Southern Africa

soldiers. That's exactly what the Lost Boys of Sudan had to go through. According to the World Factbook, an online repository maintained by the CIA, Sudan in North Africa is the 10th largest country in the world torn and ravaged because of civil war between the north and the south. While North Sudan is predominantly Arab and Muslim, Southern Sudan is Christian and Black. The constant infighting between these two factions combined with the added threat of Muslim extremism has made Sudan one of…

largest diasporas of modern times and dates back several centuries. This term, although somewhat new is used to described the dispersal of people of African descent and their roles in both the creation and transformations of new cultures outside of Africa but also the problems faced across the globe as well. Diaspora can be labeled a way to retrace the different components and layers of migration, displacement, and the ramifications faced after colonialism and slavery. Here particularly we are…

The diamond industry employs 38,000 people, directly in Southern Africa, the main industrial location for diamonds). This employment provides shelter, food and clean water for people working in the mines. In South Africa, a rough 28,000 people are employed for cutting, mining, valuing, polishing, jewelry manufacturing, and retail. These few job opportunities open doors for workers to live under a roof, to get their kids educated, to obtain appropriate health care and much more. "We know that…

African slaves for cheap labor and caused slavery in the United States to be determined based on race rather than socioeconomic standing. However, it did not have a major effect in Northern British colonies but rather Southern colonies dependant on tobacco and sugar. Slaves imported from Africa were denied many rights that other races had and made them economically attractive for enslavement. These slaves did not have to get paid and the owners did not have to abide by any laws since black…

Additionally, liberal pluralists emphasize on non-governmental organizations as the primary factors in achieving human rights. Some theorists argue that it should be up to the NGOs to endorse human rights, not up to the individual states. Many Sub-Saharan African states including Guinea, Angola, and Zimbabwe have corrupt governments that do not provide effective services to its citizens. In these scenarios in which the states are unable to secure human rights, liberal pluralists argue…

Africa was a very diverse continent that had many different kingdoms including The Kingdom of Ghana, The Kingdom of Mali, lastly The Kingdom of Songhai. One of the main kingdoms was the Kingdom of Mali. Ghana was the ruling kingdom for hundreds of years but due to losing in wars it collapsed during the 1100s. Once it collapsed The Kingdom of Mali rose to power. During the middle of the 1200s Mali was established by Sundiata Keita. Sandiata won or defeated Ghana and captured its capital in 1240.…

said when foreign imperialism was introduced in China. Evidently, this example demonstrates the negative effects of imperialism on a country; yet, there are numerous other historical examples that yielded the same result, such as The Scramble for Africa, The South African diamond rush, and European imperialism in Asia. These imperialist nations feign idealism, convincing us of their selflessness, while being exploitive of other country’s resources for their own benefit. Indeed, the true motive…

the triangular trade and were sent to America through the Middle passage. Between 1500 and 1600, more than 300,000 enslaved Africans were taken from Africa and transported to the Americas. The triangular trade in which they traveled, encompassed groups of trade routes crisscrossing Europe, Africa, England, the West Indies, and both northern and southern colonies. African slaves faced many challenges along the way. During the Atlantic World, African Slave trade took hold and slaves soon…

increase coming from the next generation into vital sections of developmental organization. As much as high increase in youth population posits a challenge to countries it however cannot comprehensively explain the unemployment statistics gotten from Africa. The statistics are rather an…

are an African people, specifically from Sudan (Holtzman 2008: 2). The Nuer base their way of life around growing crops and raising livestock. Additionally, they belong to the Nilo-Saharan cultural/linguistic group and are a sizable ethnic group in southern Sudan. The Nuer became refugees during the second civil war in Sudan, a war caused by tensions between the north and the south (Holtzman 2008: 17). The war endangered their lives, so, they fled to refugee camps in bordering countries. From…