Economic Decisions and Systems: 1. GoPro is satisfying the “want” of a compact, heavy-duty, durable, and quality wearable camera of many consumers across the world. This camera allows for on-the-go video recording with stunning resolutions, offering the same quality that many professional cameras use. Although this item is not a “need,” or necessary to live, it is highly sought after by consumers of all ages. 2. GoPro states that as of September 30th, 2015, they had 1,460 employees. This is a…
INTRODUCTION The momentous medical milestones achieved during the earliest era of the 20th century impressed many to believe that the global battle with infectious diseases was largely over, thus the focus to ascertain causes, treatments, prevention, and cures for chronic illnesses (Sattenspiel, 2000). This belief can be justified in Western Europe and the United States, but it was certainly not warranted for most parts of the globe. In contemporary history, the tropical regions have faced…
North African affiliate of al-Qaida, which emerged from an armed Islamist insurgency founded in Algeria by Hassan Hattab in the 1990s. The group is primarily concerned with pursuing regional interests and imposing Sharia law in primarily Algeria, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger. Al-Qaida’s connection to Algeria goes back to the Soviet war in Afghanistan, where many Algerian men travelled to fight with the mujahedeen under the leadership of Osama bin Laden against the Soviet Union. This connection…
Black Orthodoxy of the American dream The Black Mein Kampf or Mein schwarz Kampf My black struggle is trying to figure out the problem of why do blacks think they are free or even citizens of the United States.I have never seen citizens treated like this except Jews in Nazi Germany. I have then research on this American dream illusion. Miseducation incarceration extermination American false hope is when you tell a person you make it. You all can make it if you try . When there is no way…
Charles Camp and Timothy Lloyd explain in their 1980 paper “Six Reasons to Not Produce Folklife Festivals” that they want “to encourage folklorists...to think more deeply and more critically about festivals” (67). The goal of the majority of folklife festivals is to promote greater awareness among the general population about several cultures’ traditional practices, beliefs, and material items which in turn provides that culture with validation for those beliefs and practices. The festivals’…
The African Djembe was said to be created in the 12th century; it’s considered one of the most versatile and boundless drumming instruments on the earth (Drum Africa). A Guinean drum that is played throughout Africa that is known to resemble the figure of a woman with it’s round upper half, small waist, and large lower half is called the Djembe drum. This unique drum was created by Blacksmiths from the caste Manlike in Guinea; with its exclusive sound spectrum the djembe produces a strong…
In 27 African countries, Yamen, Iraqi Kurdistan, and found elsewhere in Asia, the Middle East it is accepted for females to get genital mutilation. “Female genital mutilation is all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the femal genital organs for non medical reasons” according to World Health Organization. This is a procedure done during at young age between 0 and 14. The procedure hurts women in many ways. First of all, it is…
Shots rang out in Rosarno, Italy on the night of January 7th, triggering two days of rioting that would bring this small agricultural town to the forefront of immigration discourse. Rosarno is located in the "toe" of Italy, best known for its citrus trees and its connections to one of Italy 's most brutal mafias, the 'Ndrangheta. It 's common knowledge that the 'Ndrangheta control the production of fruit and vegetables in this region, with the "help" of immigrants from Africa and Eastern…
One of Aminata’s traits that ought to be called into question was her advanced literacy and ability to connect to people through irregular communication devices. As a fictional character, she could have been able to do whatever her creators pleased. If she had been alive at that time, it is safe to say no one would have let her obtain the authority to write the historical document, The Book of Negroes. Furthermore, when the abolitionists in London expressed they wanted to control the…
AN OVERVIEW OF THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE GOLDCOST: (1482 – 1957) 2.0: Introduction: This chapter presents the political and economic history of the Gold Coast. It assesses the historical and nativity of its inhabitants and also the background to the arrival of the first missionary to the Gold Coast. The section on pre-colonial Gold Coast explains who the people of Gold Coast were; their land and indigenous economic activities before the arrival of the Europeans. Whiles the…