Niger

prepared both physically and mentally for marriage. However in Niger, the legal marriage age is fifteen years old. Children, specifically girls, are forced to undergo these uncivilized marriages. Child marriages classify as a civil rights violation, but they are still practiced everyday. The practice of child marriage in Niger is fueled by two factors: poverty and cultural tradition.…

In relation to Cultural Anthropology, this correlates with the daily lives of Nigeriens and how they are very culturally advanced. Niger, (officially named The Republic of Niger) is a very diverse country located in western Africa. It is two- thirds covered by the Sahara Desert (Murray). The people of Niger, (Nigeriens) are a very independent, hard working group of people, they are very culturally organized and very traditional. The main language spoken there is French and Hausa, but also…

Since the majority of the population in Niger is rural and heavily dependant on agriculture, climate volatility is a threat to their economic stability and food security. If food supply is low, the price of food will increase. An increase of prices results in less access to food for the poor rural society. In the smaller urban population of Niger, climate change worsens the existing lack of infrastructure. Urban populations in Niger lacks access to clean water and proper plumbing and other…

Zac Uberoi Environmental Docs The goal of Sandy Cioffi’s film, Sweet Crude, is to tell the untold story of oil in the Niger Delta. Coiffi intended to persuade her audience to think deeper and differently about the issue, instigating a fight for global awareness and non-violent political solutions. Joe Berlinger’s film, Crude The Real Price of Oil, attempts to send a very similar message. Examining the case between Chevron and Ecuador, Crude tells a story about Ecuadorian disenfranchisement and…

is a tail, one bird on each wang facing each other, two figures that seem to have two arms and two legs, or four legs, and a wavy line on the spine. The three objects displayed in their own cases are the Inland Niger Delta Figure, the Senufo Face Mask and the Dogon Couple. The Inland Niger Delta Figure may be in its own case because it is 700 years old, and it had to be protected. The…

Altruistic and Strategic Approach (Contrast and congruence) The altruistic approach is built on the assert of Bowen (1953), Davis (1970), Freeman (1984), and Woods (1991) who hold the view that an altruistic approach should be adopted when incorporating CSR into a firm’s business strategy. On the other hand, the strategic approach is built on the assertion of Jones (1995), Hart (1995), Baron (2001), McWilliams and Siege (2001) and Bangoli and Watts (2003) who rather hold that a strategic…

to several cases of violent conflicts in different parts of Nigeria. The situation in the Niger Delta area is not different. The Niger Delta is basically the area in which petroleum production takes place in Nigeria. The Federal Government of Nigerian government through various multinational oil corporations has earned billions of dollars from the oil extracted from the Niger Delta. The people of the Niger Delta however complain that they have not…

" if he could travel down the Niger, then so can I." (Lines 38-39) Salak believes that there is no point of taking journeys unless you learn something about yourself. " if he journey doesn't have something to teach you about yourself, then what kind of journey is it? There is one thing…

Fertility has become a universal issue within the last few decades. Fertility today is at both an all time high and low within several regions around the world. Countries such as Niger, Mali, Somalia, Uganda etc, now all have on average have six kids per family. Compared to nations such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Egypt; where the average birth rate is as low as one child per family. Global impacts, varying from increased poverty level, overcrowded homes and cities are now…

Nurses have a much higher chance of treating their patients in the best way possible compared to nurses in Niger, where those things are often not provided or unaffordable (Opiah, Ofi, Essien, & Monjok, 2012). Furthermore not only equipment for treatment is lacking, but also the essential equipment for communication is missing most of the times. In rural areas of Niger less than one third of the health care centers are able to communicate via radio telephone, the rest relies on occasional…