Namibia

Immigration is a process where a person enters to a new country for the purpose of permanent residence and for the purpose of higher education, standard of living, better facilities, and better pay. However, some people migrate due to escalating poverty, unemployment, political, economic fluctuation, escape from prejudice along with worse environment changes and family reunification or just a wish to live in new surroundings on a voluntary basis. Starvation is also a key factor among people who…

The notion of Poverty has been a controversy and concern in South Africa over many years. Poverty and economic status have the ability to cause detrimental outcomes on a child’s development, and especially on their schooling experience. Over time, developmental theorists have examined various perspectives and approaches regarding child development, in response to the Childs reaction to various environmental stimuli. This essay will justify why Poverty and Social Economic status have a…

Question: Should the practice of trophy hunting in Africa be preserved in order to improve conservation efforts, or be outlawed to prevent the killing of more animals? Thesis: Trophy Hunting is the foundation of many conservation efforts in Africa, it must continue, however stricter regulations must be put in place in order to protect Africa’s native species as a whole. Annotated Bibliography Al-Khatib, Talal. "Trophy Hunting: Is There ANY Benefit for Conservation? : DNews." DNews. Discovery…

Australian director George Miller’s 2015 blockbuster, ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’, is an action filled, post-apocalyptic film. The Mad Max universe is a set in a stark, desert landscape filmed in Namibia, with an oil and water crisis, which forces humanity to revert back to a state of war and isolation. One of the main characters, Max is captured by the “war boys” who live in the Citadel run by tyrannical Immortan Joe, and eventually finds Furiosa and her rig. In the ‘Furiosa’ scene, he attempts to…

January 1893 in Rosenheim, Bavaria. He was born to a well off family with his Dad, Heinrich Ernst Göring, being appointed by Otto von Bismarck the first Reichskomissar (Governor General) of the German protectorate in South-West Africa which is today Namibia. Heinrich’s first marriage was unsuccessful and ended with 5 children to his name. His second marriage saw another 5, of which,…

Humor is The Greatest Weapon against Racism Humor is considered the most efficient way to break down barriers regarding race. It has become the most common way for people to show their racial disparities, and in some cases people have referred to it as “laughing out the racism”.In the past stereotypes were set for different races which were not exactly accurate, as they were rather ignorant. Years have gone by and minorities have become more comfortable in their own skin in (despite…

Firstly, Europeans uprooted spiritual and traditional values of the African people. The spread of Christianity had many negative influences. Missionaries had shown themselves intolerant and ignorant of traditional religious beliefs and social practices of African people.10 They were often horrified by the common practice of Polygamy. In the 1860s, white teachers in Africa warned villagers about their “lax” sexual ways and sinful tendencies. In addition, European imperial powers prompted…

In conservation biology, genetic diversity is fundamental in understanding populations and their evolution. Conservationists analyze the individuals of a population and try to understand how such individuals may be affected by circumstances like loss of habitat, environmental changes, and exploitation, which are more often than not caused by human activities. In order to ensure the survival of many populations, researchers look at the genes and the characteristics inherited from one generation…

Forty years ago, ecologist Garrett Hardin popularised an economic theory on the depletion of common resource with the release of his thesis titled The Tragedy of Commons (Hardin, 1968). The worlds then population was less than half what it is today, yet he recognised that "a finite world can support only a finite population” (Hardin, 1968, p.78). Despite the irrefutable logic of this analysis, Hardin’s work is widely condemned, both for its failure to place adequate weight on the detrimental…

The majority of what we as humans experience on a daily basis comes from our sense organs. How we experience these things going on around us is based on our perceptions. Perception is the process of recognizing and interpreting sensory stimuli, from our sense organs: eyes, ears, skin, nose, and tongue. Our vision comes from our sense organ, our eyes and travels to the part of the brain that processes vision, the occipital lobe. From there what we see is a perception of what we are getting from…