New Guinea

It’s not easy to learn a new language that one never hear or speak before. Therefore, learning a new language can be tedious or detrimental for many people. However, for others, who are familiar with the language already, can say it’s effortless. From my perspective, learning a new language can be difficult. Perseverance and a thrill to learn, one can master this new skill. My encounter to learn a new language starts with when I went to the country (Guinea) in West Africa. People in this…

Australia, ruining but yet building civilisations and making history within countries. Events in the pacific war in late 1941 and early 1942 of Japans conquer and determination to take of the Pacific; led to the July 1942, Kokoda jungle war in Papa New Guinea. For the first two years of the Pacific war Japan fought against Brittan allied with the United States and also had the upper hand. During 1941 Japanese forces quickly and successfully occupied Malaya, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines,…

Japanese and Australian/American/Papua New Guinean forces. This battle went on for a treacherous four months and both sides had to withstand Papa New Guinea’s climate, tropical terrain, lack of food and lack personal hygiene. The Australian side contained over 56,000 troops, which were always contributing by either being on the ground or taking part in air and sea operations. Papua New Guinea, known back then as the Australian Territories of Papua and New Guinea, had 18,00 troops that fought,…

the thought that they are consuming their friends but rather they consume it with their best intentions, however horribly it may sound. As explained in one of the interviews conducted by Paul Raffaele a man who traveled deep into the forests of new guinea, when he asked the tribesman on why they ate humans they replied with “We don't eat humans, we only eat khakhua.” The Korowai people eat the human flesh with the intentions of revenge towards the khakhua, evil witch demons who ate their fellow…

correlates to the topics discuss in lectures so far. As he demonstrated, structural violence in this case must be understood in the context of a regional history and global economy that have cultivated inequalities. For instance, it is no coincidence that Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone are resource poor countries; their rich natural and human resources have long been extracted for foreign profit as opposed to being developed for the benefit of the general population. The lack of trust…

plans to end violence in recognition of achieving the third Millennium Development Goal. A large emphasis for the New Zealand National Committee is the focus on the Pacific Islands in particular the Solomon Islands and Samoa. A large portion of campaigning by the UN Women is against violence towards women, with projects such as their Walk for Women fundraiser. UN Women, Walk for Women is a new initiative where you set the date, the place and the pace in hope to fundraise for the Islands within…

of the world thrive and why some a so very poor. So in his journey across the earth Jared's firs stop is in New Guinea where he is asked by a local, Yali “Why you white men have so much cargo and we New Guineans have so little. Jared finds that New Guinea is one of the few countries that still has a hunting and gathering type civilization to survive, but people have been living in New Guinea for almost 12,000 years. Villages have been excavated that are over 11,500 years old that actually had…

battle continued over a four month period thought New Guinea and surrounding islands. The main purpose of the campaign from the Australian side was to protect New Guinea from the Japanese whose plan was to invade and claim their land as their own. This is known to be one of the bloodiest campaigns of the World War with the trail being extremely narrow and no where to hide and be protected. It has left a strong, unbreakable bond between New Guinea and Australia which will continue throughout both…

Trobriand Islands are part of the nation of Papa New Guinea, which is situated in Milne Bay Province. 12.000 indigenous inhabitants live on the main island Kiriwana known as Trobrianders. ‘’The Trobrianders of Papa New Guinea’’ written by Annette B. Weiner is an ethnography that reflects a view of the society from both male and female perspective. The Yanomamo is a group of 35.000 indigenous people, which are situated in Amazon rainforest. ‘’The Yanomamo’’ written by Napoleon Chagnon is an…

In July 1942, Australian soldiers fought in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. Over 600 were killed and a total of 1680 soldiers wounded whilst fighting against Japan along the Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea. The Kokoda is possibly the most important battle remembered within Australia. The Australian soldiers were significantly challenged by the conditions faced throughout the Kokoda campaign. Climate wise, the Kokoda was a dreadful canopy of thick vegetation, searing with heat and…