In Heart of Darkness, the author shows the European imperialist idea and finds that its outcomes are as dark as the African continent it portrays. ... At times it is suggested that Kurtz would have made a great radical politician or a fast-and-loose journalistic advocate; both callings seem to be needed to right the wrongs in the world, but simply too morally shady to be morally instructive. ... Like Conrad, Marlow knows that the great imperial mission is tainted by something inherent in its constitution. ... All of European imperial thought has gone into Kurtz's character as well as both...

• Word Count: 1126
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Lucia, was still a colony of Great Britain. ... Leaders of France and Great Britain wanted to avoid another war that would engulf all of Europe, so they introduced a nonintervention pact that was signed by twenty-seven nations. ... The settler built roads and a railroad, and, over time, dispossessed a great many Kenyans - mostly Kikuyus - of their land. ...

• Word Count: 4862
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

His power and authority were so great that the day of his betrayal brought an end to the kingdom of Cayor. ... However, the alienation of the slaves of the father's household in Africa was great enough, on the moral and material plane, that their minds could be truly revolutionary. ...

• Word Count: 5359
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Apes once before able to get fruits and seeds from three to three now had to travel long distance to find food and the great human evolution is illustrated in table 1, each species with own characteristics and the approximated time that took place. ... According to Professor Michael Waters from Texas A&M University, co-author of the paper published in the Journal Nature, said these people who migrated from Siberia to North America was the Clovis people because we had genetic evidence combine with archaeological evidence to prove that. ... Dr Thomas Stafford Jr. from Aarhus University deter...

• Word Count: 2012
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Authors suggest that "reparations should take the form of capital transfers and African status in the International Monetary Fund" (Mazrui, 22). ... Also worth noting is the idea that "those nations most responsible for slavery are unable to pay for it, such as Belgium and Portugal, while relatively benign countries like Great Britain are economic powers in Europe" (Mazrui,22). ... We owe the African of our day a great apology. ...

• Word Count: 1457
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Emecheta's Joys of Motherhood, Ngugi's Weep Not, Child and Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions, the authors describe how colonialism challenged and eroded Africa's traditional morals and values. ... Motherhood, which was supposed to bring great happiness and a sense of purpose, ironically became the source of Nnu Ego's greatest sorrow. ...

• Word Count: 1640
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He is sent into the jungle with morals and truly believes in the ideals of imperialism; " I had immense plans I was on the threshold of great things.- (Conrad, 60) However, after looking inward upon his soul he realizes that it is dark and hollow. ... In fact, almost all of Africa was partitioned between Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Leopold's Congo. ...

• Word Count: 2001
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

One author pleasantly concludes that music was a god given gift "recognized by the black slaves in the Americas who found in musicking a tool for spiritual survival; it must have seemed as if the art were given as a gift in a time of desperate need It spoke of and to them in their particular predicament."...

• Word Count: 2002
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In a world where so many people from all spheres of influence are suffering and being plagued by this deadly virus that has spread and almost engulfed the whole world, it is of great importance to look at the way in which Christianity have done or need to do in response to HIV and AIDS. ... Purged from several misconceptions, the Christian community made a great stride towards the people in need of help. ... The Church faced and it is still facing great challenge in its response to HIV and AIDS. ... In April 2004, the journal Science carried an article in which the authors argued that abstinen...

• Word Count: 5303
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Outline I. Introduction to Africa II. Traditional African Rituals and Contemporary Times III. Mental Health Perspective IV. Conclusion Introduction to Africa The Continent of Africa is made up of diverse ethnic groups and culture that if we were to demarcate a boundary for each group they wil...

• Word Count: 2773
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This Afrikaner myth is exemplified in Hard Right written by van Rooyen when he says, "Africa's poor record on democracy, human and minority rights was always a source of great anxiety to South African whites. ... Other authors such as Noer point to similar interpretations when he states, "The American civil rights movement of the early 1960s was such an internal matter. ...

• Word Count: 3701
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate