Africa Essays

Utility as defined by the oxford advanced learners dictionary is a service provided for the public. It is a service used by everyone. Utility services covers a wide range of activity including electricity, water, transportation and Telecommunication. These services impact greatly on a country’s economic growth and the living standards …

Fugard (1982) uses the interactions between Harold (Hally), a white seventeen year old boy and the African men Willie and Sam in “Master Harold” … and the boys as somewhat of an apology for the atrocities caused by apartheid in South Africa. Through these characters and their use of metaphors, …

On African-American Education             Booker Taliaferro Washington, born in 1856, was known as a great educator and leader of the African-American community.  Formerly a slave, he gained an education and ultimately became the first leader of a black teachers’ college—now Tuskegee University in Alabama—where he would culminate his life-long service.  …

The line, space, light, color and design may define the achievement of any given artwork. However, no one can deny that it is the greatness of the theme that makes the over-all effect and elicits the sublime reactions from the observers. The experience of gazing through the painting itself transcends …

INTRODUCTION Nowhere in Africa (German: Nirgendwo in Afrika) is an epic autobiographical novel written by Stefanie Zweig based on her family’s self-exile during WWII. The story entails the involuntary separation of a Jewish family from their beloved home in Germany to unknown territory in Kenya during World War II to …

CHAPTER 1 Introduction Systemic lupus erythematosus is increasingly becoming common in the United States. No other population has witnessed more steep increases in the incidence rate of this disease than African American women of child bearing age. Research indicates that it is this group that manifests with the most severe …

The term Chokwe has at least 30 different spellings. Their history dates back to the 15th century, when a Lunda queen married a Luba prince Chibinda Ilunga. Because a member of the Lunda aristocracy disapproved of the marriage, the queen and prince migrated south to present-day Angola. There they founded …

Introduction:             Mugabe is the common African word for King. This word commonly applies to all the chieftains and kingdoms in the African History. Mugabeship:             Mugabe is not only a ruler of a nation in general as perceived by non African or Non Hamitic people. The Mugabe is considered …

Introduction After the fall of communism and “Maoism” in China, its new leadership intensively embarked on economic policies that embraced capitalistic production while maintaining the socialist character of its governance.  China gradually liberalizes its economy through the establishment of “Special Economic Zones”. (Pak)  Unlike other countries who aggressively adopted liberal …

ABSTRACT The use of indigenous language in advertising could not be over-emphasized in the discussion of multicultural advertisements. The impact of the choice of language to make advertising more effective is explored in this study. Language can be examined through research methods like content analysis and critical discourse analysis because …