Southern Africa

(1). Successfully responding to the spread of these diseases in Africa and other countries takes a strong public health care response. (1) The United States has spent over 48 billion dollars to help fight HIV and AIDS in countries who lack healthcare. (1), while research shows that a significant proportion of global…

another nation. Imperialism means a nation with a superior army ruling weaker nations and usually claiming them as colonies. With increase nationalism throughout several nations, they soon found themselves to claim territories over Africa. The Scramble for Africa…

Some might say imperialism is a great thing to use when one country needs resources, but all it does is destroy culture, homes, and families in the country with the resources. A country will go to any extent to get what they want, whether that is burning down a tree or destroying people’s lives. The age of Imperialism was roughly 1870-1914, and countries used extreme force to get what they want without thinking about how their actions will affect the other country. Imperialism is shown in the…

connections of cultures from all over the world. However, barging into a foreign land and telling the inhabitants that their beliefs are uncivilized serves no justice and only causes hatred between the two cultures. For example, the colonization of Africa has brought about a multitude of remarkable changes as a civilization. Nonetheless, forcing Christianity on a culture that has a preexisting religion and tradition system is not the most beneficial approach. In the book Things Fall Apart by…

Have you ever wonder the evolution of certain animals? My wonders are how komodo dragons evolved to be the way they are. What are komodo dragons adaptations like and how come they have had to adapt that way? What are the organisms that are closest related to a komodo dragon? How did the komodo dragon get to what it is from its ancestors? What kind of adaptations do these huge animals have? Komodo dragons long nails are able to slice their prey's throat and instantly kill them. Their long…

a social construct, but unfortunately it is still used around the world. The video shows that everyone came from a scientific Adam and Eve and how it all started in Africa. Even though there are a lot of variations in a few DNA chromosomes around the world, African DNA and its unique variations of DNA show that it is indeed in Africa where all of our ancestral DNA can call…

Working poor is lack of foods. Working poor is lack of shelter. Working poor is working extremely hard. And working poor is living under the minimum standards of life. As I was growing up, I thought that I know it all about the poverty and the working poor but I was wrong, poverty is unimaginable and indescribable. Jo Goodwin Parker’s article, “What is Poverty?”, mentioned “Poverty is being tired”. I completely agree with her stance because poverty creates working poor class and it is never get…

Summary of the papers The first paper main objective was to assess effectiveness of a manualized parenting intervention in rural Uganda. This was done through a community based cluster randomized trial.Previuos researches had shown that most parenting interventions on maternal mental health did not reduce depression or did so under specific conditions which could not be sustained beyond 12 months. With researchers affirming that maternal wellbeing is crucial for child development (3&4) Informed…

Daara J, a Senegalese rap group that includes N’Dongo D and Faada Freddy, has been vital in transforming Senegal, a third world country, into one of the most important and largest sites of hip hop music in Africa. They also served as pioneers in adopting this culture among West Africans, especially in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. This “hardcore” Senegalese duo was formed in 1992, originally with a third member, Lord Alaji Man, up until 2007 when the group officially changed its name to Daara J…

Nearly 30% of the world’s gold comes from Africa, though a lot of it was mined and traded by ancient African kingdoms. Both the kingdom of Benin and the Swahili Coast rose to power due to inter-continental trading, they both declined and then eventually collapsed with decreased trading and conquering by Europeans. The kingdom of Benin started in the 900s CE when the Edo people settled in the West African rainforests. By 1400, the kingdom had gained a lot of wealth and power through trade with…