PSYCHOPATHS IN POWER: THE COLLAPSE OF THE AFRICAN DREAM IN A PLAY OF GIANTS Olusegun Adekoya Department of English Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife Nigeria oadekoya2@yahoo.com AN ABSTRACT A critical investigation of Wole Soyinka’s A Play of Giants, the paper discusses what the playwright himself calls the Aminian theme, that is, African leaders’ obsession with power, a seductive drive that breeds moral corruption, dictatorship, delusions, economic distortions and ruination, megalomania, perversion
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INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Vinay Dharwadker Kerala and India are woven into the fabric of Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things. The novel assumes that its reader is familiar with many basic facts about these two places, especially their history and geography, society and culture, economy and politics. Roy grew up in Kerala, where her mother’s family had a home in the village of Aymanam, located on the outskirts of the town of Kottayam, on the other side of the River Minachil. Most of the action of The
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Democrats versus Republicans A war goes on in politics as the republicans argue against the democrats. Both have very different views on things. The donkeys vs. the elephants; these two political parties a have always had different opinions on topics. Sometimes people cannot agree with one or the other People just go by what they think is right both political parties have different beliefs on many daily American issues. Democrats are known for supporting love between the same sex. They believe
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The Ride of Power: Mamata Banerjee from being an Opponent party leader to a State leader Nature of Power- Power in the most general sense may refer to any kind of influence exercised by objects, individuals or groups upon each other. “Power terms in modern social science refers to subsets of relations among social units such that the behaviours of one or more units depend in some circumstances on the behaviour of other units”-Dahl,1961 According to Max Weber power is the probability that one
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By: Introduction Assignment 7.2, I was asked to analyze the case of Jihad vs. McWorld applying the criteria, as defined by Barber the scientist, as follows: utilize the Jihad vs. McWorld reading assignment, define Barber’s two primary metaphors “McWorld” and “Jihad,” create the major summary issues about the nature of social, cultural, and/or religious resistance to globalization, and establish a list of “dos” of “don’ts” for global enterprises to avoid the tensions reflecting
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political parties may resort to using deceptive tactics in order to gain a voting advantage over the opposition. Gerrymandering is a commonly used practice in order to get that advantage. The term was coined as a combination of “gerry” and “salamander” after Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts signed a bill in 1811 that created a district that resembled a salamander. By definition, gerrymandering is the act of redrawing the lines of a congressional district to give one political party a voting
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Constructionism: Ending India’s Naga War,” Journal of Peace Research, 40(3): 321-338. Barua asks Nagas and all other ethno-nationalities to face the constructedness of their identities. He decries the homeland model, on the grounds that it perpetuates a politics of exclusivism and expulsion. Barua worries for Manipur should the Nagas integrate into a unified Nagaland, Nagalim. India should not change boundaries. There is tension between constructivist understanding of identities among most contemporary
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The prior history regarding these two men is extensive and is fueled by what some would deem hatred. The two men seemed to be both political and social rivals emerging out of the state of Illinois. It seems to have all started over a woman by the name of Mary Todd who was courted by Douglas, but in the future she would choose
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and in addition, states “of those patients, about 10 percent are men, and 75 percent meet the federal definition of low or moderate income news article fails to discuss the socioeconomic disadvantaged lower class populations face and focus on the politics” (Snell). The quote quantifies the people affected by Planned Parenthood cuts and acknowledges its significance in women’s lives. By incorporating the population affected, the article begins discussing the deeper problems beyond Planned Parenthood
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UNIT 2 Answer Key CHAPTER 5 IV. Section 4: Party Organization A. Structure Federalism, nominating B. Organization at the National Level 1. convention 2. chairperson C. State and Local Organization 1. election, caucuses 2. wards Prereading and Vocabulary 2 1. should cut back on expensive government programs Sample definition: Conservatives believe in cutting costs and government programs. 2. came to vote Sample definition: The electorate is the group of people who are allowed
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