Gabon

Cameroon is a country between Nigeria, Chad and the Central African Republic. The Cameroons colonial name comes from the cameros (prawns) that the 15th Century explores found in the Wouri River. South Cameroon supplied the Atlantic slave and commodity trades. North Cameroon people were Muslim and the economy of the Fulani and Hausa south of the Sahara. Between 1884 and 1916 Germany united the south and the north into a colony. The French ruled the east from the capital, Yaoundé. The British had a small area in the west and was loosely ruled from the Nigeria area, they grew tired of colonialism in 1945 and independence was achieved in French Cameroon in 1960.Cameroon has no single day of independence. By 1961 the southerners of British Cameroon decided to join a federation with a new republic. The northerners chose to unite with Nigeria. Former French and British Cameroonians kept their education, legal, civil service, and legislative structures separate. There are 240 written languages and only 100 are able to be written. The Capital of Cameroon is still Yaoundé. Their flag was adopted on May 20th1975; the flag shows vertical bands in the pan African colors red, yellow and green with a yellow star in the middle of the red flag. The flag colors and the star all have different meaning; Red is the color of unity, the star is referred to as the star of unity yellow stands for the sun like the savannahs in the northern part of the country, green is for the forest in southern…

Ironically, the influence France has on various African nations especially in terms of military has been deemed “Françafrique” but as of recent no major wars have occurred on Gabonese terrain but there is a significant military presence (The Economist). Independence was not achieved through warfare but instead by reevaluating France’s interest in Gabon and concluding previous colonial agreements. Overall the most notable war was the Battle of Gabon during World War II, which led Free French…

Compromise only results in neo-colonialism, where the newly independent state continues to have economic dependence on a former colonial country. Fanon uses the Republic of Gabon as an example where “Monsieur M’ba, president of the Republic of Gabon, to very solemnly declare on his arrival for an official visit to Paris: ‘Gabon is an independent country, but nothing has changed between Gabon and France, the statue quo continues.’ In fact the only change is that Monsieur M’ba is president of the…

and scientific engagement. Innovation and advanced growth characterize the hospital. In Gabon 90 per cent of the population has…

This paper examines the symbolic importance of Mukudj mask in the culture of Punu community of southern Gabon. The paper follows the historical research methodologies and examines what is the importance of the Mukudj mask to Punu community, how does viewer describe it, and understand the symbolism in the Mukudj mask. The Punu reside on the left bank of the Upper Ngoume River (Gabon), where villages are divided into clans and families, and society known as moukouji. Officiates of moukoudji…

He started a petition, Gabon felt that the petition would work. Knowing the Tsar being a good and loving father he would protect them from the greedy factory managers. Gabon begged for the Tsar to get the petition at two o'clock in the after noon. The next day, Jan 22nd 1905, on that morning, Gabon not knowing the Tsar is fifteen miles away at Tsarskoe Selo, they were walking down streets, he found himself the head of a mass march to St. Petersburg's Winter Palace. Gabon then informed the…

closest thing that science has found, and results are quite remarkable when combined with continued therapy. In Gabon and Zaire, in Western Central Africa, there is a cult called the Bwiti that have been using Iboga since time immemorial. The Bwiti use of Iboga is the central practice of their religious cult. The word Bwiti means Dead or Ancestor in their language, this is most likely because the Bwiti use of Iboga is to contact the ancestors and go to the place of God. To be initiated…

cording to National Wildlife Federation (2016), “in the last two decades, childhood has moved indoors. The average American boy/ girl spends as few as 30 minutes in unstructured outdoor play each day, and more than seven hours each day in front of an electronic screen.” One of the most important topics in modern psychology and anthropology is children’s development from infancy to adults. Historically, their primary and secondary social agent teaches children how to interaction. In this essay,…

Cameroon, also known as the Republic of Cameroon is an exquisite country located in western Africa. It was colonized by the Germans in 1884, they ruled until 1916. It is sometimes referred to as “Africa in miniature” because of the many different varieties of cultures and societies. Cameroon has over 250 languages, but the main two languages are French and English. Before the Cameroonians spoke French and English they were separate in distinct groups. Did you know that the French-speaking…

trying to come up with a vaccine are probably some of the most recent questions running through scientists’ and researchers’ heads. Ebola has three different strains: Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan, and Marburg. The most mind-boggling question would probably be the past outbreaks of this deadly virus. The very first breakout in the world was in 1976 when the strain Ebola Zaire became active in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DCR). That outbreak had 318 cases with a 88 percent death rate (Outbreaks…