Côte d'Ivoire

The Baule Tribe One of the largest tribe in Côte d'Ivoire, which is between Liberia and Ghana, the Baule (also spelled Bauole or Bawule) people are one of the most unique tribes of all of Africa. The name Baule, or “baouli”, means “the child has died.” “According to a legend, during the eighteenth century, the queen, Abla Poku, had to lead her people west to the shores of the Comoe, the land of Senufo. In order to cross the river, she sacrificed her own son.” They are an Akan group, so they…

The society of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire functions quite differently than that of the United States. The economy in this city focuses on the bluff, which is an attempt to deceive people into thinking that they are modern and successful. In his article, Dr. Sasha Newell explains that “the impossible demands of maintaining a deceptive appearance of success” hinders the economy, and puts extra stress on citizens because of the need to lie and keep up a façade (Newell, 2009: 379). This article is an…

Issues in Liberia and Sierra Leone had different conditions and root causes. Liberia was founded and declared as a state and a republic in 1847 by freed black American slaves, commonly referred to as Americo-Liberians. Most Liberians, especially the indigenous people, initially greeted Doe’s coup with euphoria and enthusiasm, but he basically practiced his predecessors’ ethnic and class politics. The crisis in Liberia largely reflected the internal factors outlined above, but one should not…

Both my mother and father are originally from the Côte d’Ivoire. My mother was from the economic capital, Abidjan while my father was born in the town of Toumodi. My mother was a elementary school teacher and my father was a law school student before they both made the decision to move to the United States in search of a better life. They met each other while in the United States and in 2000, I was born. Growing up, I felt different from both my peers and my family. At my elementary school,…

The latest outbreak of Ebola has become a tragedy for humanity; it is the deadliest outbreak in history killing and infecting thousands, but many more will suffer the economic consequences. There are tremendous economical troubles that are associated with this epidemic. Not only for Liberia, considered the epicenter of Ebola cases, but economists are analyzing the devastating economical effects of the virus in other West African countries like Guinea and Sierra Leone. According to World Bank,…

I would like to express my interest in the fellowship position of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisor, which is advertised on your website. I possess a Ph.D. in psychoeducation from the University of Montreal. As part of my doctoral training, I was responsible for a four-year process and impact evaluation of a school-based substance abuse prevention project in Quebec, Canada. This evaluation project gave me the opportunity to engage with stakeholders, design an evaluation plan, collect…

across all its offices. Locations Continental Reinsurance has its corporate head office in Lagos, Nigeria and operates in more than 44 countries. It has expanded its regional footprint by setting up regional offices in Douala, Cameroon; Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire; and a fully licensed subsidiary in Nairobi, Kenya. The Head Office in Lagos also serves as the Regional Office for Lagos and covers business activities in the Anglophone West African countries. The Regional office in Douala covers all…

With an ever strengthening global economy, here in California, we’re not strangers to the life of privileged consumption. Most of us have grown so accustomed to this reality that we frivolously go about our day to day lives without a question as to where the products that we’re purchasing are actually coming from. One example of this, is something as simple as the chocolate that is pumped into our extravagant Starbucks mocha. This is where things becomes critically important, because the vast…

FORUM: GA3, Social Humanitarian and Cultural Committee QUESTION OF: Prevention of the Use of Child Soldiers SUBMITTED BY: People’s Republic of China CO-SUBMITTED BY: THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, Recalling previous relevant United Nations resolutions such as but not limited to A/RES/51/77, S/RES/2143(2014), S/RES/2068(2012), S/RES/1998(2011), S/RES/1882(2009), S/RES/1612(2005), S/RES/1539(2004), S/RES/1460(2003), S/RES/1379(2001), S/RES/1314(2000), S/RES/1261(1999), Welcoming continuous support of…

Today in 2016 dancing has become a huge part of pop culture. Dancing has been in this world since ancient times and in ancient civilizations dancing would be used to perform different rituals. In today’s society the word twerk has taken over many platforms and has spreaded across the globe. Today we're going to be going over on how twerking has spreaded from hip hop to pop, and becoming one of the most controversial words in America. On August 25, 2013 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New…