Southern Africa

Hello, students, teachers, and community members. I am the CEO of WHO, Wanting's Health Organization, and I am here to talk about a life-threatening disease called Malaria. *pretends to click to go to the next screen.* Before I proceed, I want you guys to answer a question. Who hates, traveling to tropical places or just places that are extremely hot in the summer? *Looks around to see how much people raised their hands. Depending on a number of people, I say either, "Wow, looks like not a…

The empire on Ghana existed from c. 750-1076. The Ghana empire was located in what is now Southeastern Mauritania, Western Mali, and Eastern Senegal which is on the Northwest coast of Africa. The Ghana empire was one of the first empires on the Northwest coast of Africa to rise in that area. Ghana began in the eighth century when there was a little change in the economy. There was an spectacular shift in the economy of the Sahel area. The south area of the Sahara allowed more condense states to…

house. After a few years, the Europeans felt the need to have more people working for them. Because they had a very small population, they decided to travel to Africa and take people by force to work for them. France, England, Spain, and Portugal were some of the colonies involved in the slave trade.…

At the end of the nineteenth century, the British Empire had control over many African countries such as Egypt, Nigeria, and parts of South Africa. During this period of time, Darwinism, the theory of the evolution of species by natural selection advanced by Charles Darwin (dictionary.com), was misinterpreted and would soon evolve into Social Darwinism in which it instituted a racial hierarchy. Perry states, “Darwin’s theories were extended by others beyond the realm in which he had worked.…

geographic regions. For example, Livingstone (1958) noted that Gambia and Sierra Leone has the highest frequencies of the sickle gene cell (p. 546). The Mande people moved in large numbers and seemed to introduce the particular gene into parts of Africa (Livingstone, 1958, p. 547). This large-scale migration led to higher frequencies of the sickle cell traits, which lends evidence about the HbS allele frequency variation. The linguistic evidence supports the West African HbS allele frequency…

It is normal for one to state that Sub-Saharan countries experience food shortage and famine which is caused by El Nino, however this challenge of food shortage and famine can be traced back to natural triggers (drought) and political crises (civil war). Nevertheless one may argue that a catastrophic food shortage is due to lack of or difficulties in food distribution, affecting large numbers of people due to climate hazard, environmental, socio-economic reasons or extreme political condition…

Angola and Yellow Fever The continent of Africa is a diverse place. Many cultures, languages, and ethnicities are sporadically spread throughout its landscapes, but regardless of the diversity of Africa there are several commonalities that make the continent of Africa prone to certain problems. One of these problems has been made manifest in nation of Angola as it struggles with an outbreak of yellow fever. Many physical and cultural aspects of Africa’s geography make it prone to these types of…

Within the Regional and Comparative Studies major, I plan to study gendered violence in Sub-Saharan Africa – specifically how religious traditions create a culture in which violence against women thrives. In today’s deeply polarized world, it is more important than ever to understand the extremely divisive force that is religion, and how different religious beliefs serve to inform a society’s treatment of women. Several years ago, I read Jimmy Carter’s excellent book A Call to Action: Women,…

brought over slavery for the first time were the Portuguese. Prince Henry went to Africa to look for gold, find a new route and expand the Portuguese knowledge of Africa. In 1441 was the year when the Portuguese finally obtained gold from Africa. Then in 1442, not only did the Portuguese obtain more gold, but also obtain the first Africans. About 40 years after this event, the Portuguese were allowed to set up a port in Africa for themselves. This port was set up to trade gold and other natural…

The U.S. Responsibilities of Issues in Liberia . Liberia is located in Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and is between Côte d’Ivoire and Sierra Leone. It is a country of foreign companies owning most of its land and wealth. It was first settled in by Americo-Liberians in 1817. This was the first cause of conflict in Liberia. The country was, and still is, in political and tribal conflict. Charles Taylor, the man who declared a revolution against the Liberian government,…