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Gabon: Beyond the Colonial Legacy (Westview Profiles Nations of Contemporary Africa) by James F. Barnes, 1992-05 Gabon: Development of a Nation by Marc Aicardi De Saint-Paul, 1989-09 Historical Dictionary of Gabon (African Historical Dictionaries/Historical Dictionaries of Africa) by David E. Gardinier, 2006-09-18 A Workman Is Worthy of His Meat: Food and Colonialism in the Gabon Estuary (France Overseas: Studies in Empire and D) by Jeremy Rich Ph.D.MABA, 2007-06-01 Culture, Ecology, and Politics in Gabon's Rainforest (African Studies (Lewiston, N.Y.), V. 65.) Rocky rapids and sinking hopes: river travel, commercial rivalries, and political divides in Oskar Lenz's Gabon voyages, 1874-77.(Critical essay): An article from: Canadian Journal of History by Jeremy Rich, 2009-09-22 Colonial Rule and Crisis in Equatorial Africa: Southern Gabon, c. 1850-1940 (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora) by Christopher J. Gray, 2002-08-25 African Notebook (Albert Schweitzer Library (Syracuse, N.Y.).) by Albert Schweitzer, Lachlan, M.D. Forrow, et all 2002-07

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41. Regional: Africa: Angola: Society And Culture: History - Open Site
    regional Africa Angola Society and Culture history Open Site. which stretched from modern gabon in the north to the Kwanza River in the south.  
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    Extractions: Overview In 1482, when the Portuguese first landed in what is now northern Angola, they encountered the Kingdom of the Congo, which stretched from modern Gabon in the north to the Kwanza River in the south. Mbanza Congo, the capital, had a population of 50,000 people. South of this kingdom were various important states, of which the Kingdom of Ndongo, ruled by the ngola (king), was most significant. Modern Angola derives its name from the king of Ndongo. The Portuguese gradually took control of the coastal strip throughout the 16th century by a series of treaties and wars. The Dutch occupied Luanda from 1641-48, providing a boost for anti-Portuguese states. In 1648, Brazilian-based Portuguese forces re-took Luanda and initiated a process of military conquest of the Congo and Ndongo states that ended with Portuguese victory in 1671. Full Portuguese administrative control of the interior did not occur until the beginning of the 20th century. Portugal's primary interest in Angola quickly turned to slavery. The slaving system began early in the 16th century with the purchase from African chiefs of people to work on sugar plantations in S£o Tom©, Princip©, and Brazil. Many scholars agree that by the 19th century, Angola was the largest source of slaves not only for Brazil, but also for the Americas, including the United States. By the end of the 19th century, a massive forced labor system had replaced formal slavery and would continue until outlawed in 1961. It was this forced labor that provided the basis for development of a plantation economy and, by the mid-20th century, a major mining sector. Forced labor combined with British financing to construct three railroads from the coast to the interior, the most important of which was the transcontinental Benguela railroad that linked the port of Lobito with the copper zones of the Belgian Congo and what is now Zambia.

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    Online encyclopedia article, with country profile and history. USAfrica gabon us-africa.tripod.com/gabon.html General information about gabon.  
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43. History
    gabon, Cameroon, Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Chad, Zaïre) Dutch metropolitan and regional history concerning the provinces Friesland,  
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44. Foreign Governments/Africa
    Eritrea Ethiopia gabon Gambia Ghana Related regional Web Sites Background on member countries; history, geography, social, economic,  
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45. Magical Politics In West Central Africa
    An indepth, grass-root history of magical politics will shed light on the My regional focus is gabon and Congo-Brazzaville, where administrative elites  
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    Extractions: Magical Politics in Equatorial Africa Florence Bernault University of Wisconsin-Madison [NB: this draft is a preliminary discussion of issues that I will explore further in my talk] At the twentieth century’s end, religion and magic constitute one of the most powerful rhetorics of political culture in Equatorial Africa. Public rumors depict sorcery as the most common way to achieve personal success, wealth, and prestige in times of economic shortage and declining social opportunities. Political leaders are widely believed to perform ritual murder to ensure electoral success and power, and many skillfully use these perceptions to build visibility and deference. In the domestic arena, familial and social conflicts repeatedly crystallize around accusations of sorcery, especially during times of sudden deaths or personal disasters. Permeating the entire social and cultural spectrum, magic stands today as a ambivalent force that helps promote individual and collective accumulation as well as control social differentiation. Yet, the magical dimension of politics in Africa is oftentimes ignored by classic political and historical studies.

