Celebrity in modern British art: Dalwood and Ofili
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A paper which looks at two works by modern artists - Kurt Cobain's Greenhouse, by Dalwood, and Afrodizzia, by Ofili - and considers them as specific examples of the way in which celebrities are portrayed. Bibliography lists 7 sources
Filename: JLdalwood.rtf

Changes in Egypt and Turkey in the Nineteenth Century
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A 6 page paper discussing mechanisms by which Egypt was able to pull away from Turkey before achieving independence from the British. Until each nation achieved independence in the early 20th century, the histories of Egypt and Turkey had been intertwined for hundreds of years. As the original conquering nation, Turkey was the one with greater influence over the other, but Egypt was able to recover and begin developing at a faster pace as the Ottoman Empire slid into decline. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KS-EgyptTurkey.wps

CHARACTERISTICS OF NIGER
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This 5-page paper focuses on various aspects of Niger, including the economy and income, climate, financial situation and other aspects. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: MTnigera.rtf

Characteristics of the Angola Economy
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14 pages. A study on the characteristics of the African country of Angola including its economy, the macroeconomic variables, its position in the world economy, where it has been in the recent past where it is at the present and where it is heading in the future. The data concerning the Angola economy is presented in this thorough research paper as well as a comparative analysis to some of the other African economies. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: JGAangla.wps

China, Mexico, and Nigeria -- Education and Change
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This 10 page report discusses the numerous influences that have determined what education will be and how it will develop in these three countries. Each has had the experience of Western imperialism and each have reacted to it in different ways in terms of education. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: BWmexed.wps

Chinua Achebe/ 'Things Fall Apart'
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A 5 page analysis, + a 1 page outline of that analysis, of Chinua Achebe's novel of Nigerian colonialism, 'Things Fall Apart.' The writer argues that Achebe's novel demonstrates that the Igbo culture shared many of the faults of the invading British and that this is demonstrated through the characterization of the protagonist of the book, Okonkwo. No additional sources cited.
Filename: 99achtfa.rtf

Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart”: A View of the Impacts of Imperialism
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A 5 page overview of this book based on a tale from 1958 Nigeria, a tale revolving around a multitude of social and political issues which consume modern-day Africa. The roots of these issues, however, reach well back into the history of Africa, or more specifically into the history of Nigeria and the colonial powers who overtook her. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPafLit3.rtf

Chopin/The Awakening/Suicide as Closure
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A 4 page reaction essay to Kate Chopin's nineteenth century novel The Awakening. In this essay, the writer argues that Edna Pontellier commits suicide not because she cannot escape the yoke of patriarchy, but because she cannot escape her own scarred psyche and the biological destiny of being female. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khawsui.rtf

Civil rights in the USA and South Africa
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A five page paper which looks at the civil rights movement in America and South Africa and the similarities between the two. Bibliography lists 10 sources
Filename: JLcivright.rtf

Civil War in Liberia
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(8 pp) Who is Charles Taylor and what is he doing to Liberia? According to Sheer (2000), from 1990 to 1997, 30,000 to 60,000 armed fighters (10 percent of whom were under the age of 15) raped, stole, and killed their way across the country of what used to be 2.5 million people. Approximately 150,000 to 200,000 people were killed and 1.5million fled their homes. Civil warfare has been eating away at this African nation since 1989. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BBLberia.doc