Economic Community of West African States

of land tenure 2. Githaka was the gathering of land owned Mbari. Mbari was a clan of elites and their members were permitted to land holdings owned by other clan members. This system was widely used in the Kikuyu nation and its collapse led to an economic disaster. 3. Harry Thuku was the leader of the Kikuyu nation and is known for his challenge against…

The Myth of The Economic Partnership Agreements As the contracts between the European Unions (EU) and African nations (AU), the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) creates a significant shift in the trading aspects within two parties, aiming at boosting the economic development in Africa and promoting the regional integration (“Economic Partnership Agreement with West Africa”). Regional integration covers the increase in economic, the institutional, and political linkages between the…

This labor system began to decline for various reasons, such as economic stability in England, increased survival rates of the indentured servants, the establishment of Pennsylvania, and limited land provisions. All resulted in a large labor shortage in the southern colonies. In response to this shortage, colonist turned towards a bound and permeant…

TEXAS’S ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CPONTIRBUTION TOTHE SOUTHERN STATES Introduction The conquest of Western America shapes the present as thoroughly as it tested the ideals of the United States. The significance of Western history for the American nation cannot be understated. The American West was a meeting ground of different cultures consisting of the American Indians, Anglo Americans, African Americans and Asian Americans. All these contributed immensely to the history of the West given…

Islamic culture and traditional African culture accounts for Africa’s major influence as a superpower from the first until fifteenth centuries. Traders from all over the world were drawn to Africa’s riches in gold, ivory, and human beings. The fact that Africa was rich in resources posed influence in itself. Considering that a great number of the visiting traders were Muslims and they begin to intermarry and form relationships with the West African people – economic and political alliances…

Capitalism and Slavery In the introduction to his book Capitalism and Slavery, Eric Williams clearly states, “Here, then, is the origin of Negro slavery. The reason was economic, not racial; it had to do not with the color of the laborer, but the cheapness of the labor.” This meant that he was attempting to pursue an understanding of the economic aspects of slavery without the association of morals nor ethics. An argument that is indeed controversial in our now humanitarian-based society. In…

can’t consider it just a ‘problem’. Cornel West remains an African American scholar, who beforehand worked at Harvard University, at the present he works at Princeton in place of a instructor. West states at the beginning of his overview that "What happened in Los Angeles in April of 1992 was neither a race riot nor a class rebellion. Rather, this monumental upheaval was a multiracial, trans-class, and largely male display of justified social rage", what West is saying is that people that…

This is not a racial problem as it was in the past but an economic problem. The divide between the rich and the poor is growing and it is reflective in our school systems. Private schools around America are slowly becoming segregated. The families with the financial resources are able to put their children through private school. Private schools are well funded with better resources provided for the children. For example President Obama states, “And what’s happened in our economy is that those…

have a variety of reasons for carrying out FGM. In West Africa, this may be related to different ethnic and tribal cultures, family relations, tribal connections, class, economic and social circumstances, and education etc. (Ahmadi &Amir, 2013). Amongst the factors that encourage families to circumcise their daughters is the family’s concern about the girl’s inability to marry if she is not circumcised (Dorkenoo, 1995). Some indigenous Africans believe that circumcised girls might control their…

Times article by Samuel Kpavouvou, “The Chains of Mental Illness in West Africa” (2015) reveals the treatment methods for schizophrenic patients in church based mental health clinics in Western Africa. Focusing on the experiences of Koffi Gbedjeha, a past patient of the Jesus is the Solution prayer clinic, the economic disparities and cultural differences between western biomedical treatment and traditional blends of West African healing are apparent. The author utilizes the interpretive…