The Dinka are a tribe of people who are mainly located in over Sudan but they have spread themselves out all over the world in places like Kenya Uganda‚ Europe‚ and the United States. (Wiki _ Dinka people) They are a huge tribe and they carry 2-3 million people. They are spread out in tones of villages. Most villages of the Dinka tribe will range anywhere from 10‚000-30‚000 people. ("South Sudan." Britannica School.) They make up 17% of the African population‚ which is a huge amount. The Dinka have
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Charles Martin has a geocentric attitude while James Green’s attitude is ethnocentric. While in college‚ Martin majored in African studies. Upon graduation‚ he served in the Peace Corps in Kenya. During this time‚ he became accustomed to business procedures in Africa. He really enjoyed working in Kenya‚ but he soon began to cultivate a dislike for individuals who did not try to learn and respect other cultures. Martin was hired by HG as the project liaison specialist for the Ugandan project
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countries economies. In this paper‚ we shall delve deeper into the positive and negative contributions that this company makes to Kenya’s economy. Positive Impact Growth of Gross Domestic Product ( GDP) and Gross National Product ( GNP) The Unilever Kenya plant manufactures popular products such as Blueband‚ Royco‚ Knorr‚ Omo‚ Sunlight‚ Geisha and Vaseline. These products are not only consumed locally but exported to other countries in the ESA region (Eastern and Southern Africa)‚ namely Uganda‚ Tanzania
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Mama Veronica‚ a Kenyan business woman whose ex-husband is a member of Parliament‚ lives in the deluxe version of a crumbling stone house at the end of the circular drive. Just beyond the compound?s entrance sits my temporary abode‚ the non-deluxe version that she rents to the Peace Corps. Smack in the center of one of the hills overlooking the lake‚ Mama Veronica?s property abuts the Peace Corp training facility‚ a vast‚ austere track of land populated with one story maze like buildings. Much like
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several well-defined but definitely smaller structures‚ called grabens‚ that have rift-like character and are clearly associated geologically with the major rifts. Some of these have been given names reflecting this such as the Nyanza Rift in Western Kenya near Lake Victoria. Thus‚ what people might assume to be a single rift somewhere in East Africa is really a series of distinct rift basins which are all related and produce the distinctive geology and topography of East Africa.” This was listed as
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The Maasai The Maasai are one of the many southern-most tribes located in Kenya. They are physically related‚ and also in many other forms related to the Samburu and Turkana. The Maasai have a relatively complex culture and traditions but for many years they were unheard of. By the late 1800’s we soon discovered more about the Maasai‚ mostly from their oral histories. In this paper we will look at their history and origin‚ social structure‚ religion‚ economy‚ and communication. Origin and History
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like to study as a cultural anthropologist is the Maasai. From prior knowledge‚ I have learned that the Maasai are a cultural group that resides in vast open spaces in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa. The Maasai are found in countries such as Kenya and Tanzania‚ and their lifestyles are a reflection of the environment in which they live. One of the aspects that I find the most interesting about the Maasai is that they believe that all of the cattle in the world belong to them given to them
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due to geographical factors. They were forced to look towards outside nations in order to do this. China was their biggest investor and helped solve the geographical situation. Oil at the time was just a growing asset that was becoming viable and Kenya was a country that was beginning to tap into it. China was the first to beginning investing and create a partnership that would grow towards other countries as well. For example‚ in Angola there was a solid abundance of minerals that were what China
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McGraw-Hill Companies Evans-Pritchard‚ E.E. 1940. The Nuer: a description of the modes of livelihood and political institutions of a nilotic people‚ Oxford: Clarendon press Tignor‚ L.E. 1972. The Maasai Warriors: Pattern Maintenance and Violence in Colonial Kenya‚ Cambridge: Cambridge University press
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