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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...

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney

Major highlights of the authors views include such acknowledgments as early capitalist development, imperialism and colonialism, a...

Fear in Paton's, Cry the Beloved Country

is sick, Kumalo goes to the city to bring his sister home and to find his son, Absalom. When he arrives, he discovers that his son...

Overview of North Africa

In five pages North Africa is examined in a consideration of politics, socioeconomics, and global positioning. Three sources are ...

Unification and Africa

for resources is another of the more prominent reasons for conflict. Closely aligned with the issue of intertribal conflict is ...

South Africa, the United States, and Civil Rights

In 1954, for example, the landmark Supreme Court case of Brown v Topeka asserted that the separate but equal concept...

Language and Ideas in Derek Walcott's Poetry

poem. The rhyming pattern is alternately free form and occasional standard abab. It follows the pattern of iambic pentameter of ...

AIDS Quarantine of Africa

of those in need are not able to gain access. In addition to the supervised dispersal of medications, an ongoing educational prog...

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...

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...

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...

Colonialism and the Literature of Africa

In seven pages two literary works are compared and contrasted in order to paint a detailed postcolonial Africa. The works are Ste...

'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...

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 ...

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...

Developing Nations Problems and Solutions

the US and other countries with good financial positions generally ignore the advice (2003). Poor nations cannot do this as if th...

Angola Economy Characteristics

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

AIDS, Morality, and 'Cheap' Drugs for Africa

result in drugs no being developed. Conversely, where the drugs are required, and profits are being made in the developed ...

African Tourism and Historical Solutions

by incorporating tourism into the Mauritian school system curriculum, a move that illustrates the islands quest for long-term tour...

African and Women Victimized by Violence

to this new law for Muslims, introduced in the northern states of Nigeria" (The Oprah Winfrey Show, 2002). She was to be stoned to...

The Impact of Trade Reforms and Globalization on Developing Countries

low income countries export only $100 per capita (Nugroho 2002). To bring this into more perspective, there are 1.1 billion people...

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...

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. ...

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 ...

West Africa History

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

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...

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...