46. History & Government Division - Road Maps From Gabon To Guyane
    gabon (2) * 1980000 * 2001 * ITMB Gaborone, Botswana * See Botswana Gabriola regional District of Columbia Shuswap Gore, New Zealand * See New  
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    Extractions: Click on the letters below to move through the alphabetic file or return to the full Alphabetical Index. GA GE GERMANY ... GU Gabon (2) * 1:980,000 * 2001 * ITMB Gaborone, Botswana * See: Botswana Gabriola Island * British Columbia * 1:50,000 * 2001 * Gabriola Island Chamber of Commerce Gabriola Island * British Columbia * [No scale] * 1997 * Preston Graphics Galapagos Islands * Ecuador * 1:500,000 * 1998 (3rd edition) * ITMB Galiano Island * British Columbia * 1:28,000 * (added 2002) * Coast Map Corp. Galiano Island * British Columbia * 1:10,000 * 2001 * Galiano Chamber of Commerce Gambia * See also: Senegal and Gambia Gambia * 1:350,000 * 1999 * ITMB Gander (2) * Newfoundland * [No scale] * [No date] * Town of Gander Garibaldi Highlands, British Columbia * See: Whistler Garibaldi Region, British Columbia * See: Whistler Gatineau, Quebec * See: Quebec - Outaouais/Gatineau Gdansk * Poland * 1:15,000 * 1992 * PPWK Gdansk * Poland * 1:15,000 * 1991 * PPWK Gdynia * Poland * 1:20,000 * 1991 * PPWK Top of the page Geelong * Australia * 1:20,000; 1:90,000 * [1986?] * Gregory's Geneva * Switzerland * 1:13,000-1:21,000 * 1988 * Falk Geneva * Switzerland * 1:12,500 * 1989-90 * Plans-Guides Blay Genoa * Italy * 1:10,000 * 1990 * Istituto Geografico Genoa * Italy * 1:12,000 * 1987 * Litografia Artistica Cartografica Georgia, Republic of * See also: Russia Georgia, Republic of * 1:625,000 * 1999 (2nd edition) * ITMB Georgia * United States * 1992-93 * Georgia Department of Transportation Georgia * United States * 1991-92 * Georgia Department of Transportation

47. History Of Unicef In São Tomé E Principe
    west of the coast of gabon and consists of two main islands and numerous smallislets. In October 1999, the regional budget meeting held in Abidjan,  
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    Extractions: Archives The Country The islands are part of a group of islands of volcanic origin, which includes Equatorial Guinea. The soil is fertile and vegetation is rich. The south and west benefit from abundant rainfall. Although there are numerous micro-climates, the general climate conditions consist of a rainy season, from September through May, and a shorter, drier and cooler season from June through August. The main cash crops have traditionally been cocoa and coffee, but production has gone down steadily over the years. The population is made up of Angolares, descendants of Angolan slaves shipwrecked off the coast of Sao Tome in the 1500’s, now mainly fishermen; Forros , or Filhos da Terra , contract laborers mainly from Portugal’s other colonies, Angola, Cape Verde and Mozambique); and Tongas, descendants of the UNICEF UNDP UNFPA and WFP in common premises, the United Nations House UNICEF assistance: three distinctive periods: Year Name Title Nationality To be appointed Assistant Representative Boudewijn Mohr Assistant Representative The Netherlands Akhil Iyer Resident Project Officer Canada Roberto de Bernardi Resident Project Officer Italy Per Tamm Resident Project Officer Denmark No representation n.a.

48. LocalPin - Gabon
    LocalPin regional search engine Find it where you are FOC Country Profile -gabon Notes on geography, history, politics, economy,  
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49. Gabon - Investment Climate - US Embassy, Libreville
    The nation has been blessed with stability over its history. gabon hassignificant potential as a regional hub for services, distribution and marketing.  
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    Extractions: Sections: Admin American School Bilateral Assistance CLO ... Contact Information Other: About Gabon About STP US Gov in Gabon US Gov Links ... Privacy Policy © US Embassy, Libreville 09/2004 Webmaster This small equatorial country with a population of just over 1.1 million is located on Central Africa's Atlantic coast. Gabon became independent in 1960 and, reflecting its colonial heritage, economic, linguistic and cultural ties with France remain strong. President Omar Bongo, in office since 1967, was re-elected in December 1998 with 66 % of the vote. The government is headed by a Prime Minister and also includes a National Assembly elected every five years and a constitutional (supreme) court. President Bongo's party and coalition partners hold a large parliamentary majority and have held almost all ministerial appointments in recent governments. The nation has been blessed with stability over its history. Oil production from known reserves peaked at about 370,000 barrels per day in 1997 (annual value of $2.5 billion in 1997). In 1998 Gabon suffered a dramatic fall-off in oil and timber prices, while oil production began declining. Oil production in 2000 will be about 300,000 barrels or 14 million tons, but it is expected to halve by 2005. Timber exports in 1998 were 1.8 million cubic meters (worth $282 million), but they grew to about 2.4 million cubic meters in 1999. Manganese exports were just over 2 million metric tons in 1998 and 1999 (worth $139 million). Gabon remains highly dependent on imports and France remains the leading supplier with 39 per cent of total imports. The United States accounted for only 6 per cent of Gabon's imports, but in 1998 was the main destination for Gabon's exports (about 68 % of the total), because of oil purchases.

