IN THE NORTHEAST end of the Aix Island, at its highest point (13 m altitude), lies Fort Liédot, a semi-buried fortification constructed between 1811 and 1835 by order of the Emperor of France, Napoleon I. Taking nearly 24 years to construct, Napoleon I decided to build the Fort to have an overview of the road stead of Aix...
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SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, it has been the unabated desire of African leaders operating within a variety of exigencies in their own countries to find an ideology that can stress the shared identity of African peoples while seeking to mobilize and unify the entire continent. Indeed, in the ferment of nationalist struggles of the 1950's, African leaders...
The Chaplain Corps: A Historical Perspective
07/31/2019
The nexus between the military and religion is one that eludes and puzzles many. Moreover, no office is said to be more peculiar than that of Military Chaplain. Indeed, it is difficult for many to fathom the role that chaplains play and the services they render to an institution often construed by some as one largely concerned with the...