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Morally Justifying Mutilation of Female Genitals

sexuality of the individual. However, FGM is far more drastic and damaging than male circumcision. A more appropriate analogy woul...

Contemporary Bushmen

Bushmen. Deeming them "untamable" and a threat to livestock, settlers treated the Bushmen as vermin, killing them in great numbers...

'Ordinary Man' Nelson Mendela

of 16, he was sent outside of the village for an education. By 1944, with law degree in hand, he had dropped many of his connecti...

Analyzing Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

period of decline, Okonkwo had held a position of reverence in Umuofia for his impressive skills as a warrior. His friend Obierik...

West Africa History

In eleven pages Islam and slavery are among the issues discussed in this West Africa historical consideration that focuses upon th...

Mariama Ba's 'So Long a Letter'

essentially presented in the form of a diary. In the beginning of the book we see the death of Ramatoulayes husband. We then see t...

World War I and the East African Conflict Between the British and the Germans

own countries as they had always been. If you are a member of a royal family at this time in Europe, the least you want to do is ...

Angola Economy Characteristics

In fourteen pages Angola is examined in terms of its own economy, its world economic position, macroeconomic aspects, its past, pr...

Life and Works of Shaka Zulu

would mold him into the fierce and merciless warrior he would become. A young man in his twenties, he was drafted into the arm...

A South Africa Global AIDS Perspective

Africans are currently HIV positive (AP Worldstream, 2002; MacGregor, 2002). Some 5000 are said to die each week from AIDS-relate...

Afro Cuban Religions and Deities

the Orishas and stands for "clarity, justice and wisdom" (Nando Times, 2002, PG). He is considered the owner of the world. Olodd...

Africa Colonization Benefits and Costs

foreign feet upon Africas ground was never the same once colonization occurred. For nearly as long as man has existed, racism has...

Debt Impact of Globalization

them forward" (Africa News Service, 1999). This acts as a timely reminder that were there is opportunity there is also risk....

Malaria's Medical Geography

vivax, P. malariae, P. ovale and P. falciparum, with the first and last strains representing the most common; the last is also the...

Back to the Motherland

own lands(**). Reinsertion is accompanied, in most cases, with some form of aid which makes certain that the returning soldiers h...

Global Violent Crime in the 21st Century

of the marriage, it is not uncommon to find a significant percentage of the married female population enduring regular and constan...

Decolonization of the British Empire

well off as the invading country. This can be said of both India and Africa as recently as the 1940s and 1950s. The school of thou...

21st Century World Order and Africa

our future. Many of the most important alliances which exist today date back to the end of World War II. While they have undergo...

Post 1984 Transitions in South Africa

of having been there. This autobiography is at once fascinating and unbelievable, torturous and sometimes funny; but underneath i...

The Tradition of African Healing

This 8 page paper examines the role of several different African healers: the diviner, the herbalist, and the traditional healer. ...

Trans Civilization and Trans Ecological Routes Article by David Christian

In two pages this Journal of World History article is discussed in terms of its emphasis that the silk road trade routes of Africa...

South Africa Crime Increases Since Apartheid Ending

In six pages South Africa is examined in a consideration of the ending of the practice of Apartheid and the increases in crime tha...

West African and East African Slave Trade

than one hundred slaves at a time and usually carried other type trading goods on their ships as well, such as ivory, spices, and ...

The End of Apartheid in South Africa

In five pages the reasons behind what and how the end of apartheid finally arrived in South Africa are examined and includes a dis...

African Slave Trade and its Impact

that that seen in the Americas and the different reactions and interactions that were seen....

Ethnic and Race Relations

In five pages this paper considers ethnic and race relations as they exist in such regions as Brazil, South Africa, Canada, and No...

'King Leopold's Ghost' by Adam Hochschild

In this paper consisting of five pages the King's search for a Belgian colony is discussed along with the fear that overtaking Asi...

'The Vengeful Creditor' by Chinua Achebe and 'Town and Country Lovers' by Nadine Gordimer

into effect that proclaimed the white race as one that was better than all others, much more deserving of lifes benefits and privi...

Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart and No Longer at Ease

In six pages this paper examines the impact Westernization had on Africa as portrayed in these novels by Nigerian author Chinua Ac...

1948 to 1979 Law of Apartheid in South Africa

In seven pages this paper discusses the South Africa laws of apartheid that were enacted during that time period and include many ...