50. Gabon Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online
    Country, regional, city and thematic maps from the PerryCasta±eda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas, along with links to maps on other web sites.  
    http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/gabon.html

51. Gabon
    regional Central Bank (BEAC). Under existing law, transfers gabon is generallyat peace, without any significant regional or interethnic tensions.  
    http://www.state.gov/e/eb/ifd/2005/42038.htm

52. IRIN News - Gabon
    News on relief, development, social, economic and political affairs, by the Integrated regional Information Network (IRIN) of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.  
    http://www.irinnews.org/frontpage.asp?SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry

53. Gabon: Map, History And Much More From Answers.com
    gabon is a member of the Franc Zone. history. Early history to Independence.The region that is now gabon was inhabited in Paleolithic times.  
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    Extractions: showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Government ... More... On this page: Dictionary Encyclopedia Map Local Time Dialing Code Stats WordNet Wikipedia Translations Best of Web Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping Gabon Dictionary (Click to enlarge) Gabon (Mapping Specialists, Ltd.) Ga·bon gă-bŏn , -bō N A country of west-central Africa on the Atlantic Ocean. Previously inhabited by Pygmy and then Bantu-speaking peoples, the region was visited by the Portuguese in 1472 and settled by the French in 1841. It became part of French Equatorial Africa in 1910 and achieved independence in 1960. Libreville is the capital and the largest city. Population: 1,350,000 . var tcdacmd="cc=edu;dt"; Encyclopedia Gabon g¤b´N ) , officially Gabonese Republic, republic (1995 est. pop. 1,156,000), 103,346 sq mi (267,667 sq km), W central Africa. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean in the west, on Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon in the north, and on Congo (Brazzaville) in the east and south. Libreville (the capital) and Port-Gentil , both seaports, are the country's only large cities. The country is divided into nine provinces.

54. The World Bank Group In Gabon
    Provides country brief and profile, Millennium Development Goals and regional Integration Assistance Strategy along with news, projects and total IDA credits.  
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    Extractions: Contact Webmaster Welcome Welcome to the Gabon country website! This site will provide you with up-to-date information on World Bank-assisted programs, data, publications, and other information pertaining to Gabon. We hope this site will be a useful tool for sharing knowledge, promoting wider public access to information, facilitiating partnerships and stimulating debate about development issues in Gabon and around the globe. We invite your feedback and encourage you to visit regularly as we work to expand and improve this website. For more information, visit Overview Hot Topics

55. Congo: Map, History And Much More From Answers.com
    The Congo is bordered on the west by gabon; on the north by Cameroon and the Central Upon independence in 1960, the former French region of Middle Congo  
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    Extractions: showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Government ... More... On this page: Dictionary Encyclopedia Map Local Time Geography Dialing Code Stats Wikipedia Translations Best of Web Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping Congo Dictionary Con·go kŏng gō (Officially Republic of the Congo. ) A country of west-central Africa with a short coastline on the Atlantic Ocean. It was part of French Equatorial Africa before becoming independent in 1960. A Marxist state was established in 1970, but in the early 1990s Marxism was abandoned in favor of a multiparty system, and a new constitution was adopted. Brazzaville is the capital and the largest city. Population: 2,990,000 . var tcdacmd="cc=edu;dt"; Encyclopedia Congo, Republic of the, republic (1996 est. pop. 2,528,000), 132,046 sq mi (342,000 sq km), W central Africa. The Congo is bordered on the west by Gabon; on the north by Cameroon and the Central African Republic; on the east and southeast by the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and on the southwest by Cabinda, an Angolan exclave, and by the Atlantic Ocean. Brazzaville is the capital and largest city. Other important cities include

56. Encyclopedia: Gabon
    Main article history of gabon During the last seven centuries, Bantu ethnic Location Detail Motto of the autonomous region Das ilhas, as mais belas  
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    Extractions: Related Articles People who viewed "Gabon" also viewed: Bwiti Gb GunBound Animism ... List of places in Gabon What's new? Our next offering Latest newsletter Student area Lesson plans Recent Updates List of airports in Australia List of accordionists List of U.S. state capitals List of North American deserts ... More Recent Articles Top Graphs Richest Most Murderous Most Taxed Most Populous ... More Stats Updated 8 days 12 hours 22 minutes ago. Other descriptions of Gabon The Gabonese Republic or Gabon , is a nation of west central Africa . It borders on Equatorial Guinea Cameroon Republic of the Congo and the Gulf of Guinea . Ruled by autocratic presidents since independence from France on August 17 , Gabon introduced a multiparty system and a new constitution in the early that allowed for a more transparent electoral process and for reforms of governmental institutions. A small population, abundant natural resources, and foreign private investment have helped make Gabon one of the more prosperous countries in the region. Africa is the worlds second-largest continent and second most populous after Asia. ...

