Africa Article Reviews Samples For Students

The impact of colonialism can be seen in major processes like political structures of countries in North Africa. This is experienced through various forms such as political fragility and instability. The idea of forming the state came about when movements were formed for identification between people and ruling bodies. Democratic ideals have led to rifts dealing with identity. Lack of known common identity weakens bonds leading to disunity. This results to failure of structures used in solving domestic and foreign problems. Also, the right to self-determination between rulers and the ones being ruled in some situations is wanting. Due ...

There many forms of poverty that corrupts a nation. Among the widely recognize form of poverty is the scarcity of food. In an article written by Dr. Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri, he narrates that the poverty is a man-made catastrophe . This statement is quite intriguing and at the same time rational in a sense that while there seemingly exist the availability of resources for mass enjoyment, it is surprising that there are a lot people suffering from an impoverish state. The author made a good analysis of the status of many countries belonging the Third World nation. These include countries in Asia, Africa and Latin ...

Background information

This article focuses on the efforts made in the freeing of Africa from colonial rule. Leaders from three continents, namely Africa, Europe and North America met over six times during this period to discuss the situation of Africa liberation and strategies to be adopted in the course of Africa’s liberation. The article also discusses the goals and strides that have been made and achieved by Pan Africa Congresses, as well as assesses the impact made on Africa in general.

The Pan-African congresses, 1900-1945

2001
Saheed Adejumobi
The main players in the article are the leaders of the Pan African movement, ...

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Wood, J. and Guth, A. (2014). East Africa's Great Rift Valley: A Complex Rift System.
Geology.com. Accessed From http://geology.com/articles/east-africa-rift.shtml
This main theme of the article relates to the geology and specifically the formation of the east Africa’s rift system. The authors’ information relates to the nature of the rift system within the East African regions of Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. The article considers the rift as one of the greatest geological phenomena. They demonstrate the way the rift system formed, what the rift system entails, and relate points of geological interests.

The article provides a number ...

There are countless social problems in countries all around the world, but arguably there are more in developing countries, such as those in Africa. Furthermore, what can begin as a problem caused by nature, such as a drought, can soon become a social problem with many facets. In her article, East Africa Food Crisis 2011, Shah describes how the worst food crisis is taking place in East Africa, namely in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. Published on July 31, 2011, on the Global Issues website, the piece explains how in spite of consecutive futile rains, the emergency has been assessed as unnecessary and ...

Introduction

Malaria is a killer disease in Africa. It is estimated that over five million people succumb to malaria every year. Malaria is a disease commonly transmitted by the female anopheles mosquito. This parasite thrives where the sorroundings are bushy and also where there exists stagnant pools of water (Fosu &Mwabu, 2007). The stagnant pools of water form the breeding place of the mosquitoes while the bushes form the hiding place of the mosquitoes. It is from these bushes that the mosquitoes emerge later on in the evening to bite people. Malaria has been the number one killer in Africa and so ...

Summary of Acemoglu’s video

In this video, economist Daron Acemoglu explains why nations fail economically. He singles out “extractive” political institutions as the biggest impediment to a nation’s economic prosperity. Acemoglu defines “extractive” political institutions as those that place power in the hands of a few individuals. This scenario features unfair regulations and high market-entry barriers. These factors conjure to enrich a clique in the society, while inhibiting economic progress for the majority of the people (Acemoglu). He contrasts this with governments that have expanded democratic space by protecting property rights. Nations with such political institutions encourage entrepreneurship from their citizenry as well as attract ...

In her article, “East Africa Food Crisis 2011,” Shah describes how the worst food crisis is taking place in East Africa, namely in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. Published on July 31, 2011, on the Global Issues website, the piece explains how in spite of consecutive futile rains, the emergency has been assessed as unnecessary and man-made, as the situation had been foreseen numerous months prior by a global early warning system. Both international and local governments have been blamed for taking little action in the approach to this emergency. Furthermore, high food prices have caused many people to not be ...

RACE-MAKING AND THE NATION-STATE

Anthony W. Marx article looks into the phenomenon of race-making and the nation-state using three nations that were most involved in the slave trade that occurred in the earliest part of the European colonization into new territories. These countries included the United States, South Africa, and Brazil. The focus of Marx’s article emphasizes the difference in how Brazil had less issues of racial divide than the United States and South Africa. What appears to be the problem in the way that each nation handled racial segregation and division had to do with the policies of the nation-states. Marx ...

