Senegal

During 17th,18th, and 19th century, the West Africans were unwillingly forced to leave their tribal homes in the process of being bought as slaves in the Americas. The Cause of the West Africans involuntary migration was held on the industrial revolution. At the same period, Europe was going under major transformations in their manufacturing standards, with the inventions of new industrial factories that would manufacture goods such as cotton at a fast rate for a lower cost. For Europe, it was…

A type of brightly colored sea slug has a taste for microscopic marine creatures called zooplankton, and it feeds on them using a method that's never been seen before: It captures quantities in a gulp by using a middleman. The sea slug's unsuspecting helpers are hydroid polyps — tiny, coral-like animals that live in colonies and gorge on zooplankton. And the sea slug, known as a nudibranch, treats the polyps as living fishing nets, avidly scooping them up and swallowing them down as soon as the…

The person that I interviewed is from the Wolof people group and is from the Gambia/Senegal region of West Africa. She had lived there in the urban setting for a good majority of her life, but has also had good amount of western influence. She identifies herself as a Muslim but is not as serious about her religion as the majority of the people in her culture and she does not believe in a lot of the unorthodox Islamic practices. This factor gave an interesting perspective during the religion…

A kind of splendidly hued ocean slug has a preference for infinitesimal marine animals called zooplankton, and it feeds on them utilizing a technique that has never been seen: It catches them in a swallow by utilizing an agent. The ocean slug's clueless partners are hydroid polyps — tiny, coral-like creatures that live in colonies and feed on zooplankton. The ocean slug, known as a nudibranch (pronounced nooda-brank), regards the polyps as living fishing nets, energetically scooping them up and…

There is a meningitis belt in Africa because the areas there usually have the highest incidence rates of meningococcal meningitis. It stretches from Senegal to Ethiopia and affects 26 countries. Does severe meningitis lead to death? Yes, most types of meningitis may lead to death. BActerial meningitis has 8-15% fatality rate (even w/ treatment) and it usually happens within 24-48hrs after the onset…

Mariama Ba is a Senegalese author and feminist. She was born in Dakar, and was raised a Muslim. She perceived the inequalities between the sexes resulting from African traditions and addressed those issues in her works. Raised by her traditional grandparents, she had to struggle even to gain education, because they did not believe that girls should be educated. Ba died a year before the publication of her second novel, Scarlet Song. Scarlet Song has gained international attention because; this…

This article is about Hurricane Katrina and how the world can learn lessons from it. A quote from Edward Barbier states that “For the parts of the world that have extremely vulnerable populations, I think there are lessons that can be learned from the planning strategy that took place in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina”. He is basically saying that people can learn a very valuable lesson from Hurricane Katrina and can learn from better planning and strategizing. After causing about $110…

Mali, a large country in Africa, stretches from the north at the Sahara desert all the way south to the Niger and Senegal River Basins (Africa Atlas). There are five lakes: Lake Débo, Lake Faguibine, Lake Sélingué, Lake Gossi, and Lake Manantali. Lake Faguibine is one of the largest in West Africa (Africa Atlas). Mali is 1,240,192 square kilometers and also has diverse climates (Drakenberg). Towards the north, there is little rain and a lot of desert (Drakenberg). Nearing the south, the rain…

To whom it may concern: This letter is to inform you about the genetic status of Aminata and Nelson and to help you advise them on their decision of whether or not to have a child. The probability that Nelson and Aminata’s child will have sickle cell anemia is a 1 in 20 chance. By calculating the probability that Nelson is a heterozygous carrier of the HbS gene (.67), then the probability that Aminata is also a heterozygous carrier of the HbS gene (0.30), and finally the probability that two…

Phillis Wheatley was born in Gambia (now called Senegal) West Africa in 1753. When she was seven years old, she was sold into slavery and sent on a slave ship to North America. A family from Boston Massachusetts, the Wheatley family, bought her to be their servant. A wealthy evangelical merchant John Wheatley purchased her as a servant to his wife, Susanna. She was named after the slave ship, Phillis that brought her to America. The Wheatley family gave her their last name and taught her…