Tanzania

Witches Get Stitches (Three Messages From No Witchcraft For Sale) In Africa the native people have what's called Witchdoctors. These doctors are the best that the natives have, the Witch Doctors use plants and herbs to create unique medicines for the illnesses that occur. Tijana Radeska from Vintage News states, “93 percent of Tanzanians said they believe in witchcraft.” This quote helps prove how essential Witch Doctors are to the native peoples of Africa. Witch Doctors use their supernatural…

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,…

The Royal Flush Most people want to make a difference in life and to the world, and we all have different ways of doing it. For instance, some people economize on food or choose to donate clothes to the people and countries with low financial circumstances, while others travel to countries in voluntary work to help and make this difference to the poor people. One of those people is Lindsey. Her adventure and the voluntary work in Bangladesh are described in “The Royal Flush” by Lori Pollock…

Jane Burbank and Fredrick Cooper wrote “The Empire Effect” so that historians reading would be able to identify the core faults in the imperial system. That these core faults led to detrimental events in modern history. Monotheism was a fault in the imperial system, resulting in detrimental events due to the sole identity of the concept of power. The lack of equality in the imperial system was a failure, resulting in civil conflict. Burbank and Cooper wrote the “The Empire Effect” to…

Jane’s love for chimpanzees has started since she was seven/eight years old. She was encouraged by Louis Leakey to begin researching the chimpanzees. Her dream was to go to Africa and to chimpanzee’s behavior as closely possible. She didn’t have any degree or training, in other words, didn’t have any experience with jungle, chimpanzees and any other animals. She wasn’t at university and could not tell if chimpanzees have minds as human beings; some scientists argue. Jane wasn’t appreciated…

For people living at the local level, large african animals are often considered a threat or a hindrance with their way of life. For example, I had experienced this when I lived in Tanzania. On Lake Babati in Tanzania, fishermen had trouble fishing because the fish began to swim near hippos to avoid being caught. The fishermen were fed up, because they had so much difficulty catching the fish, that they petitioned the government to kill the hippos…

1.INTRODUCTION Climate change has become one of the leading factors that has damaged rural communities in the developing world. Rural areas in the developing world are mostly affected by climate change due to lack of education and funds to implement measures that can curb climate change. Climate change has damaged rural communities by affecting the livelihood of the rural people, health, agriculture, the economy just to mention a few. Natural disasters, sea level rises and global warming are…

“It Takes Guts” is a documentary that talks about the obesity epidemic, and how microbes play a crucial role in affecting the overall size of an individual. “Microbes are defined as single-cell organisms so tiny that millions can fit into the eye of a needle. They are the oldest form of life on earth”. Microbes are mostly found in the guts. In fact, according to the documentary, geneticist Tim Spector states that we are creatures that evolved from microbes and we can not possibly live without…

All of Africa’s people are diverse. The Maasai, Tuareg, and Bambuti are all tribes in Africa. The Maasai people are the original settlers of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. The Tuareg are a pastoralist society in North and West Africa. The Bambuti live primarily in the congo Basin and Ituri Forest. It is believed that all humans have migrated from Africa. Africa is the only continent with fossil evidence of human beings. Most scientists believe humans first appeared in Africa, then spread…

During my time at Xavier, I have used my various leadership platforms to inspire other students, educate the campus community, and create positive change at Xavier. I have done this by participating in numerous volunteer services through my involvement with the X-Change service program, where I have served as a volunteer member, a site leader, and a board member in various service sites including, Lydia’s House which is a non-profit community resource for victims of domestic violence, The Boys…