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Union of South Africa
South Africa, Union of. In 1939 South Africa was a British dominion, comprising the provinces of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, the Orange Free State, and the Transvaal, with the additional mandated territory of South West Africa. Rich in gold and diamonds, as well as coal and iron ore, and other... Read more |
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Partition of Africa
Africa, partition of. Africa is the nearest continent to western Europe, yet its colonization lagged far behind more distant parts of the world. That was partly because of the health risks it presented to Europeans, and partly because there seemed little to take them there. The main exception was... Read more |
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Middle Passage
MIDDLE PASSAGE MIDDLE PASSAGE. Even before African slaves arrived on the shores of Virginia in 1619, the slave trade figured significantly in the economy of the Atlantic nations. Established primarily by sea captains from England and New England, a system of trading routes developed... Read more |
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British South Africa Company
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East Africa
East Africa East Africa comprises ten countries: Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, and Kenya. Among residents of this region, the name Eastern Africa usually refers to these ten countries, while the name East Africa means the political region comprising... Read more |
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Henry Drummond (Scottish)
Henry Drummond 1851-97, Scottish clergyman and author, educated at the Univ. of Edinburgh. He was a minister of the Free Church and from 1877 a lecturer on science in Free Church College, Glasgow. Deeply interested in the reconciliation of science and religion, he wrote Natural Law in the... Read more |
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Khoikhoi
Khoikhoi , people numbering about 55,000 mainly in Namibia and in W South Africa. The Khoikhoi have been called Hottentots by whites in South Africa. In language and in physical type the Khoikhoi appear to be related to the San (Bushmen), i.e., they speak a variation of the Khoisan, or Click,... Read more |
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Boniface
Boniface , d. 432, Roman general. He defended (413) Marseilles against the Visigoths under Ataulf. Having supported Galla Placidia in her struggle with her brother, Emperor Honorius, Boniface fled to Africa in 422. There, as semi-independent governor, he supported (424) Valentinian III against... Read more |
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Boer
Boer [Du.,=farmer], inhabitant of South Africa of Dutch or French Huguenot descent. Boers are also known as Afrikaners. They first settled (1652) near the Cape of Good Hope in what was formerly Cape Province . After Great Britain annexed (1806) this territory, many of the Boers departed (1835-40)... Read more |
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Transkei
Transkei , former black "homeland" and nominal republic, E South Africa. Transkei was bounded by the Great Kei River on the south, by the Indian Ocean on the east, by Natal on the north, and by Lesotho on the northwest. The capital and main city was Umtata. Part of the Drakensberg Range was in... Read more |
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South Africa, Union of
...provinces of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, the Orange...territory of South West Africa. Rich in gold and diamonds...raw materials, South Africa possessed an industrial base...not hard to find. South Africa entered the war against...getting involved in a ... |
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George VI
...camp in 1921 to promote better relations between boys...visiting Ireland and East Africa in 1924, and New...troops abroad: in North Africa (1943), in Italy...1947 he toured South Africa in an attempt to strengthen...and a devoted family man. ... |
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Boyd, William (Andrew Murray)
...College, Oxford (1980–83). A Good Man in Africa (1981) is a comic tale of diplomatic...a serio-comic tale set in East Africa during the First World War, won...Brazzaville Beach (1990), again set in Africa, explores the theme of the origins... |
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Walker, Alice (Malsenior)
...among three generations of men in a black sharecropping...of whom goes to live in Africa; The Temple of My Familiar...from pre‐colonial Africa, post‐slavery North...experiences of living in Africa; Revolutionary Petunias...and love poems; ... |
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Peace Corps
...2) To help promote a better understanding of Americans...twelve other countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America...increasing to 15,556 men and women by 1966. The...education, was strongest in Africa, where the corps responded...S. Relations with ... |
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Boyd, William
...novelist and short story writer, b. Ghana. His sometimes grimly comic works are often set in Africa, where he grew up. These include A Good Man in Africa (1981), An Ice-cream War (1982), and Brazzaville Beach (1990). His most ambitious... |
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gemstones
...is generally perceived as a good clear colour and transparency...known as chatoyancy, is shown best by the cat's-eye variety...and remoter areas of Asia and Africa.Diamond is composed of pure...the hardest material known to man. Familiar in its ... |
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Lang, (Alexander) Matheson
...Lyceum, where he also gave good performances as Romeo and Hamlet...took his own company to South Africa, Australia, and India, playing...of two German works—Such Men Are Dangerous (1928), based...and in 1941 he moved to South Africa. |
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witch doctor
...distortion of the actual situation in Africa; where folk healers are highly respected...appropriate.In many parts of Africa the practice of folk healing incorporates...babies from illness, ensure good luck, and help workers find...appease the spirits of a murdered ... |
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Barbary pirates
...operated from the coast of northern Africa and were notorious for their...Ireland and carried off over 100 men, women, and children who were...ships with Muslim passengers or goods aboard and raided the coasts of North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean... |
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early humans
