Southern Africa

Nigeria’s modern day troubles faced due to its British colonial roots. Kwarteng (2012) writes that like its name, Nigeria was entirely artificially constructed. In early 1892 Flora Shaw, “The Times” colonial editor did extensive traveling in Parts of Africa. During her time in what was formerly known as the Royal Niger Company Territories she coined the name “Nigeria” to refer to the British protectorate along the Niger River (Kwarteng, 2012). Around the same time, Lord Salsbury, the Prime…

For starters, the major issues facing African countries currently include terrorism, lethal diseases such as Ebola and Cancer, theft and road accidents. Africa has not yet been supplied with these products like other continents. Also, there is a great demand for robotics in Africa. More than 60% of Africa’s population own vehicles hence the vehicle robotics will sell at large. In conjunction to that, road accidents occur every month due to alcoholism while driving…

Effect of European Control The large continent of Africa is the home to many African tribes. Africa has many resources that other countries desire to have for themselves. During 1884, these European countries met at what was called the Berlin Conference, where they discussed how they were going to divide the continent up between themselves. They gave no say to the people living in Africa. By taking control over Africans, European imperialism left the nation unprepared for their own independence,…

According to Porticities Bristol "The Atlantic crossing", the Middle Passage, also known as the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, is the term used for the trafficking of slaves from Africa to the new world. From 10 to 15 million Africans were kidnapped from the Western and the Southern part of Africa. According to Darlene, William and Stanley, Traders from the Americas, Caribbean, and Europe took part in this trade. Mortality rates were estimated at 15% during the Middle Passage at the sea and a…

serves the southern part of Africa. Furthermore, these efforts compiled a collection of information about behaviors causing HIV in Angola. Amongst Latin American countries, Brazil has worked to reach agreements on issues such as port sanitation, migrants’ and travelers’ health, and communicable diseases. Advances in medicine, delivery of health care, and public health are built on collaborations that benefit all, regardless of…

somebody else’s land and claiming it as your own is wrong. Africa’s countries were constantly competed over by 7 different European countries. Not all of Africa was conquered, only the independent African states weren’t taken over by the Europeans. During the partition of Africa in 1884-1914, there were seven European colonies that settled in Africa. The seven colonies were the British, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Belgians, and the Spanish. However, the British and the French were the…

Can you imagine living in the world’s largest and hottest desert? The Sahara Desert is the world’s largest and hottest desert. The Sahel lies on the southern border of the Sahara. This region receives more rain than the Sahara, but it often suffers from long periods of drought. Most of Sahel’s land is not appropriate for growing crops, which gave a hard time to the farmers living there. The Sahel are turning into a desert and it greatly affects the people who live there. People adapt living in…

Proliferation of Poaching Lions have been disappearing, populations have been going down, and not many people are doing anything about it. They are one of the most magnificent animals known to man, and they have fallen to an unspeakable crime that has almost wiped out an entire species of animals. Lions are the second biggest cat in the world. Their scientific name is Pathera Leo. The average lion can weigh up to 265 to 420 pounds and can be as long as 6 1/2 feet long. An easy way to identify…

because there were not enough willing laborers in America to keep up with agriculture production. Europeans first used the Guanche, from North Africa, in the Canary Islands as slaves. They felt it was justified because the Pope said they were “infidels and savages”. (Keene 21) After diseases wiped out many of the Guanche people, Europe decided to look to Africa for more laborers. These practices developed in the Canaries would follow the Europeans to the Americas. Christopher Columbus…

The Congo –HIV/Aids By Maddison Amoroso: The Congo is a dangerous place in Central Africa. They suffer from poverty, diseases aids and HIV, a high rate of underage marriages and childbirth, in 2013, around 700 newborn babies were infected every day with Aids or HIV, but only 24% of the children who needed antiretroviral treatment (ART) received treatment causing 190,000 children to die. The Congo has the most serious HIV and Aids case in the world. Over 24.7 million people living in the Congo…