Zambezi

pollutants can be health hazards, to people who live and use water down the streams. For example all waste water from part of Bulawayo will end up in Gwai and Shangani River, which will also ultimately drain into Kariba. A lot of villages along the Zambezi valley are then at risk from the pollutants. The toxins in polluted water greatly affect health for instance Hexachlorobenzene commonly used as a pesticide can cause cancer and disrupt the endocrine system and interfere with enzyme activity.…

INTRODUCTION. Pre colonial Africa was has varied has the continent itself. Different circumstances produced different societies with different tradition, customs, and politics these societies rose, fell and adapted as the centuries passed. Despite this variety, it is possible to divide political organisation amongst these communities into two broad categories states and stateless societies. Low population densities and the production of relatively small economic…

Zambia, formerly known as Northern Rhodesia, is a landlocked country located in South Africa, and was colonized by the British South African Company in the 1890s. According to James Pletcher in World Book Advanced, Zambia’s name is taken from the Zambezi River, which forms most of the country's southern border. It is located in south-central Africa and is one of the world's largest producers of copper, which is one of its major exports. In 1964, Zambia became an independent nation (Pletcher).…

environment, climate change, farming and food contamination and storage is the purpose of this investigation which targets improving the quality of the refugees lives. Zambian communities are often affected by unpredictable weather patterns, the Zambezi river used to flood the planes, but now the water…

Physical description The chacma baboon is perhaps the longest species of monkey, with a male body length of 50–115 cm (20–45 in) and tail length of 45–84 cm (18–33 in).[5][6] It also one of the heaviest; the male weighs from 21 to 45 kg (46 to 99 lb) with an average of 31.8 kg (70 lb). Baboons are sexually dimorphic, and females are considerably smaller than males. The female chacma weighs from 12 to 25 kg (26 to 55 lb), with an average of 15.4 kg (34 lb).[7][8][9][10] It is similar in size to…

1. Stereotypes about Africa develop mostly from not being informed of the history and culture Africa brings to the world (3). In America, students are not really taught the positive characteristics of Africa. Instead in our history courses, the focus is on the negatives like genocide, AIDS and mainly how poor the country is (3). When in reality Africa is much more than just diseases and poverty. Most of Americans have pity towards Africa because of how Africa is portrayed in the media (3). The…

In the twentieth century many reached the understanding that disputes are normal in human society, and not necessarily destructive, and that if they do not get out of hand they may have within them a potential for growth, maturity, and social changes, an opportunity for new ways of thinking and new experiences. Because conflicts are an integral part of human interaction, one should learn to manage them: to deal with them in a way that prevents escalation and destruction, and arrives at new,…