57. History Of Gabon, Gabon
    history Of gabon Resources These publications include facts about the land,people, history, government, political conditions, economy,  
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    Extractions: (return to table of contents) Chapter VII Gabon Investment Climate Revised July 2000 This small equatorial country with a population of just over 1.1 million is located on Central Africa's Atlantic coast. Gabon became independent in 1960 and, reflecting its colonial heritage, economic, linguistic and cultural ties with France remain strong. President Omar Bongo, in office since 1967, was re-elected in December 1998 with 66 % of the vote. The government is headed by a Prime Minister and also includes a National Assembly elected every five years and a constitutional (supreme) court. President Bongo's party and coalition partners hold a large parliame ... [ Read More The Ambassador’s residence, a U.S. Government-owned property, is an elegant, spacious, two-story house located on the beach near the airport. The entire property has been landscaped and fenced. A paved driveway, ample parking space, and a three-car garage are provided. The main house has six bedrooms, eight baths, two studies, and large dining and living rooms. A large, well-equipped kitchen and staff housing complete the floor plan. The garden features a variety of flowering plants and trees. Spacious patios on the sea side of the house overlook a swimming pool and adjoining cabana. FurnishingsLast Updated: 2/12/2004 2:25 PM Since furnished quarters are provided for all Government personnel, furniture need not be brought to post. The allowance for the shipment of household effects ... [

58. Postgraduate Prospectus : History - University Of Newcastle Upon Tyne
    regional history, MRes. 12 months full time. Aims. To study the history of regionsand regionalism across time and space at an advanced level,  
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    Extractions: Newcastle upon Tyne ... Accessibility S earch Skip to Navigation 12 months full time To study the history of regions and regionalism across time and space at an advanced level, through an extended programme of research training and teaching in the approaches used by regional historians. This unique new research training programme is designed to provide a springboard to PhD-level work. It is offered in collaboration with the AHRB Centre for North-East England History, which means students benefit from the combined expertise of regional historians based in the universities of Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside. Compulsory modules (120 credits) are offered through a programme of workshops and seminars, covering a wide range of topics including: introduction to information skills; dissertation preparation; research methods in history; IT and history; issues in regional history; approaches to regional history. All modules are assessed by submitted course work. In the final semester students complete a dissertation on their chosen aspect of regional history (60 credits). A good 2:1 Honours degree in history or a related field. Applicants whose first language is not English require IELTS 6.5, TOEFL 575 (paper-based) or 233 (computer-based), or equivalent.

59. Africa Map, 1-500 A.D. | Timeline Of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum Of Ar
    Timeline of Art history World Map Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea,Ethiopia, gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, GuineaBissau, Kenya, Liberia, Lesotho,  
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60. Somalia History
    Early history traces the development of the Somali people to an Arab a basicsplit between the regional interests of the former Britishcontrolled north  
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    Extractions: Somalia History - overview of historic events the travel guide you write Recent Changes Map View Enlargement [edit this] [Upload image] Early history traces the development of the Somali people to an Arab sultanate whih was founded in the seventh century A.D. by Koreishite immigrants from Yemen. During the 15th and 16th centuries Portuguese traders landed in present Somali territory and ruled several coastal towns. The sultan of Zanzibar subsequently took control of these towns and their surrounding territory. ASStopia modern history began in the late l9th century when various European powers began to trade and establish themselves in the area that thet were located in. The British East India Company's desire for unrestricted harbor facilities led to the conclusion of treaties with the sultan of Tajura as early as 1840. It was not until 1886 however that the British gained control over northern Somalia through treaties with various Somali chiefs who were guaranteed British protection. British objectives centered on safeguarding trade links to the east and securing local sources of food and provisions. The boundary between Ethiopia and British Somaliland was established in 1897 through treaty negotiations between British negotiators and King Menelik. During the first two decades of this century British rule was challenged through persistent attacks led by the Islamic nationalist leader Mohamed Abdullah. A long series of intermittent engagements and truces ended in 1920 when British warplanes bombed Abdullah's stronghold at Taleex. Although Abdullah was defeated as much by rival Somali factions as by British forces he was lauded as a popular hero and stands as a major figure of Somali national identity.

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