Southern Africa

and the Cold War Constitute two major eras in African history. Unfortunately, neither the Cold War or European colonialism lasted for more than one hundred years in any part of Africa. "At the end of formal European colonization of Africa, there has been a lot of controversy relating to its actual impact on modern Africa." There was a very seen pattern that was occurring, and it showed the debate on the impact of the colonialism that followed closely to the predispositions, racial and…

1. Kabini River Lodge- Enchanted with the beauties of wild and the former hunting grounds for the Maharaja of Mysore, lays the elegant Kabini river lodge. The 54 acres of property is nestled on the bank of river Kabini, offering the charms of elephants, deer, wild bores and even panthers. It’s just because of its marvelous service and extraordinary location, that it is rated as one of the top 5 wildlife resorts. With the absence of T.V. and A/C this place truly defines the meaning Nature. The…

Joseph Concrad’s Hard of Darkness Heart of Darkness follows one man's nightmarish journey into the interior of Africa Aboard a British ship called the Nellie, three men listen to a dude named Marlow recount his journey into Africa as an agent for the Company, a Belgian ivory trading firm. Along the way, he witnesses brutality and hate between colonizers and the native African people, becomes entangled in a power struggle within the Company, and finally learns the truth about the mysterious Kurtz…

Even the people of one state do not know fully about the other states; let aside the Northern and the Southern. It has had a glorious past for being called ‘the golden sparrow’ that has attracted attention of, not only invaders, but also philosophers, thinkers, writers and scientists as well. Its aura and cultural strength defeated even Britain to hold it…

History scholars Helen Nader, author of “Desperate men, Questionable Acts: The Moral Dilemma of Italian Merchants in the Spanish Slave Trade,” and Amanda Kay McVety, author of “The 1903 Skinner Mission: Images of Ethiopia in the Progressive Ear,” use two different themes in order to describe the superiority feelings of groups of people toward other inferior parties. However, these two scholars conduct this analysis during time periods that over four centuries apart. Nader employs the moral…

In like manner, within Pêro Vaz de Caminha’s Carta the writing makes a clear statement of the writer’s apparent feelings of cultural shock. Moreover, the written description of the Portuguese’s discovery of Brazil, expresses the disorientation of the Portuguese when they encountered peoples and culture extremely different from that of their own. Fundamentally, this letter is a description, to the king of Portugal, on the ways in which native culture and lifestyle works. Actually, in the letter…

Out of my choices for animals, i pick the lion for my strengths and the retriever for my weaknesses. I picked the lion since i am very independent and tend to be the leader on different group activities, plus i've productive and strong willed. I choose the retrieval since i do procrastinate and i'm indecisive and unmotivated about certain topics. Out of these two animals i think i'm more like the lion on the topics of environment and pace. The first person i asked for their opinion for was my…

in the trade routes within the Sahara regions. The trading system gives great power to an area. The abuse of power in and around Mali, by specific groups will have substantial impact on the society’s inclusive culture. Timbuktu was located on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. It had flourished of Islamic scholarship and values for centuries. Due to the centralizing location of Timbuktu it was the center…

As explained in his infamous essay, “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race,” Jared Diamond argues that the adoption of agriculture led to many negative consequences that have hindered the general livelihood of humans. His argument is based on the comparison of the lifestyles of agriculture-based societies and hunter-gatherers, claiming that the latter lacked many of the challenging aspects that emerged with the beginnings of domestication and civilization. Diamond’s main points of…

Peter Singer wrote his work Famine, Affluence and Morality, which covered his thoughts on how we should treat those starving in poverty stricken countries. It argues that affluent individuals and countries are morally obligated to donate far-more resources to humanitarian causes than is considered normal in Western cultures. The essay was inspired by the starvation of Bangladesh’s Liberation War refugees and he uses their situation as an example to make the point that affluent countries are…