their dead. These include the first written accounts of creation - the Memphite Declaration of Deities. Not only that‚ but ’papyrus’‚ from which we originate our word for paper‚ was invented by the Egyptians‚ and writing flourished. In contrast‚ Sub-Saharan Africa feature a vibrant and varied oral culture. To take into account written literary culture without considering literary culture is definitely a mistake‚ because they two interplay heavily with each other. African oral arts are "art’s for life’s
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Stop Wasting Food Remember what our grandmas always used to tell us: Do not waste food; think of all the hungry children in Africa. At my recent TEDx talk‚ I mentioned that global food waste could feed every starving child‚ man and woman on this planet – three times over in fact! Here is some food for thought: A global shame Globally‚ human beings produce enough food waste to feed 3 billion people: over 30% of the world’s food supply is wasted. The annual food waste in Italy could feed
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The IFC should immediately seize the opportunity presented in the financing of Mozal. Investment in the project on the part of the IFC would generate valuable social‚ financial‚ and economic benefits‚ not only for the people and government of Mozambique but on a more global level as well‚ allowing the international investors‚ suppliers‚ distributors‚ and sponsors involved in the deal to enjoy the catalytic effects spurred by the project and the investment itself. The Mozal Project is the perfect
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trade in the South China sea‚ East India to the Southeastern Asian Islands‚ and from the West coast of India to the Persian Gulf and East Africa. India could reach resources all over the ancient world that other civilizations claimed unreachable by their own routes. (page 207) 3. Southern traders mainly focused on supplying salt to the sub-Saharan people of Africa‚ trading was necessary to maintain life. They needed to exchange goods to get what they needed. Each group received their needed products
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Problems: A Future for Africa Since the 19th century when colonialism began to sweep throughout the African continent‚ European nations have been the scapegoats for Africa’s economic‚ political‚ and social issues. In Paul Johnson’s article‚ “Colonialism’s Back-and Not a Moment Too Soon”‚ we see that the present-day generation in Africa has grown to believe that colonialism is “inherently evil”‚ due to many historical realities. In Wangari Maathai’s The Challenge For Africa‚ our eyes are opened
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trade networks between Africa and Eurasia from circa 300 CE to 1450 CE experienced many changes in their merchandise trade and who they traded with. Also‚ there were continuities involving their methods of trade. Among these changes and continuities technological advancements were made and cultural and political aspects were also affected. At the beginning‚ there were primary trade routes and the exclusive trade they had. Primary trade routes were between Europe and North Africa and through the Indian
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high as 25% in southern and eastern Africa. In 2006 the HIV prevalence rate among pregnant women in South Africa was 29.1 (avert.org). HIV/AIDS is one of the worlds most growing problem is now starting to become a pan-epidemic. AIDS death toll in Africa may reach 90–100 million by 2025 (United Nations). The number of people living with HIV grew around 8 million in 1990 to 34 million by the end of 2010 only 10 year increase. Sub-Saharan Africa has an estimated 22.9 million adults and
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In his article‚ “Things Fall Apart Again: Structural Adjustment Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa”‚ J. Barry Riddell writes about how the IMF imposes “conditionalities” that affect the people living there and also the natural geography there. He takes a critical approach to the actions of the IMF and claims that they are having a negative impact to the region. His article also highlights the larger issues of how the developed world has imposed a system on the developing world that is meant to force
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staggering. According to a UNICEF report‚ “The HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa has already orphaned a generation of children—and now seems set to orphan generations more. Today‚ over 11 million children under the age of 15 living in sub-Saharan Africa have been
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African literature is highly diversified‚ even though it shows some similarities. In fact‚ the common denominator of the cultures of the African continent is undoubtedly the oral tradition. Writing on black Africa started in the middle Ages with the introduction of the Arabic language and later‚ in the nineteenth century with introduction of the Latin alphabet. Since 1934‚ with the birth of the "Negritude‚" African authors began to write in French or in English. Since the 1960’s quantitative and
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