacation, health, study, religion and sport); and business family, mission and meetings. KENYA Kenya is a country in the eastern

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    The Kenyans clothing was changed, even the first president, Jomo Kenyatta, took the culture from the Europeans and was wearing very similar clothing. This later made people feel that they had to follow the ways of the Europeans and that their indigenous clothing was no longer in fashion. This juristically decreased the

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