Academic papers on Africa

Women's Roles in Mozambique
(5 pp). If ever there was a suffering place, it is Mozambique. World Bank statistics show the average Mozambican making about $80 in 1994. In 1975, after a successful but brutal 15-year war of independence, Mozambique entered a brief...
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Kenya: Conflicts and Diversities
10 pages. Kenya has had many thousands of people migrating from the rural areas of the country and small towns to the city in search of employment. This migration and subsequent congregation in the city has led to many types of political,...
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Solutions for South Africa
This 7 page paper explores South Africa' s history and life since apartheid. With racism and poverty still a reality, solutions are explored for the nation's future development. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Epics of Africa: 5 pages in length
This model paper discusses two books, Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali, by D. T. Niane as well as Kemet, Afrocentricity and Knowledge, by Molefi Kete Asante. Both books give an interesting insight to the beliefs and culture of Africa, as well as...
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The Legacy of the Congo's Colonialism
This 6 page thesis paper looks specifically at the Belgium Congo and the beneficial effects of colonialism. Issues are discussed before and after 1960 when colonial rule came to an end. Allegations of maltreatment under colonialism are addressed....
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Civil War in Liberia
(8 pp) Who is Charles Taylor and what is he doing to Liberia? According to Sheer (2000), from 1990 to 1997, 30,000 to 60,000 armed fighters (10 percent of whom were under the age of 15) raped, stole, and killed their way across the country...
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Bontemps and the 1800 Richmond Slave Revolt
An 11 page research paper that examines how Arna Bontemps' novel Black Thunder differs from the historical account of the 1800 Richmond slave revolt, and why. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Too Many Mouths To Feed?
This 9 page paper looks at the hypothesis that there is hunger in the developing world due to there being too many mouths to feed. The issues discussed include the natural conditions the supply of food, population control and better framing...
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Adrienne Kennedy/Funnyhouse of a Negro
A 5 page research paper that examines Adrienne Kennedy's highly symbolic play, "Funnyhouse of a Negro." The writer argues that the point of this play is not so much to convey a coherent narrative as to convey the feeling, the context of the...
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Africa and International Systems;
This 24 page paper considers the international relations and trading position of Africa with its unique problems and developments and the way that these are manifesting themselves political as well as economically in both the domestic policies as...
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WHO and Pharmaceutical Industry Cooperation Serving Developing Nations
A 15 page paper discussing the partnership activities of the World Health Organization and the world's leading pharmaceutical manufacturers. Detractors of the pharmaceutical industry deride it for concentrating on developing drugs for the...
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Jomo Kenyatta
A six page paper on this seminal African statesman. First president of Kenya, he brought this fledgling nation from colonial status into the modern age. Bibliography lists four sources.
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Ngugi
This 5 page report discusses the Kenyan novelist Ngugi wa Thiong
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Apartheid Law: South Africa 1948 to 1979
An overview of the many laws which were implemented in South Africa between 1948 and 1979 in regard to apartheid, the separation of the races. Notes the major laws such as the Homeland Policy, Laws Banning Interracial Marriage, Immorality...
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African Ideology and Culture: Past and Continued Impacts on African Americans
A 6 page discussion of the continued importance of Africa culture and ideology to African Americans. To these people Africa was, and will continue to be a continual theme in their culture and even their perceptions of themselves. It was the...
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