Thérèse of Lisieux, Saint
Thérèse of Lisieux, Saint (1873–97) (
Marie Françoise Thérèse Martin) French
Carmelite nun. She entered the convent at Lisieux,
n France, at the age of 15. Later she suffered from depression and religious doubts, which she mastered by prayer. She died of tuberculosis. She chronicled her spiritual struggle in a series of letters,
Story of a Soul (1898). She was canonized in 1925. Her feast day is October 1.
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Commercial logging and HIV epidemic, rural Equatorial Africa.(Dispatches)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 11/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...infected in sub-Saharan Africa, accounting for 70...leading cause of death in Africa (2.2-2.4 million...commercial logging in Equatorial Africa could potentially facilitate...standard questionnaire in French or a local language...
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French president discusses ties with Equatorial Guinea counterpart
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 10/30/2007; 496 words
; ...decision to adopt French as Equatorial Guinea's second official language," French presidential office...leaders. The oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, the only sub-Saharan Africa country colonized by Spain, adopted French as the second official...
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World's fastest growing economy: Africa's Kuwait.(Equatorial Guinea)
Magazine article from: African Business; 1/1/2004; 700+ words
; ...schools and in 1998, French became Equatorial Guinea's second official...Chirac who has encouraged French investment in the central...post apartheid South Africa. Since the discovery...1999, US interest in Equatorial Guinea has risen many...
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The end of French Africa
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 6/21/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Mobutu and there were accounts of a French company, Geolink, giving money...However, there are considerable French interests in Brazzaville, once the capital of the former French Equatorial Africa. Geographically it is strategically...
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Decolonization and African Society: The Labor Question in French and British Africa.(Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...prominence in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, they were being destroyed in many African-ruled...some limitations. The author's exclusion of French Equatorial Africa and French and British North African colonies, along with...
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French judge wants to investigate 3 Africa leaders
News Wire article from: AP Online; 5/5/2009; 700+ words
; A French judge has decided to...and Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea. Association...in charge since 1967. French media have reported his...other foreign leader. Equatorial Guinea is Africa's No. 3 oil producer...
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The Spanish of Equatorial Guinea(1): Research on la hispanidad's best-kept secret
Magazine article from: Afro - Hispanic Review; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...different in Equatorial Guinea than...English, French and Portuguese-speaking Africa, and the...situation of Equatorial Guinea has...into the French sphere of influence in Africa, underlined...entry of Equatorial Guinea into...
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The Spanish of equatorial Guinea: Research on la hispanidad's best-kept secret
Magazine article from: Afro - Hispanic Review; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...different in Equatorial Guinea than...English, French and Portuguese-speaking Africa, and the...situation of Equatorial Guinea has...into the French sphere of influence in Africa, underlined...entry of Equatorial Guinea into...
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The transfer of Fernando Poo. (Equatorial Guinea's relations with Spain)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 3/5/1988; 700+ words
; ...began broadcasting in French as well as Spanish...declared this week that French could ultimately become...their assemblies of "French-speaking Africa". Officials in Madrid...France helps itself to Equatorial Guinea's admittedly...
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The world comes calling.(Equatorial Guinea)
Magazine article from: The Middle East; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...government of Equatorial Guinea is...infrastructure; a French one is building...fishing. Equatorial Guinea was...colony in Africa. Traditionally...resolved. South Africa and Zimbabwe...working in Equatorial Guinea, notably French-speaking...
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French Equatorial Africa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
French Equatorial Africa former French federation in W central Africa. It consisted...between French possessions in the Congo basin and those in W Africa. French Equatorial Africa (originally called French Congo) was officially established...
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French West Africa
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
...commissioner for Black Africa (French West and French Equatorial Africa), Pierre Boisson. He was, in effect, only the governor-general of French West Africa as French Equatorial Africa rallied to de Gaulle and the Free French...
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Equatorial Guinea
Encyclopedia entry from: Countries and Their Cultures
...official languages of Equatorial Guinea, although a...today the mainland of Equatorial Guinea. Bantu peoples...trade by the British, French, and Dutch pushed the...acquired a large area of Africa from Portugal in a trade...in the development of Equatorial Guinea. The country...
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French empire
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...Tunisia became a protectorate (1881), and by 1912 MOROCCO , MADAGASCAR , and French Somaliland ( DJIBOUTI ) had been added to FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA and FRENCH WEST AFRICA to make the African empire 20 times the size of France itself. Britain...
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Gaulle, Brig-General Charles de and the Free French
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
...would win over a large part of the French Empire to continue the war (see...government. In mid-August the Free French army comprised only 140 officers...was a change. The colonies of French Equatorial Africa, were won over by the daring...
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