Niger Delta

The aim of the pictures is to have low contrast to smooth the skins of the people in the pictures out. We eventually decided to use the spots and individually light each artwork. The rest of the room will be darkened to enable the eye to perceive some forms that are hidden in the background as we can see with the woman sitting in the back of Figure 2. We would hang the photographs simply on the wall like a painting and the disposition of the pictures will help the dialogue between the pieces. Since

When the Europeans scrambled to colonize Africa, the reactions of the natives was progressively more apprehensive. At first the natives found that they could be peaceful with this strange new white man. Soon after, though, they found that these new men mistreated and cheated them greatly, and had superior military technology. Given these new conditions of the relationship the Africans decided it was in their best interest to take up arms against the Europeans and try to rid themselves of the harmful

The World Bank was originally established in 1944 by 28 countries as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development with the aim of assisting and financing public development projects. In 2015 the World Bank Group is an umbrella organization of five parts with 187 member countries. While the Bank remains the largest such institution in operation, there are now so many other similar institutions that there are four subcategories to describe them: Multilateral Development Banks (used to

For example, the Niger Basin Water Resources Development and Sustainable Ecosystems Management Program (APL2A), for which the World Bank is providing $55.2M of the $259.53M total is described as follows: Sectors Large Hydropower 80% Public administration- Water, sanitation

Shell Oil company began oil exploitation in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria in 1956. It became evident that for the Ogoni, the environmental and social costs of oil exploitation would be painfully high. Beginning December 1992, the people of Ogoni issued a thirty-day demand notice to Shell, which raised

good relations with the town that had been invaded. You have played sports against them growing up and you do your shopping there. You know that the citizens of that town are tough individuals and would not be easily defeated. The tribes of the lower Niger River had experienced these same things in the late 19th century. Although they were not invaded by

Part B Small Scale Literature Review Running Head: Factors Affecting Citric Acid Production by Aspergillus niger Factors Affecting Citric Acid Production by Aspergillus niger Ong Chia Swing, Student. Nilai University 1. Introduction Citric acid is a natural preservative or conservative that is used to add an acidic, sour taste to foods and beverages. In the context of biochemistry, the conjugate base of citric acid which is the citrate plays an important role as an intermediate in the citric

Northwestern part of Africa, it rests on the Gulf of Guinea. Niger is the border to the north, Cameroon to the south and Chad to the east. Nigeria covers over 356,670 square miles of land is about the same size as the state of Texas. Nigeria received its name from a news reporter in the mid-1890s that traveled throughout the area. The reporter kept referring to this part of the continent as Nigeria due to its proximity of the Niger River that runs through the country. There has been a long history

Ibn Battuta’s remarks of his travels say a great deal about his own culture and norms. Almost every place he travels to he brings up women and how they are treated, as well as what their status is in that society. He is also very amused with the décor of the buildings in terms of gold and silver decorations. It seems as though he does not come from a wealthy society or his family is not on the wealthy status level. Battuta also seems to bring up the cleanliness of each area he travels to. Ibn

The Empire of Mali was one of the largest empires in West African history, spanning from the Atlantic Coast to the central parts of the Sahara Desert. It was historically known as the Manding Empire or the Manden Kurufa. From 1235 to 1600, the Empire of Mali has been described as “the most potent empire of old Africa,” and by looking at the history, prominent people, and various events throughout its existence, show how this empire was able to thrive and earn this title. Originally, the Mali empire