Scramble for Africa

Fun fact: In the middle ages they could not drink water because it was so polluted. It was hard for the poor they did not get to drink a lot. They drank ale, mead or cider. But the rich could drink many types of wines. They usually ate meat and bread. They had a huge range of meat to eat. They would eat pork, lamb, bear, hedgehog, and rabbit. And they also ate fish like herring, salmon, whiting, cod, trout, and pike. They also ate shellfish which included crab, oysters, and mussels. People…

Malaria is one of the most widespread, serious, and dangerous illnesses that affect a huge population, especially in the Sub Saharan Africa region. [1] Malaria causes more than 250 million infections and nearly 1 million deaths annually, with 90% of fatal cases occurring in infants and children, typically in sub-Saharan Africa. Considering the high percentage of infected people, interventions towards preventing malaria need to occur. Genetically modified mosquitoes are one way to prevent malaria…

world would look like if humans never existed. In most places, there is a very large shortage in mammal diversity relative to what it would naturally have been. The current world map of mammal diversity shows that Africa is the only place with a high diversity of large mammals. Africa has the most large mammals because it's one of the places that is less developed and human activities have…

previous Buffett Award winners from Africa that were not selected as our winner, stood out to me in very contrasting ways. Through learning about these two candidates,…

another country. This can be in the form of a loan, grant or gifts. The Aid serves as assistance to developing economies from developed ones to boost growth, improve democracy and/or strengthen military ally amongst other courses. Over the years, Africa and other developing countries have received millions of dollars to improve their economies. However, several researchers have argued that the AID has not been put to effective use as several leaders have become more and increasingly corrupt.…

Joe Nickell’s article “Voodoo in New Orleans” described a history of Voodoo and its origins. Nickell explained how Voodoo originates from Haitian folk beliefs and contains various rituals and religious beliefs of Africans. He wrote about how a part of Voodoo is worshiping “supernatural entities” (Nickells 15) also known as loa. He also explained that Voodoo was spread to New Orleans after the Haitian Slave Revolt when there was a significant increase of Haitian people immigrating to the states.…

From February 1864 until the end of the Civil War in April 1865, Andersonville Prison was a Confederate military prison where captured Union soldiers were being held. Andersonville Prison, the most famous military prison during the Civil War, left a mark on the South and should not be forgotten. Andersonville as a field with a log stockade bordering it and a stream intersected it, which served the prisoners both a sanitation system and water supply (Thomason). The stream soon became polluted…

There are two articles that will be discussed. Brazil Strives for Economic Equality, by Sarah de Sainte Croix from the Rio Times and Poverty in Brazil, A Democracy in the Making from Poverties.org. The two are credible and reliable sources and each accomplish their goals well. When they are compared the Rio Times is more logistically based and the Poverties organization is more ethically based.  Uplifting Brazil Poverty in Brazil is a real problem. Poverty is also correlated with economy.…

The Kola Nut: A Highly Respected Nut In the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe the kola nut is a large part of tradition and respect. The kola nut is highly valued due to the fact that most Nigerian tribes believe that the kola nut tree was the first tree on the earth (Barron 1).The kola nut is used to welcome guests into one’s home. The kola nut is mainly grown in Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and Brazil (Onyioha 2). When guests come over to one’s home, the host is to present anywhere…

This issue is important because historically, indigenous people have been mistreated and ignored by colonizers, and these issues are still happening today. 46% of Peru’s population is indigenous today i, and many of them are in danger thanks to oil and foresting business taking their land, or due to disease. In the past, diseases brought by the Spanish were the cause of death for many natives, and the survivors were then exploited for their wealth and as sources of labor. This still happens…