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The reviews on Africa’s solar based enterprises are quite recent and cover a majority of related topics. He has reviewed the factors that provided an impetus to solar power based enterprises and the existing opportunities. However, the need for some more reviews on the reasons addressing slow development in the field is evident. Nevertheless, it is successful in drawing the readers’ attention on the gaps existing in the current review of scholarly works.
The three basic research questions raised in the study clearly underline its problems and the purpose. Through these questions the author seeks to address the ...

It is known that the prejudice (bias) is attitude which prevents adequate perception of the message or action. Usually a person does not realize or does not want to recognize his prejudice and considers his relation to the object of prejudice as a result of objective and independent evaluation. Prejudice can be a consequence of hasty and unfounded conclusions based on personal experience (social stereotype), as well as the result of uncritical assimilation of standardized judgments adopted in a particular social group (prejudice). It is often used to justify misdeeds.
Carol Adja and Gabriella Lazaridis in their article Migration, ...

The articles elaborate Johnson and Johnson's novel marketing strategy in Africa to gain a greater market share in the region. The company has recently turned to Africa to improve its future sales in the medical diagnostics and pharmaceuticals segments. Its primary marketing strategy has been investing in research and development in the continent. It is building relationships with the consumers by first providing the residents of South Africa with the desperately needed services such as mobilizing health facilities and drug distribution. (Johnson & Johnson 1). The company is investing in building these relationships because it presents them with a market ...

“Discussing Kenya’s business environment and the upcoming elections,” is an article by Mulupi Dinfin looking into the political environment of Kenya at general elections. In the article, Mulupi holds a discussion with Richard Kiplagat, a director at Consultancy Africa Practice East Africa, regarding what should be expected from the elections and its impact on business. According to Mulupi, Kiplagat forecasts that Kenya will not experience another political violence following another violence that occurred after the previous elections in 2007 (1). Kiplagat further explains his argument pointing out that there is no single political party that wishes to be associated with ...

Article Analysis: World Poverty

Introduction
In 2015, the United Nations is working with the World Bank’s ambitious plan to end extreme global poverty by the year 2030. This means that for the first time, every person in the world would afford common items and food to make their life easier. Many experts would debate on the main cause of poverty as it could be the changing trends in a certain country’s economy. Other factors would also include the lack of education, overpopulation, the presence of epidemic diseases like AIDS and malaria and even environmental problems like drought. Extreme weather can cause ...

The Skull, an episode of Radiolab, tells the story of Taung Child. The hosts Robert Krulwich and Jad Abumrad interview two very knowledgeable guests to find out about the discovery of Taung Child, its similarities and differences to modern humans, the way it influenced our understanding of human ancestors, and the theories behind the cause of its death.
Taung Child is the skull fossil that was discovered in 1920s in Taung, an area on the southern edge of Kalahari dessert in South Africa (Radiolab). Back in the 1920s, this patch of land was a very popular destination for European ...

Critical review of Men and Masculinities in Modern Africa

Nwando Achebe gives cases of women in Africa who have been able to occupy a variety of leadership roles. She states that traditionally women mainly held power due to their relationship with the particular rulers especially as mothers, sisters or daughter to the rulers. She moves ahead and illustrates his assertion by giving examples of women who were guided by great leaders who in most cases were their close relatives. For instance Ahebi Ugbabe, among the Igbo, assumed royal powers and dressed in the king’s attire pending the installation of the next ruler (Lindsay, Lisa & Miescher, 53). This illustrates ...

Introduction

Trillions of microbes constitute the “Metagenome” of the human gut. This is the organ called microbiome, which is highly essential, and offers the host benefits such as metabolic abilities, pathogen protection, immune system enhancement, and GI tract developmental modulations (De Fillipo, et al.).
In their study, three questions regarding the evolution of the human microbiota have been raised. They are: (1) how does the partitioning of bacterial diversity between and within two populations studied? (2) Does there exist a correlation between the diet and bacterial diversity?; and (3) considering the varied geography and hygienic conditions, what is the bacterial ...

1497-1498

These journal entries written by Vasco de Gama relate incidents in his voyage from Africa to India (1497-1498 CE). He and his crew anchored at the Bay of St. Helena, present day South Africa. They remained there eight days to clean and make repairs on their ships. During their brief encounter with the natives of the bay Vasco de Gama and his men showed them a variety of items such as cinnamon, cloves and gold in an attempt to determine if such merchandise could be found in that region, but they soon realized that the natives were not acquainted ...

WRI 101/102

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The issue of organ transplant has become a complex and delicate matter because it has been linked to illegal international organ trafficking, organ theft and gross human rights violations. The issue can best be understood if examined within the social context in which it takes place. In her essay “Truth and Rumor on the Organ Trail,” Nancy Scheper Highes, a medical anthropologist, explores the social and economic contexts of organ transplant in Brazil, South Africa and India. Her essay first appeared in Natural History (1998). She notes that the issue of organ transplant is particularly controversial in these ...

