Great Zimbabwe Zimbabwe is located near Lake Mutirikwi and close to the Chimanimani Mountains in Africa. I’ve learned of many different expression of their culture. Economic Great Zimbabwe While I was visiting there i found out that the country is considered the central of gold and trading. Political Great Zimbabwe The trade of gold is not the only thing that made Great Zimbabwe prospure. The trade of cattle and pottery helped build Great Zimbabwe. Ethiopia Many traditions of Great Zimbabwe are similar to Ethiopia. In Ethiopia comes from different places such as Italy, Northwest Africa, and India. The name Ethiopia is Greek its meaning means burned-faces Social Ethiopia The country of Ethiopia is very diverse and special in their social ways and culture. The country of Zimbabwe is divided into four groups. High-ranked Lineages, low-ranked Lineages, Castes groups, and slaves. Many aspects of the traditions implicated in Ethiopia comes from different places such as Italy, Northwest Africa, and India. It is very intriguing! Political Ethiopia Like the social aspects of the great country I visited, the political section of Ethiopia was developed as a hierarchy. As Axum’s power depleted, the African Agew people filled the discontinuation of power. Over…
Many Africans die yearly to HIV/AIDS without outside help, and providing relief would greatly decrease the amount of deaths in Africa. The United States involvement has already helped lower the number of people with HIV/AIDS in a small span of time. "The government of Botswana distributes life-saving anti-retroviral treatment (ART) at zero cost to people living with HIV – and AIDS deaths have plummeted 75 % in less than a decade" (Glassman). The decrease in deaths due to Botswana's ableness to…
South African comedy classic . The protagonist, a traveling bushman, encounters a modern civilian for the first time. The movie became an international hit. The bushman character was based off of the !Kung peoples of South Africa, a hunter-gatherer society (IMDb, 2016). With this however, the movie displayed many stereotypes, which is defined by Richard D. Bucher as, “…an unverified and oversimplified generalization about an entire group of people (Bucher, 2000). So in the interest of dispelling…
The scenario above simply explains a politics-administration dichotomous relationship that it is there in the modern public service management and it is no way to go. What matters most is the relationship between the levels of operation as their common denominator is to serve the public’s interests through policies and programs. A balancing or neutral point should be found and maintained by both in discharging public duties. During the development of the Wilsonian Theory of Dichotomy, it is as…
In the reading, Phil Tiemeyer, gives a unique spin off of the telltale story of the infamous Gaëton Dugas. A man who could arguably be called the Hitler of the AIDS epidemic. In fact, not only does Tiemeyer say that the things people have learned about Mr. Dugas was a fabricated myth, but he also defends Dugas, by saying he could not have even been patient zero. An audacious claim to make about the villain of the late 20th century, however, surprisingly Tiemeyer does not speak without compelling…
Botswana, Africa “Botswana is a country located in southern Africa. Geographically the country is flat and up to 70% of Botswana is covered by the Kalahari Desert.” A small, landlocked country of just over two million people, Botswana is divided into 16 districts – 10 rural districts and 6 urban districts.” (n.d.).http://www.mapsofworld.com/botswana/facts/). It’s beautiful, and has a colorful culture. Botswana is perceptibly populated. However faces a few diseases. Here I will explain their…
Gretchen Reynoso Mrs. Hess 2A Senior Bible October 6, 2014 Botswana This year, the seniors will be going to visit the Bushmen tribe in the Kalahari Desert, which is located in Botswana, Africa. In order to prepare ourselves, we’re all learning more about the people’s everyday lives, cultures, religion, government, etc. Its important to learn as much about a country as possible before spending two weeks there because not only do you need to know the basics in order to stay out of trouble, you…
American Psychological Association, “Campaigns will spend upward of $3 billion on broadcast television ads for the 2012 presidential, congressional and gubernatorial elections, a record-breaking amount, according to Moody’s Investment Services.” This is an incredible amount to spend and that is just going to increase each election cycle. In order to get elected, it is not about the politician him or herself, but rather the size of the bank account. Commenter Chris Palko will suggest that one of…
Politics refers to governmental practice and the running of a country or an area, however, it 's also about power and how it is achieved, how it is maintained and used by individuals and countries in their interactions with each other. A politics degrees covers an array of areas, from political theory, political structures, international relations and contemporary political issues. Politics was an Ancient Greek idea, and is derived from ‘politikos’ meaning ‘of, for, or relating to citizens’.…
Freedom has meant many things to many people over time, from the relatively few rights/freedoms or oppressive cultures to countries like the U.S. with lots of rights and freedoms. Today I will talk about freedom is politically, socially, and spiritually, along with how it is won and lost, and how people react when different types of freedom are threatened or taken away. Freedom is one of the most important gifts given to us by god. But most peoples do not have this until stable governments were…