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Bios of Artists, Painters, Sculptors, and More

  Painters, sculptors, and photographers   Read the brief and informative biographies of notable artists, from Pablo Picasso and Mary Cassatt to Vincent Van Gogh and Georgia O'Keeffe. This is…

church and state

(Encyclopedia) church and state, the relationship between the religion or religions of a nation and the civil government of that nation, especially the relationship between the Christian church and…

Malawi

(Encyclopedia) CE5 MalawiMalawiməläˈwē [key], officially Republic of Malawi, republic (2015 est. pop. 17,574,000), 45,200 sq mi (117,068 sq km), E central Africa. It borders on Zambia in the west…

State Department Notes on Suriname

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People Government National Security Foreign Relations PEOPLEArawak and Carib tribes lived in the region before Columbus sighted the coast in…

State Department Notes on Denmark

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People and History Government Political Conditions National Security U.S.-Danish Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORY The Danes, a homogenous Gothic…

jazz

(Encyclopedia) jazz, the most significant form of musical expression of African-American culture and arguably the most outstanding contribution the United States has made to the art of music…

State Department Notes on Nigeria

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Economy Defense U.S.-Nigerian Relations PEOPLE The most populous country in Africa, Nigeria accounts for over half of West Africa…