Essays and Research Papers on Africa

Within the traditional healing practices of Africa, the person is but one element of a wide spectrum of factors brought together in order to maintain balance and health. This 8 page paper explores the role of the traditional healer, diviner and herbalist in the changing health care paradigm of Africa. Bibliography lists 11 sources.

This 7 page report discusses the fact that working conditions for people in the United States and people in Africa are literally and figuratively a world apart. Not only are the workers of Uganda most familiar with agricultural work and agricultural related production (the countries leading export is coffee), they are generally unaware that their government has or should have any ...

This 6 page paper explores the question as to whether or not Western education and economic development in Africa was designed to help Africans or exploit them. The answer is determined from a portion of a book called Historical Problems of Imperial Africa. Both sides of the issue are discussed. ...

(5 pp) There are times when we are hearing a story, or an event told by a friend, and we almost automatically say, I can't imagine that. Perhaps that is even why some of us have such a great enjoyment of reading, in that it expands our sense of imagination. We can imagine ...

7 pages in length. Rising up against social dictate is never an easy objective, particularly when one is a child of African apartheid. Peekay, the protagonist in Bryce Courtenay's The Power of One overtly abandons all he knows of racial and political limitations, choosing instead to focus his life upon the elements of ...

Stephenson’s, “The Language of the Land”: This 5-page essay critically examines James Stephenson’s book, “The Language of the Land” and his depiction of the Hadzabe tribe in East Africa. In addition, a number of issues relevant to “Jemzi’s” development and how/ what changed him during his time in the bush will also be explored. ...

A paper which looks at the way in which the ECOMOG group was involved in the resolution of the war in Liberia, and the extent to which its role as a peacekeeping force was successful.

13 pages in length. The cause of ethnic conflict is a topic that has been addressed nearly as long as mankind has existed. Although many people have theories about the cause, they do not seem to have the answer as to how to prevent it in the first place. Two conceptual approaches ...

A 5 page research paper that examines the current situation in several African countries in regards to polygamy. The writer argues that the justification that many African Islamic men offer for polygamy is out-of-date, and no longer applicable in today's society. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A five page paper which summarises and analyses Nelson Mandela’s autobiographical work A Long Walk To Freedom, which details his involvement in the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa, his long imprisonment, and the eventual electoral success of the African National Congress in 1994. Bibliography lists 1 source

This 5 page paper examines Cape Town. Looking at it form the perspective of a tourist of business visitor the paper outlines the relevant issues any traveller should be aware of. Included in the paper are health issues, travel facilities, food and culture as well as the less attractive aspects of the town, ...

14 pages. A study on the characteristics of the African country of Angola including its economy, the macroeconomic variables, its position in the world economy, where it has been in the recent past where it is at the present and where it is heading in the future. The data concerning the Angola economy ...

This 5 page paper explores the effects of slavery as they pertain to economic, political and social ramifications. Colonial rule in the region is touched on. Bibliography lists 4 sources

This 5 page report discusses Cape Town as a valuable cultural, recreational, and entertaining vacation destination. The Cape Peninsula, the southern Western Cape Province, and the city itself make up one of the six “recognized floral kingdoms” of the world. As such, any garden enthusiast will enjoy the most botanically prolific of all the floral kingdoms with its nearly 9,000 plant ...

This 10 page paper evaluates the political situations in the two countries. In accordance with a hypothetical situation, the U.S. has to make a choice for a new ally and it chooses Colombia. The paper explains why. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 6 page review of the fictional scenario of the events which impact the owners, crew, and cargo of an Eighteenth Century ship, “The Liverpool Merchant”. Unsworth uses the traditional sea story to provide an interesting view of the historical factors which made slavery an accepted part of white society. He takes tradition ...

A 5 page paper which discusses various elements of North Africa. The paper addresses population, political conditions, economic conditions, occupations, and other pertinent information. The following also discusses how this region can improve its position from a domestic and global perspective. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A ten page paper which looks at the way in which the Boer wars of the nineteenth century had a significant effect on the cultural, political and economic development of South Africa in terms of the imposition of colonial rule, the domination of the majority black population by the white settlers, the establishment of apartheid ...

A 6-page research paper on Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. The hero is identified as a classical tragic hero whose fate was tied inextricably to the culture he represented, and whose death was inevitable as the culture died. Lists 5 sources.

An 8 page paper providing a brief synopsis of the book by Chinua Achebe. The author of this paper places the events which unfold in the book in a historical context, asserting that the problems which occurred in Umauaro and which “Arrow of God” presents as revolving primarily around the loss of influence of ...

An 8 page overview of the relative industrial development of El Salvador, Malaysia, Gambia, and Mauritania. The author emphasizes that each of these countries missed the critical window of industrialization which opened after World War II and, instead, have just started serious attempts as industrialization. Consequently, development in these countries has been largely stalled. ...

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) which develops into acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is spreading, literally unchecked, in sub-Saharan Africa. This 5 page paper argues that the need for solutions, the use of segregation or the quarantine of those with the disease is thought to be the best solution to halting and, perhaps, reversing the trend toward annihilation. Bibliography ...

7 pages in length. The challenges for Africa inherent to the concept of globalization are both grand and far-reaching. Inasmuch as African economic existence relies heavily upon farming and exports the dawning of globalization threatens to make such conventional practices obsolete. According to economists, globalization and the movement toward an information economy ...

The problems that plague Africa are much the same as those that plague any industrialized society: poverty, crime, need for educational standards and rising health concerns, including the spread of HIV/AIDS. The challenge of unification goes somewhat beyond the issues faced as an industrialized society and into historical conflict and economic patterns. This 5 page paper argues that ...

A five page paper which looks at the civil rights movement in America and South Africa and the similarities between the two. Bibliography lists 10 sources