Cameroon

journey in the United states has being full of challenges. Starting in childhood, I have experience extreme emotional challenges. Nevertheless, it was nothing compared to the ones I experienced when I moved to the United States. I am originally from Cameroon, in central Africa. Me and my five siblings were raised by a single mother. As a child, we strived very hard to be able to satisfy…

History of the Problem Women’s rights issues have been prominent in society since the beginning of American civilization. Over the centuries, women’s liberty movements and government laws have been acted upon, and women have been given rights they previously did not have. However, although people would consider that women are equal to men today, this is not the case. Presently, women in the workforce do not get paid as much as men do, regardless of skill level or experience. “On average, women…

INTRODUCTION. Pre colonial Africa was has varied has the continent itself. Different circumstances produced different societies with different tradition, customs, and politics these societies rose, fell and adapted as the centuries passed. Despite this variety, it is possible to divide political organisation amongst these communities into two broad categories states and stateless societies. Low population densities and the production of relatively small economic…

What is HIV? Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a Lentivirus from the family Retroviridiae[1] ,which infects CD4+ T cells, dendritic cells and macrophages[2]. This results in a loss in immune function and eventually acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) when CD4+ cell count is very low[3]. There were approximately 1.5 million deaths in 2013 as a result of HIV-related causes[4] , many of these deaths occur due to the immune system being too weak to defend itself against opportunistic…

to make the overwhelming shift to survivor, as well as survivors who need and deserve to be recognized for more than his or her ‘story.’” These inspirational words come from now 30 year old Evelyn Chumbow, a modern slavery survivor and native of Cameroon. Taken from her home country at the young age of nine, Evelyn stayed unwillingly with her captors until she…

A number of different liberal theories have evolved over the past few centuries, they differ on a wide range of issues but they all share some common principles such as social liberties, representative governments, private property, and political equality. Liberal countries that have those principles as the foundation of their political and social systems tend to maintain peace among themselves and prosper economically. In modern times, there are over one hundred countries in the world that…

HIV and AIDs General introduction, introduce topic and why it is important. (Thesis?) The global HIV and AIDs pandemic affects every one of us. not just the affected but those of us that are not afflicted with this terrible disease as well. HIV is currently the world 's leading infectious killer. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Worldwide there are close to 35 million people living with HIV/AIDs, and of that massive number, there are more than one million people in the U.S.…

Introduction English is regarded as the most influential language globally, with more non-native speakers around the world than native speakers (Park and Wee, 2012). There are over 400 million speakers of English, and although there are a few languages with more speakers in the world, those languages owe their numbers to mother-tongue speakers. Whereas, English owes its prominence to how widely adopted it is in other countries, and the special status it enjoys in global affairs. Since the…

Global Pattern- Malaria Figure 1: global malaria distribution figure 2: global distribution of malaria mosquito Geographic Distribution of Malaria As shown on figure 1, the risk of malaria disease is concentrated between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, such as Sub-Sahara in Africa, north of South America and Southeast of Asia. Malaria is more concentrated here because these areas have similar patterns such breeding of Anopheles mosquito. This is due to…

potential for being a powerful country. Nigeria has a vast array of issues however with creative reform policies and support it could develop into a great nation. Physical Geography Nigeria is located in West Africa neighboring Benin, Niger and Cameroon, with a coast on Gulf of Guinea in the South Atlantic Ocean. Its coordinates are 9.0820° N, 8.6753° E. Located in the tropics, Nigeria has a tropical hot climate. The temperatures differ concurrent to the seasons of the year. The seasons…