Travelling to the heart of Togo, one will find many villages lacking clean water. One will encounter children who spend half of their day walking for miles to and from a river, only to come back with buckets of unfiltered water, contaminated with disease. One will watch the people of these villages become infested with said disease, as it is the only water they drink. One will also discover villages struggling with thirst for two-fourths of the year while the wet season departs and the dry…
bank or the IMF that created problems for the nation that received its assistance was in Africa, specifically in Ghana. Ghana is a country located in West Africa, rich in natural resources like other countries in Africa, and a typical country loved by these financial institutions. The case of Ghana is the same operating system did by the world bank and the IMF to Greece. In Northern Ghana, the government used to give subsidies to local rice farmers with the purpose to grow rice in order to…
Child labor in the cocoa industry must be stopped by the Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire governments because the working conditions are unhealthy for children, children can’t support their families with the limited amount of money they earn, and child labor endangers mental and social development. There are many different…
The Gullahs, also referred to as the Geechee in some parts of the south, are West African slaves that were brought to the New World to work on the plantations in the lowcountry along the southeastern coast of the United States, from the Cape Fear River in North Carolina to the St. John 's River in Florida. This coastal region with its many barrier islands is separated from the mainland by creeks, rivers, and marshes. The islands were accessible only by boat until the first bridges were built…
1. Introduction Durban, South Africa was the place 53 Head of States from across Africa met and created the African Union. The Head of States bid farewell to the defunct Organization of African Unity and welcomed the new African Union. All this happened on July 9, 2002. During the gathering, African leaders praised OAU’s achievements. They welcomed the new Union and argued that this was a new dawn for the Africans. The African leaders elected Thambo Mbeki, the host president, as the new AU…
regards to your argument, I don’t think the Ghanaian movement failed due to either of the beliefs or views that you expressed. Although Ghana has experienced political instability over the course of…
Many people are being taken advantage of throughout Africa And the Middle East. Most of them usually have no way to stand up for themselves. This is why they become victims. Women are often violated under the Taliban in Pakistan as well as in Afghanistan. Throughout Western Africa child labor and slavery occurs. These young men need the same help and attention that these women of the Middle East need. There are ways that society can draw an end to these violations of these people. Throughout…
Ghana is an unusual country to utilize local transitional justice in, to undermining systemic inequality. The Akan are the ethnic majority in Ghana accounting for 31-45% of the population, depending on reports. However they are not a uniform group, containing major sub-divisions based on linguistic divides of the Kwa language. The Asante and Fante are the most prominent sub-divisions of the Akan people. Idiosyncratically, this fragmented ethnic majority has allowed the concept of the oppressed…
5. Anioma Festivals <<<IMAGE>>> One of Several Anioma Traditional Attires <<<IMAGE>>> Unique to Aniomaland, Akwa Ocha is an important apparel in the socio-cultural life of the people The people of Anioma have a very rich cultural heritage. All through the nine Local Government Areas of Delta State that constitute Aniomaland, there are several cultural festivals and other traditional carnivals, which provide deep insight into the history, lives and indeed…
Ghana was a very great country in 1957 when our first president was still alive . mr. nkrumah traveled to the united states of america when he was 24 to study and observe the american society. Nkrumah had many great plans to help make ghana a great nation. he was the person that gave our nation independence day and made ghana free forever. Nkrumah was one of the big six who fought to gain ghana independence in 1957. The names of the big six was j.b danquah, nkrumah, ebenezer ako adjei,edward…