![]() ![]() Keith Somerville has investigated the illegal ivory trade in Africa and argues that regulation - not prohibition - is the best way to stop uncontrolled poaching and smuggling. Now as the head of SOAS University she says it's vital to think about the world differently, from the perspective of the countries themselves. ![]() Cartography and the Political Imagination. Baroness Amos has worked in international affairs both for the government and the UN. Ivory Power: Power and Poaching in Africa, by Keith Somerville, The Common Reader, Issue 40 (11 August 2007). She explains how the self-declared independent state of Somaliland, once a British protectorate, has been fighting for international recognition for the last 15 years. Edna Adan Ismail first came to Britain in the 1950s to train as a nurse before championing women's rights and health at the WHO and in her native Somaliland. The journalist Ian Cobain has uncovered details of the mass bonfires of sensitive official papers across Africa, which subverted the legal obligation to preserve important historical records. On Start the Week Andrew Marr looks back to the end of Empire when government officials systematically destroyed the records of imperial rule, and he explores the impact of outside organisations on a nation's ability to govern. ![]()
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![]() Matty likes Jean, the teacher's daughter but does not openly admit his crush on her. Matty enjoys living with the blind man even though sometimes his impatience gets the best of him. Seer, his guardian, tries to make him adopt the values of the village. It took Matty a while to quit his habit of lying, and even now he still lies once in a while because he thinks it makes things easier. When he arrived at village, he could neither read nor write, so the schoolteacher Mentor gave him the necessary education. ![]() His mother raised him and his brother alone after his father left the family. Matty used to be a mischievous boy who called himself the fiercest of the fierce. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. ![]() ![]() These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() ![]() ![]() With a lyricism reminiscent of Toni Morrison, Robert Jones, Jr., fiercely summons the voices of slaver and enslaved alike, from Isaiah and Samuel to the calculating slave master to the long line of women that surround them, women who have carried the soul of the plantation on their shoulders. Isaiah and Samuel's love, which was once so simple, is seen as sinful and a clear danger to the plantation's harmony. But when an older man-a fellow slave-seeks to gain favor by preaching the master's gospel on the plantation, the enslaved begin to turn on their own. In the barn they tended to the animals, but also to each other, transforming the hollowed-out shed into a place of human refuge, a source of intimacy and hope in a world ruled by vicious masters. That was the way it was since the beginning, and the way it was to be until the end. Isaiah was Samuel's and Samuel was Isaiah's. ![]() Publisher Synopsis: A singular and stunning debut novel about the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation, the refuge they find in each other, and a betrayal that threatens their existence. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s my first day as a spring break tourist in Japan (on a Super Important Quest of Self-Discovery) and I’ve taken the train from my grandparents’ tiny town to Kyoto, hoping to walk something called Philosopher’ s Path. I mean I literally don’t know where I am. I don’t mean that in the super introspective, “let’s talk about my feelings” kind of way. ![]() I’m supposed to be embarking on a quest of self-discovery, but I keep getting lost. ![]() Yumi Sakugawa, author of The Little Book of Life Hacksįor Jeff Chen-I love you so … well, you know the rest “I wish I could travel back in time to gift this book to my teenage self.” Amber Benson, actress, director, and author of The Witches of Echo Park series “A deft, fun, and heartfelt coming-of-age story.” Cecil Castellucci, New York Times bestselling author of Don’t Cosplay With My Heart “Sarah Kuhn is a bright new voice in YA.” ![]() Britta Lundin, author of Ship It and writer on The CW’s Riverdale “A delightful, tender romance full of humor and humanity.” Ally Maki, actress on Cloak & Dagger and Wrecked “Whimsically fresh, funny, and heartfelt!” Keiko Agena, actress and author of No Mistakes “This book is a dish you want to keep devouring.” Maurene Goo, author of The Way You Make Me Feel “As satisfying as actual mochi … I gobbled it up.” ![]() ![]() During this period, siblings Henry and Mary Crawford, shallow but captivating friends of the Bertrams from town, arrive to stay. Norris – a satirically snobbish matriarch. As Fanny reaches maturity, Sir Thomas finds that his concerns in the West Indies are failing to yield the expected profits, and so travels to Antigua to set things straight, leaving Mansfield Park in the hands of Mrs. In return, she harbours a secret and steadfast love for her cousin. It is only Edmund that spends time with her as she grows into a quietly moral young woman. She is kept apart from her cousins both psychically and physically, her place in the household underlined at every opportunity. Brought to Mansfield Park at the age of ten to live amongst wealthy relatives, young Fanny is brought up in the home of Sir Thomas Bertram, alongside his children: Maria, Julia, and Edmund. ![]() ![]() Central to these difficulties is Fanny Price, the rather frail and moralistic heroine of the novel. Mansfield Park (1814) is perhaps the least popular of Jane Austen’s novels, at the very least it is the novel that has caused critics and readers the most problems. ![]() |