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    called Mali became the successor power in West Africa. The king of Mali formed alliances with other Islamic rulers, and this military and religious strength made him the most powerful ruler in Africa. Mali was founded by the Mande people of the upper Niger River, famous for their weaving, mining and architecture. By the close of the fourteenth century, the Mali empire had achieved greater wealth and power than Ghana. Civil warfare, attacks from Mossi and Songhay, and the arrival of the Portuguese in

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    Moreover, the region of the Sahel, like anywhere else on the African continent, had territorial borders penciled in with only the welfares of the colonizing countries in mind and not according to the national unity of the peoples concerned. In the meantime during the early 1960s, these frontiers have been the foundation for international recognition of sovereign states in the region. To avoid weakening these newly formed states, the African Union (AU), and “the Organization of African Unity (OAU)

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    Presentation Training is said to be act or procedure of bestowing or securing general learning, building up the forces of thinking and judgment, and by and large of setting oneself up or others mentally for experienced life. The Ministry of Education is responsible for instruction in Nigeria. The instruction framework in Nigeria is separated into Kindergarten, essential training, auxiliary training and tertiary training. Foundation Problem The present example of Nigeria training framework,

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    Instituting Resource Resilience through the Circular Economy: Implications for UK households and the Economy of the Niger Delta Region in Nigeria Introduction As the world transits from the linear economy which is no longer sustainable in view of the limitations posed by the cost implications of acquiring untapped resources, declining quantity of resources or the environmental challenges it poses, to the circular economy, opportunities will be created for building the resource resilience of communities

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    giving in to the scramble without a struggle. According to document 1, in 1886, the British government commissioned the Royal Niger Company to administer and develop the Niger River delta. Many African rulers signed the development of the Niger River away unknowingly. Because this document is official and provides no personal account of the transaction of the Niger River delta, it is unknown whether the rulers gave in entirely peacefully. A personal record of the dealings would help immensely to tell

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    information on the Wikipedia page for the International Women’s Fraternity Delta Delta Delta. I have added information to topics like Philanthropy, Leadership, Significant Insignia and Hazing. I have provided a copy of what I have written below. I have also made minor corrections to spelling and grammar from previously added information. URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Delta_Delta To date, Tri Delta members have raised more than $45 million for the children of St. Jude. This

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    The discourse community I have chosen is within my sorority, Delta Delta Delta (Tri Delta). There are many stereotypes associated with Tri Delta, and that is the most irritating thing about being in a sorority. Anyone from my high school would insist that I am not a sorority girl if someone were to ask them. When I started my fall semester, I was not expecting to rush because once again again, I am not the “sorority type”. Greek life at Boise State is unlike any other campus. Some may think that

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    pollute the water, killing animals and plant life that inhabit the area around the spill. It is important that this problem is to be looked at and solved. Nigeria's Niger Delta is one of the most oil-polluted places on the planet with more than 6,800 recorded oil spills. Millions of barrels of oil were spilled into the Niger Delta.. Some people inhabit the land around it. The water is there main resource to use. They use it for irrigation, drinking, and bathing. They use the water for their everyday

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    a massive region which spans to several thousand miles of coast in Western Africa, from the fringes of the Sahara to the southern ocean. It is here where the business of capturing slaves for their transportation to the new world is completed. The Niger river winds northeast into the continent for thousands of miles, and in the vast river basin from which its might is drawn is situated the kingdom of Tonga which reaches from the coast to an indefinite boundary inland, the extent of which is not known

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    the expense of the local populations. This paper will first discuss the two countries of interest and will then discuss the U.S. Company Kosmos and the significance of foreign involvement in African economies. In 1956 oil was discovered in the Niger Delta, which is located in the southern region of Nigeria, near the Atlantic Ocean. The government nationalized and centralized the commodity, which lead to increased opportunities for corruption and patronage in the government. Militant groups actively

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