Ghana

The World Bank Report (2015) reveals that Ghana had a stable neonatal death rate of 30% from 2010 to 2013, with a marginal decline to 29% in 2014. It has been reported that neonatal deaths are high in poverty stricken regions and the northern region is among the poorest regions in Ghana, and contributing 59% neonatal death rate to the over 60% infant death rate occurring in the first month of life nationally in…

knowledge was that Muslim religion was only practiced in the Middle East. Ghana was the first of these empires. Gold exports and the trans-Saharan trade, as well as the rock salts of the Sahara economically supported Ghana and their kings. Ghana expanded rapidly, becoming the largest empire thus far (Khaypoya, 2013, p. 74). The second empire was Mali, which rose to power approximately 150 years after the disintegration of Ghana. Mansa Musa was the most notable king because of his voyage to…

Every person deserves the right to have access to clean water, and South Africa is no different, or anywhere else in the world for that matter. In developing countries, it is very devastating to see many citizens unable to have access to clean water. Yet, they still drink the water that they can get. Dirty water can make people contract diseases such as cholera, typhoid and dysentery. Then when they get the disease, they are unable to be treated. This is why it causes so many death for children.…

years old and I attend school at East Hartford. I was born in West Africa, Ghana. I live with my Mom, Dad and my little brother who just turned seven. My mom has two jobs, and also takes College classes so I try helping her in cooking, and sometimes her homework. My dad is also a delivery worker. They are both my mentors because they inspire me to work as hard as they do. It’s been about three years since I moved from Ghana to the U.S. Things had been very different for me especially schooling…

This article “The Case for Contamination” is interesting, it talks about life in Kumasi, a small town in Ghana, making it revolve around Wednesday’s Festival Day where the king has his eyes on everyone and making life very hard for the unfortunate, and before this king arrived as throne of Ghana, everyone was taking calls on their cell phones and having quiet conversations with each other. There was also debate on poor and rich families either to be protected or to promote diversity. There is a…

Document 2 describes the court of Ghana being held in a domed pavilion. This is an example of the building and Architecture techniques of this African culture. In order to build an impressive domes this culture must have had advanced technology and the ability to move materials . This…

Being from a small island, I have recently come to realize that there are diversities in cultures. With that in mind, I’ve learned to understand and appreciate a variety of humanities. In the United States, people from other cultures have congregated from all over the world with the understanding that this county enables equal opportunities. A mélange of cultures coalesce in an effort to maintain their traditions while adapting to another nation’s customs. This incorporates accommodation, which…

In the middle of the 1950s, Angelou career started to take effect in her life. She got a job with the touring production of Porgy and Bess, and it later on appeared on one of the off Broadway productions named Calypso Heat Wave, and being able to release her first album called Miss Calypso. The timing of the Broadway productions, she presented on a show called, “The Blacks,” with James Earl Jones, Lou Gossett Jr, and Cicely Tyson. Angelou eventually married, he was a Greek electrician, and a…

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was born as a freeman on February 23, 1868, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. His parents were Alfred and Mary Silvina (née Burghardt) Du Bois. Great Barrington was primarily a European American community. The people there treated Du Bois well. When he was young, he attended the local integrated public school. Although he was raised in this fashion, the racism he did experience would be one of the subjects of his later writings. His teachers’ encouragement of…

I Am Because We Are Culture is dynamic and as a result, traditional Asante have undergone great metamorphosis. The strong sense of communal spirit is gradually dying. In the recent past, the extended family system has become more nuclear: father, mother, and children (biological or adopted). This is explainable as a consequence of formal education, Christian influence through missionary activities, and colonization. The rich "I am Because We Are" philosophy is giving way to Western…