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They were concerned with celebrating the glories of pre-colonial African achievement, legitimacy and nation building and expanding access to health and education, for example.
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Their examples range from recent years to pre-colonial times.
Experts Look to Past for Clues to Prevent Famine in Horn of Africa 2011
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Even some Indians prefer the older, pre-colonial term, Sanatana Dharma, which means, essentially, "eternal path."
Philip Goldberg: Colbert: Try Hinduism For Lent Philip Goldberg 2011
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Bieleu says pre-colonial principles of traditional rights to land quickly disappear when confronted with government corruption.
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Even some Indians prefer the older, pre-colonial term, Sanatana Dharma, which means, essentially, "eternal path."
Philip Goldberg: Colbert: Try Hinduism For Lent Philip Goldberg 2011
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It was incredible and made me ponder what it would have been like in pre-colonial days when flocks of birds could effectively block the sun out or the sound of hundreds of thousands (more?) birds nesting could deafen a person ...
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This all happened in the new North Carolina History Center in New Bern, adjacent to one of the restored gems of pre-colonial architecture, Tryon Palace.
Caryl Rivers: Saving the Past Caryl Rivers 2011
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The African leaders who replaced the colonial masters have not hearkened back to pre-colonial Africa and used traditional values and methods to hold the center and keep things from falling apart.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Why Do Things Always Fall Apart in Africa? Alemayehu G. Mariam 2011
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This all happened in the new North Carolina History Center in New Bern, adjacent to one of the restored gems of pre-colonial architecture, Tryon Palace.
Caryl Rivers: Saving the Past Caryl Rivers 2011
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It was the first time that an enslaved population rebelled not as a way of returning to their pre-colonial “roots”, but on behalf of universal principles of freedom and equality.
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