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Queen Nzinga Mbande, Queen Nzinga for short, was the powerful African ruler of the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms, is now the country of Angola, during the 16th and 17th century. She was best recognized as the fearless leader that helped her people fought against the colonization of the Portuguese and bring freedom to her country, as well as free her people from slavery. Ngola Kiluanji Kia Samba, Nzinga’s father, was the ruler of the Ndongo people at the time Nzinga was born. Her brother, King…

KENYA Kenya was named after Mount Kenya, which is the second highest mountain in Africa, after Kilimanjaro. Diving in Kenya is only available in Mombasa coastline along the Indian Ocean. Mombasa Airport is on the mainland, but the town of Mombasa is across a bridge on an island. The following diving locations are found along the Indian Ocean: Mwanyaza North Mwayanza North is located in Diani Beach, Mombasa County. It’s an exciting diving site of marine biology, this site is hard to find, but…

Hominin expansion throughout most of Africa occurred with Australopithecines, Paranthropus, and early Homo habilis. Each species was advancing, and adapting to their various habitats. However, a new homo was entering the playing field, which was not only biologically modern but was capable of creating tools. This new species is known as Homo ergaster/erectus, and they were on the verge of breaking out into new territory. This group would soon leave the cradle of Africa and traverse to Asia,…

Kenya - Rough Draft Have you ever wondered how Kenya came to be? Well, before Kenya was even its original name it was called “Kamba land” and was only renamed because of a German wanderer asking what a mountain was called. Then Britain soon took control of this land, making it their protectorate. After Britain a man named Jomo Kenyatta became the very first president of Kenya and is well known for helping Kenya gain freedom from Britain. Before Britain, Kenya was a peaceful part of the world…

1. In the stories of Faith (African Women Writing Resistance) and Amina (Nairobi Half Life) and Maisha (Say You’re One of Them) we see the topic of female sexuality. What evidence do we see of each of these women resisting attempts to control their sexuality? Female sexuality is often undermined and overlooked in many African cultures. These cultures disallow any semblance of promiscuity and disdain women who embrace their sexuality. In light of these overwhelming cultural affirmations, there…

and not realizing it because we are easily blinded by people and things. Almost anything can blind us: love, looks, and even wealth. Being ignorant and innocent while obviously doing something wrong is one of the many things in the story “Nairobi.” In “Nairobi,” the author Joyce Carol Oates, tells the story of Oliver and Ginny who fake being a couple and go to dinner with some of Oliver’s friends. The theme of cheating in this story is illustrated by the way that almost all the characters are…

MARKETING ON REVENUES OF ELECTRONIC AND FASHION STALLS IN NAIROBI COUNTY, KENYA 1.1. Introduction Micro small and medium enterprising are the new growth frontier for developing countries in more specifically in Kenya. The Kenyan economy generated a total of 713.6 thousand in the informal sector, during the period 2014/2015(Republic of Kenya, 2015).Fashion and electronics stalls are mushrooming daily in majority of the commercial buildings in Nairobi CBD. Namada-Mulla (2004), describes exhibition…

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN NAIROBI Introduction According to Payne, (2009) Violence refers to pain or anger which makes someone to cause destruction. In his view, domestic violence occur at all family levels including: couples, parent child relationships and even in the dating relationships whereby the person/people involved in the violence use either physical, sexual or psychological means to attack the other party. Physical violence involve hitting pushing or biting the other person while…

Integration is the elimination of barriers and enclosures that may limit free mobility and set up of positive non-hierarchical relationships (Marcuse, 2005). It means that spatially distributed resources and assets such as neighbourhoods, public facilities (schools, recreation areas and health facilities etc.) are shared by the members of different groups (Hartman & Squires, 2010). Many studies (Balbo & Navez-Bouchanine, 1995; Deffner & Hoerning, 2011; Kempen, 2007; Madrazo & Van Kempen, 2012)…

The day I heard about CBA Loop was not the day that I became their customer. What kept me away was the copy “time to unbank yourself”, it was a misleading catchphrase. Unbanked are the ones who are not served by a bank or similar financial institution. I surely did not want to be unbanked, so I stayed banked until one day a friend of mine walked me through her experience. It became clear that CBA Loop is a form of a digital bank which targets millennials and people who dislike the exhausting…