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Nigeria:
Nigeria is the most crowded country of as well as one of the most crowded of the world. More than 500 languages are in Nigeria because of those sorts of people who belong to tribes. There are four regional languages recognized as official: Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo and Fula. How do they with each other? This is why is the official language.

Nigerian have a society full of sexism. is considered superior to to the point that a man can a woman providing the injury isn't permanent. Men are farmers and they also go to the to sell their products. Women, on the other hand, should work and provide money to their , although they cannot have a well-paid or work in a job considered “superior”.


Ireland:
Every year on the of March, St. Patrick’s Day is in many parts of the but, especially, by communities. This is a cultural and religious that honors the death date of St. Patrick, the saint of Ireland.

This celebration usually consists of people wearing a piece of clothing, dancing, parades and typical food and dyed in green. Many restaurants offer Irish food and drinks to this date. Some of them are: Irish bread, Beef and Guinness pie, Irish coffee, Irish potato , Irish stew and corned beef and cabbage.


South Africa:
The Republic of South Africa is a country situated in the very of the African continent. It is formed by a multi-ethnic with plenty of , religions and a great variety of , among which 11 are official (with English ranked as the most used, especially in public commercial life).

One of the important South African figures, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on 18 1918 in Mvezo. Member of a royal , but only he received formal education. He attended Fort Hare University, the only university in South Africa at the time, but he was expelled after a due to his political activism. In 1952, he started the first black legal firm with his Oliver Tambo. On August 5th in 1962, he was , becoming the most famous political prisoner. He got out of prison in 1990, became president of South Africa in 1994 and started creating the non-racial he'd always dreamed of.


Canada:
Canada is a very , diverse and country. By "multicultural" we mean that there is an celebration of different racial, religious and backgrounds. This is possible thanks to the importance of in Canada.

One of the most multicultural cities of (and probably of the world) is , capital of Ontario. It has a population of more than 2 people and it is ranked as the safest large metropolitan area in America. Over 140 languages and dialects are in this city and over 30% of its speak at home a language other than the official languages. The top 5 in 2006 were: , Italian, Punjabi, Filipino and Portuguese.