Inequality encompasses disparities in power and wealth, particularly between developed and developing nations. The manufacture of smartphones highlights these imbalances, as cobalt, essential for production, is mined under harsh conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Consumers benefit from these gadgets while overlooking the exploitation and social injustice faced by marginalized workers.
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Review: Kim – by Rudyard Kipling
‘Kim’ is recognised as the greatest work of famous author Rudyard Kipling. This is a cult novel especially in espionage circles. It is fiction but documents the widely popular Great Game between the British Empire and Tsarist Russia, a clandestine cat and mouse conflict between the two powers fought out…
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Aimé Césaire is the father of Martinican literature. In his Cahier, he explores his roots in his native Martinique and looks with an often angry voice at the repression of his fellow islanders. The Cahier is a poem directed at enlightening the views of his fellow countrymen and giving them…
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