Horn of Africa

species which include Bundibugyo Ebolavirus, Zaire Ebolavirus, Reston Ebolavirus, Sudan Ebolavirus, and Tai Forest Ebolavirus (WHO | Ebola Virus Disease, 2014). Each species of Ebola are associated with outbreaks in different regions most residing in Africa, but two of which were found in the Philippines and the People’s Republic of China. The symptoms of the Ebola virus include:…

Poverty is a disastrous problem that affects nearly 10% of the global population (www.worldhunger.org). Peter Singer proposes that Americans donate any excess income to overseas aid to combat international poverty in “The Singer Solution to World Poverty”. An estimated 44.2 million people living in the United States, nearly 13% of the US population, were in poverty as of 2016 (www.census.gov). National poverty needs to be addressed before international poverty while keeping in mind that donating…

Comparing the natives to animals continues when Conrad introduces Marlow to a worker in charge of making sure the boiler doesn’t run out of water. He states "to look at him was as edifying as seeing a dog in a parody of breeches and a feather hat, walking on his hind-legs" (Conrad 42). This man illustrates the possibility that the savages might be tamable because, "He ought to have been clapping his hands and stamping his feet In February 1977, Chinua Achebe claimed that Joseph Conrad’s novel,…

An Issue of Justice and the Wolf Packs of Yellowstone National Park The ivory trade is big business. Statistics show that in a ten year period, one hundred thousand (100,000) African elephants are killed for their ivory, approximately 65% of the elephant population. (Safina 100) These sacrifices are tremendous and have a severe impact on the wolf pack hierarchy, and it is obligatory on our part that changes can be made for their preservation. With the help of Carl Safina, Ph.D. in ecology…

ship to sail to these shores, The Clotilde. The book tells his story, from birth to the moment of his interview, but mainly focuses on the parts of his life as a free man. Kossula was born in modern-day Benin, from the Yoruba tribe. His early life in Africa was characterized by stories about family, as well as stories about growing up. His rather blissful childhood ended when the King of Dahomey led a raid on his town, and killed or captured his village as slaves. He was then sold to Timothy…

stereotypes surrounding Africa are largely attributed to the lack of knowledge paired with humans innate ability to always be right. During the beginning of colonization, some europeans were initially interested in exploring the ideologies and cultures that Africans conform to. Befuddled by the idea that the majority of African cultures lacked physical textual history, explorers lost interest and some began to spread hearsay about African customs. Hence, methodologies used to study Africa were…

three million girls will undergo this “procedure” every year. Of all of the countries in the Middle East and Africa that still hold true to this tradition, 95% of girls from those countries have gone through female circumcision. Why is this still happening today? The answer is simply because of religious beliefs. It is required in a few religions around the Middle East and Northeastern Africa. Muslims, Animists, and even a those who practice a religion that is widely prevalent in our society,…

be given. So why doesn’t Africa a country of vast resources and significant worldly impact not receive its true credit. Merely pushed to the side as if it is nothing with several misguides false analysis of what the country really is. Africa is a large continent that has been plagued down by stereotypes that are far from untrue. Several people tend to believe that Africa doesn't have much to offer and is suffering from poverty. William Barnett in “The Geography of Africa.”states that…

Imagine never being discriminated for the color of your skin, being viewed totally equal to your neighbor. But what if it came with a price, not so enticing anymore. In The Giver, future life claims to be a utopian society. When digging deeper we come to find out this society is a wolf in sheep's clothing. The Society shown in The Giver is a deterioration from ours in 2015. First of all, not being able to love is against human nature yet that is something not welcomed in order to achieve…

"The Trans-Atlantic slave trade was based on a pre-existing slavery institution in Africa." Over the course of more than three and a half eras, the forceful transportation of at least twelve million men, women and even children from their African homeland to America forever changed the face and character of our modern world. These human beings from Africa were sold to Americans to work on plantation farms as slaves. As the quote in the title suggests, many believe that slavery originated in…