Dakar Region

Punjabi Sikhs were the first South Asians to move to North America. As far back as 1670, a Sikh was mentioned in the diary of a Colonist, as having been encountered in the company of a sea captain. They were a curiosity as South Asian migration had yet to occur. In 1903, a small trickle of Punjabis arrived in North America through Canada and half traveled onto the United States. Of them, the majority were illiterate or semi-literate from farming or military backgrounds. They left minimal records…

Normandy also has its own fair share of indigenous cuisine only found in the area. There are also three different regions in Lower Normandy, Calvados, Manche, and Orne. The first of the regions, is called Calvados. Calvados is recognized for its green meadows, orchards of apple trees, cliffs, sandy beaches, and hedged farmland. The second region in Lower Normandy is called Manche. This regions is recognized for most of the same reasons as Calvados, such as, meadows and vast sandy areas,…

The purpose of this was to represent all of the Congolese, rather than just the interests of certain regions. Also, it aimed to encourage countrywide unity and attempted to bring together different ethnic backgrounds. Patrice Lumumba’s knack for public speaking along with his exciting personality gained him importance in the party. Lumumba’s motivation…

This deficit of women has resulted in a bride trafficking practice where women from villages are bought and sometimes kidnapped to be sold as brides to men. In regions like Punjab, the sex ratio is so skewed towards men that wives are often shared between brothers or cousins. In 1994, the Indian government implemented Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques Act, which only allows pre-conception tests to identify a deformity in the fetus. Although this law still continues to be broken, women’s rights…

Edi Hirose and Nancy La Rosa’s Moving Mountains: Extractive Landscapes of Peru features a showcase of many videos, photographs, and various installations depicting the effects of the human enterprise to obtain the resources of Peru. Despite of once having an historically rich landscape, the extraction of the country’s natural resources has clearly left a permanent mark in both the Peruvian population and their land. La Rosa and Hirose attempt to expose the startling effects of the industry from…

Reflection on Visiting an Uncomfortable Place I used to feel uncomfortable in any place of worship other than mosques for two main reasons. First, I grew up in an Islamic country where building houses of worship other than mosques is not allowed for religious reasons. Second, I chose to go to a Sikh temple because in my community, there is a common stereotype that Sikhs do not get along with Muslims. Growing up with this idea, made me presume that there are barriers between us, so I can not get…

Sikhism is often described as a mixture of Islam and Hinduism, because it shares many similar traits to both, but many things also make it unique to both religions. Sikhism began over five hundred years ago in present-day Pakistan, in the Punjab region, with Guru Nanak, the first of ten gurus who would teach their philosophy and fundamentals to millions. He lived during a time of great tension between Hindus and Muslims, both very strong religions. At the age of 28, he traveled to a river to…

The world will melt its way into an apocalyptic world, oceans will flood places, people will die of the heat, starvation will take place. How will the human race prevent this from happening? In order to stop global warming scientists must find ideas, and look at what is causing this? Global Warming occurs when a vast quantity of C02 along with other pollutants gets into the atmosphere and absorbs light as well as solar radiation, which has bounced off the surface of the Earth for centuries in…

New Zealand’s longest river is the Waikato River, which runs down for 425 kilometres until it meets and flows out into the sea; not only is this the longest river in New Zealand, but it is also one of the most polluted waterways in the whole entire nation. The Waikato River start at Lake Taupo, and in a study (Waikato Regional Council, n.d.) showed that the clarity of the water passes 10 metres far in the beginning, this quickly shifts very shortly beyond Lake Taupo. Even just by the Ohaaki…

preceding the coming of the british manage in India, there might have been no propelled custom about neighborhood government toward oneself in the cutting edge feeling. However, An simple neighborhood government framework completed exist in the rustic regions. This might have been the framework about town panchayats (literally board from claiming five) which performed administrative, Legal and now and then developmental capacities. However, As far as geological scope What 's more history,…