The countries in East Asia and South East Asia have had the highest economic growth rates in comparison with the countries from the countries of the other regions of the world. 13 countries in East and South Asia grew at 7% and higher for at least 25 years.
In more detail, GDP growth by region in 1960-2006 equaled as follows: Sub-Saharan Africa – 2.94%, East Asia & Pacific – 7.49%, South Asia – 4.63%, Latin America & Caribbean – 3.52%. The countries in East Asia are often described as “an East Asian Miracle”. However, their success was not something unlooked for. The governments of the ...

1.) Bank of America’s Acquisition of Merrill Lynch

This article talks about the serious financial losses that Merrill Lynch incurred in the year 2007 to2008, amounting to $8.4 billion by running its business of subprime mortgages. The subprime mortgages turned out to be high risk as housing prices dropped and subprime securities lost value. In order to augment its losses, Merrill Lynch decided to sell $31 billion worth of subprime securities for pennies on a dollar. However, such management decision was doomed which impelled the company to start merger talks with Bank of America. Bank of America agreed to buy Merrill Lynch for $50.3 billion in stock of $ ...

1. Introduction
African Americans represent the second largest ethnic minority in the United States and this community is increasingly vulnerable to a range of potential health concerns. Poor sanitary conditions and limited awareness of healthy lifestyle practices increase this population’s vulnerability to health problems. Statistical evidences suggest that the prevalence rate of HIV infection is unproportionately high in this population group, and hence federal organizations like CDC are actively working on this issue. This paper will explore the relationship between HIV infection and the African American population considering the social, cultural, and behavioral factors contributing to this association.
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Introduction

In every democratic society, a country cannot survive on its own .It requires its neighboring countries to enhance its economic growth and development. To avoid conflict, all neighboring countries demarcate their borders to safeguard their resources and self-interest. Foreign policy relations enable countries to interact with each other especially in trading affairs and international policy discussions. To enhance a country’s external economies of scale dominance, it is necessary to observe the policies of other nations. Some countries advance their relations further to form a single union with common interests. For instance, United States of America was formed as a resolution of harmonious ...

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The article, diversity in IMF management ranks seen falling short of targets written by Sandrine Rastello faults the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for failing to make its management ranks balanced in nationality and gender. According to the article, IMF has not achieved its self-imposed diversity targets. A report released by the organization shows that despite the increase in share of women and staff from East Asia and Africa in management jobs, the figures are still below the set targets. However, the target set for staff from the Middle East reached the fund’s target, while that ...

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Mayer, J., Wilson, R., and M. Hazlewood. “Personal Intelligence Expressed: A Multiple Case Study of Business Leaders.” Imagination, Cognition and Personality 30(2): 201-224.

Summary

This article acknowledges the wealth of intelligences that can lead to success in many different areas of life, focusing on the ways in which personal intelligence (PI) can influence life expressions. Defined as “the capacity to reason about personality and to use personality and personal information to enhance one’s thoughts, plans and life experience,” PI can increase one’s interest in one’s own personality, and the personalities of others, inspire the creation ...

I agree with by Paul Krugman that inflation is till considerably low. Therefore, Fed should worry more about unemployment than inflation. The level of inflation is relatively low than 2% therefore, Fed should concentrate on reducing unemployment. The economy is currently recovering and the aggregate demand is also increasing so Fed should continue to apply expansionary economic policies to help the economy to fully recover. This should be the way to go despite Phillips curve argument that unemployment decreases then inflation increases because little increase in inflation may be less harmful if it creates more employment opportunities by encouraging ...

The clash of civilizations is an interesting article that attempts to change the conventional way of interpreting and discussing issues in International Relations. The author, Samuel Huntington, is of the opinion that the traditional approach to international relations no longer holds water and has been proved wrong and inadequate by the test of time.
Samuel Huntington has divided the article in nine main parts beginning from the introduction to what he considers as implications of this clash of civilizations to the west and maybe, specifically the United States of America (Huntington 02).
Huntington divides the world civilization ...

Background

Each year, millions of mammals cross the Seregenti. The migration of the wildebeest is one of the greatest natural wonders of the world. But there is something not so wonderful in the Serengeti—an endemic disease called anthrax that strikes and kills without discrimination. It kills humans, livestock, and wildlife.

This study is about the ecopathology of Bacillus anthracis (Cohn), the pathogen that causes anthrax. Anthrax is not a big problem in most countries, but anthrax is still common in Africa because sanitation is poor, and there is no access to vaccines.
The ecology of anthrax is not well ...