...once called Rhodesian Man, is now usually referred...represent a population in Africa 400,000–200,000 years...discovered at Taung in southern Africa in 1924 and named Australopithecus...africanus (southern ape of Africa). Since then, ... |
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North African Campaigns
...and all of Italian East Africa surrendered, thus opening...8th Army of 230,000 men and 1230 tanks now under General...FRENCH forces in West Africa. The Vichy French troops...succeeded in withdrawing the best troops of his Africa Korps to ... |
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Asante
...chiefdoms of Ghana, in West Africa. It emerged, under the...selling slaves for European goods to the European trading...the Gold Coast of West Africa. In 1807 the Asante occupied...matrilineal descent (from men to men, via their mothers ... |
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Augustine of Hippo, St
...native of Tagaste in N. Africa. His mother Monica was a Christian, but as a young man he gradually abandoned...f. He returned to N. Africa, was ordained priest...boni, the absence of the good which ought to be. Second...predestination. He held that ... |
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imperialism
...became a market for Belgian goods and an important provider of...such as India, or French West Africa) very few imperial ventures yielded...culture (as exemplified by men such as Rudyard Kipling and Rhodes...Since 1914, most countries in Africa and Asia have ... |
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Apuleius
...born c.123 ad), Roman writer, born in Africa. His writings are characterized by an exuberant and bizarre use of language and he is best known for the Metamorphoses (The Golden...novel which recounts the adventures of a man who is transformed into an ass. |
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Askia Muhammad I
...died 1528) Emperor of SONGHAY in West Africa (1493–1528). Originally named Muhammad Turé, he was SONNI ALI's best general. He usurped Songhay from Ali...pilgrimage to MECCA, meeting many notable men, especially the great Muslim teacher... |
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Grainger, Percy (Aldridge)
...In 1903 toured Australia, NZ, and S. Africa. In London in 1906 he was befriended...which the USA became his home. Although best-known as a composer for his lighter works such...1920); Lost Lady Found (1905–10); Men of Harlech (1904); Three Ravens (1902... |
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Indian army
...In World War II, the army served in North Africa, Italy, and Burma.In July 1947 it was reorganized...a peacetime strength of over one million men. Its army was considered to be better equipped and better organized than that of Pakistan. This caused... |
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new
...check that the wiring is new and in good condition. ∎ not previously used or owned...York. 3. just beginning and regarded as better than what went before: starting a new...a bottle of pills would make him a new man. ∎ (the new) renewed or reformed: the new South ... |
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discrimination
...heterosexism, ageism, classism; in South Africa, historical apartheid.antonym: impartiality. 2. a bland man with no discrimination synonyms: discernment...judiciousness, insight; selectivity, (good) taste, fastidiousness, refinement... |
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Black Men & Women Who Changed/Are Changing the World
...countries-in South Africa and in America (and more...unconditionally and to do good to others even when confronted...to its creed that "all men are created equal" and...indeed the first Black man in the world-to receive...brotherhood among all ... |
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The men who broke the color barrier
...in slavery himself in Africa and then became the...it affected one white man. Joseph Slate brings...Jackie Robinson, the man who broke the color...wonder who was the second man to do this? “Just as Good — How Larry... |
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Interview Man about the House
...institutions that developed where men did hard physical work...opened his eyes. This is a man who read Byron's 'Don...have to write. And look good in the robes!' Years...nobody moved. I remember a man sitting in the front row...pictures on safari in ... |
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Why stars want the Spurs man.(News)
...Harry Redknapp is the man they'd like as next...communicator, a superb man-manager and a great...a habit of getting the best from his men. He is an oldschool manager...Spurs are playing the best football in the Premier...so badly wrong in ... |
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Africa: The leaders we need
...match. Thus, who is good for Europe may not be so good for Africa. In my last column...dearth of leaders in Africa and argued that the...misery. I stated that if Africa were furnished with...dreamers to lead it now - men and ... |
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Africa's two economic powerhouses struggle to form an alliance that works.(News)
...Adekeye Adebajo It is the best of times in South Africa...abandoned apartheid, South Africa was widely acknowledged to be Africa's most likely political...way, as it was South Africa that was isolated and...presidencies in 1999. The two ... |
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Africa's potential can be unlocked by science, engineering and technology.(News)
...skewed towards white men with poor representation...representation, South Africa and Africa also face the problem...that universities in Africa and particularly governments...in Africa need to make better "use" of their ... |
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AFRICA GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT:DANIEL KARANJA
...and -- How wemight better use the annual AGOA summits...profoundly important to Africa and is viewed as a strongsymbol...that states ``Givea man a fish, and you feed...accounted for about90% of Africa`s exports to the U...that becamesub- Saharan ... |
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Africa's return to our planet
...another cheque for another man-made disaster in Africa, and that the horrific...inexplicable murder in Africa?Rwanda even seemed...as President of South Africa. Since the killings...world, so much the better. For five years at... |
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Africa: Biography of a Continent.
...of the development of man and his migration from Africa, of the civilisations...royal cities of West Africa, of slavery and colonialism...imperialist powers. Much of Africa's history is explained...with marauding white men plundering the ... |
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