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- 381: AIDS and YOU
- ... of this hideously lethal disease. In this essay I hope to present this information. History and Overview: AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Defficiency Disease. It is caused by a virus. The disease originated somewhere in Africa about 20 years ago. There it first appeared as a mysterious ailment afflicting primarily heterosexuals of both sexes. It probably was spread especially fast by primarily female prostitutes there. AIDS has already become a crisis of STAGGERING proportions in parts of Africa. In Zaire, it is estimated that over twenty percent of the adults currently carry the virus. That figure is increasing. And what occurred there will, if no cure is found, most likely occur here among ...
- 382: African Americans
- Black Americans Black Americans are those persons in the United States who trace their ancestry to members of the Negroid race in Africa. They have at various times in United States history been referred to as African, coloured, Negro, Afro-American, and African-American, as well as black. The black population of the United States has grown from ... of crisis. The black community, however, has developed a number of distinctive cultural features that black Americans increasingly look upon with pride. Many of these features reflect the influence of cultural traditions that originated in Africa; others reflect the uniqueness of the black American in the United States. The unique features of black American culture are most noticeable in music, art and literature, and religion. They may also exist in speech ...
- 383: Cry, The Beloved Country
- ... and my words alone would do it an injustice. Its pages echo with the dirge of a battered country that has suffered far to much for far to long. The book takes you to South Africa, where the land itself is the essence of a man. It as if the mountains, soaring high above the clouds, are the high moments in life, and the valleys are those low and suffering times ... reading the pages, begin to envision Johannesburg being a polluted, very unkind, and rushed city. The setting is more of a emotional setting than a physical setting. As I stated it takes place in South Africa, 1946. This is a time where racial discrimination is at an all time high. The black community of this land is trying to break free from the white people, but having little success. It is ...
- 384: All You Need To Know About AIDS
- ... of this hideously lethal disease. In this essay I hope to present this information. History and Overview: AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Defficiency Disease. It is caused by a virus. The disease origiunated somewhere in Africa about 20 years ago. There it first appeared as a mysterious ailment afflicting primarily heterosexuals of both sexes. It probably was spread especially fast by primarily female prostitutes there. AIDS has already become a crisis of STAGGERING proportions in parts of Africa. In Zaire, it is estimated that over twenty percent of the adults currently carry the virus. That figure is increasing. And what occurred there will, if no cure is found, most likely occur here among ...
- 385: The Color Purple: Celie
- ... his tobacco, Nettie’s letters. Bunches and bunches of them. Some fat, some thin. Some open, some not.” (129) Many years worth of letters, in which Celie finds out that Nettie became a missionary in Africa, and she has been watching over the children that Celie had years before, Adam and Olivia. She is also thrilled to find out that her children are ok, and that it wasn’t her father ... is going, except for one thing. Her life is complete when, after years of wondering about her sister, and then years of waiting, Nettie finally comes home, bringing “their” children, and Adam’s wife from Africa. As Celie puts it, “I feel a little peculiar around the children. For one thing, they grown. And I see they think me and Nettie and Shug and Albert and Samuel and Harpo and Sophia ...
- 386: Plants, Spirits, and Healing
- ... cure them; they believe in the supernatural powers of the shaman and plants around them for cures. The beliefs and ceremonies of shaman are still used today in many areas of North and South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. There are over 200,000 witch doctors locally in South Africa alone. Shamans are usually the ones who hold power in their communities because they have the power to communicate with the spirits. The shaman learn from a spiritual teacher and are asked to protect people ...
- 387: Themes Of The Color Purple By
- ... and personal themes of independence, personal growth and self-respect. Walker is clearly stating the need for women to have their freedom. The gender issues in this book are very prevalent, in both America and Africa. Many of these issues deal with men versus women, mostly men domineering over their wives or other women in general. In the very beginning, Celie is victimized by not only her own step-father (Fonso ... and Sofia that stand up to the men. When Harpo, Sofia's husband, tries to physically domineer over Sofia, she defends herself aggressively and successfully. Like the black men in America, the black men in Africa treat as if they were lesser human beings. The women are not educated, and have strictly determined roles. Nettie stated in her letter: "There is a way that the men speak to women . . . They listen ...
- 388: The Rain Forest
- ... understand the importance of the rainforest, one must be knowledgeable about what a rainforest actually is. The two main types of rainforests are temperate and tropical. Tropical rainforests are located in Latin and South America, Africa, Southeast Asia, and other areas in which temperatures stay above 80 degrees Fahrenheit year round. They can be found in 85 countries all over the world, however, 90 percent of them are concentrated into fifteen ... recognition to them all. The only animals that appear to be few in number are large mammals. The largest animal of the rainforest is thought to be the okapi, "a shy, elusive beast from west Africa (Nichol 56)." Gorillas, apes, the orang-utan of the Far East, gibbons, and chimps which can grow to the size of a human are also among the larger animals in the forest. A wide variety ...
- 389: Nuclear Power for All
- ... Had Details of U.S. Nuclear Missiles Report.” Infoseek May 11, 1999.[online] /Content?arn=a0987LBY077reulb-19990511&qt=china+buying+selling+nuclear “Chinese nuclear test undermines test ban talks.” Greenpeace .14.10.94. [online] http://africa.geomic.uni-oldenburg.de/~joey/Greenpeace/nuclear-9410.html “Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban-Treaty.” Manika’s Quest July 4, 1998. [online] http://members.xoom.com/_xoom/mquest/ctbt.htm “China threatens to resume nuclear tests ... fas.org/spp/starwars/congress/1998_r/prolifbk/part01.htm “China’s Nuclear Weapons.” 12 December 1997. [online] http://www.warewolf.com “Chinese nuclear test undermines test ban talks.” Greenpeace .14.10.94. [online] http://africa.geomic.uni-oldenburg.de/~joey/Greenpeace/nuclear-9410.html Hauqil, Liu. “No-First-Use and China’s Security.” [on-line] http://www.stimson.org/[ibs/zeronuke/liu3.htm Sutter, Robert G. “Chinese Nuclear Weapons and ...
- 390: The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano
- ... various cultures around the earth due to regional traditions and the goods that were produced in that area. The enslavement of the African Americans did not begin with the South Atlantic System; it existed in Africa’s own various native tribes for centuries. In The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano, Equiano recalls the slavery in his own tribe the Ibo. The slavery system of his African tribe that he witnessed as ... reached the West Indies he saw the Africans being literally worked to death, because they were so numerous and wouldn’t lose money if they perished. Another principal difference in the treatment of slaves between Africa and Europe was lodging. In the Ibo tribe, the master of the slaves had them live inside his complex and dwelt in houses nearly the same manner as he did. In contrast, Equiano witnessed the ...
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