Essays on Zimbabwe

Archaeology is the study of both ancient and recent past of human beings through material remains. Archaeology gives us a unique perspective on the culture and the history of human beings which helps us understand both the ancient and the recent past of a certain group of people greatly. This study helps us understand where, when, why and how people lived on this planet. It also examines the different kinds of changes that human culture has undergone over time, and tries to seek an explanation for the changes. In this paper, we will be discussing the archaeology of both ...

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No country is expected to exist without the help of another country. Hence, countries usually exchange foreign aids in order to help each other meet their respective challenges. At present, developing countries rely greatly on foreign aids provided by richer countries. One of such developing countries is China. Due to the dynamics of war and politics in China for the past few decades, particularly during and immediately after the Second World War and the Cold War, it is an interesting subject for understanding the distribution of foreign aid during times of war and peace. After, analyzing the distribution of ...

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Financial globalisation has occasioned a number of unprecedented effects on the world economy. Through the extensive flow of finances between economies, there has been a trend for businesses and individuals to invest their money where it fetches the best returns. Most notable of this is the tendency by the wealthy from the developed nations to invest in developing economies mostly in Africa to take advantage of certain conditions such as lenient taxation and favourable interest rates as well as affordable labour (Prasad, Eswar, et al. 201). The same can be said of the tendency by most companies to set ...

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Teenage pregnancy refers to the pregnancy in human females that are aged twenty years and below. Pregnancy in girls is caused by sexual intercourse after the girl has become viable, that can ovulate, which can even be before her first menstrual period but most cases occurs after the onset of her periods. This issue has many menaces alongside it, following the fact that most of the girls in this age bracket have not developed thus experience many obstetric issues. Moreover, many risks are associated with teenage pregnancy some of which include: premature labour, low birth weight, anaemia, and pre-eclampsia, ...

Training objective – is a measurable final outcome of a training program. It is usually expressed in terms of desired skill level, conditions under which skill level can be demonstrated and measuring benchmark (Business Dictionary). The purposes of having training objectives are: help in the training design stage, ‘road map’ provision for trainees, assistance in training programme marketing. Without training objectives training is aimless and ineffective. Once training objectives are prepared, they can be used in order to outline to the trainees what they are going to learn out while visiting the course (News Days Zimbabwe). Some people have opinion ...

1.0 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Background and Rationale of the Research The industry of construction is not only a key player in the national economic growth; but also a crucial sector affecting the economic and social welfare of citizenry, particularly in its primary function in providing reliable and decent shelter. It is viewed as one of the most essential sector to highly contribute to the growth of an entire economy at the provincial, national and international levels (Artto & Kujala, 2008). In the recent years, cost modelling and estimation for construction projects have attracted major attention of several research scholars. ...

In the world today, cars have become one of the basic commodities that people cannot live without. This means that many people across the globe have increased their desires and likelihood to buy cars for themselves and their families, meaning that the car business has flourished across the world. Not every country manufactures car, but the most commonly countries that do manufacture sell them to other countries. Japan distributes both new and used cars to any willing country, and Tanzania is one of the trusted dealers that import them to sell to Tanzanian people as well as other willing ...

Identify what you want to write about and explain why you want to write about it.

I want to explore Tsiti Dangarembga’s book Nervous Conditions as it relates to how it explains the built-in power structures in imperialism as well as traditional patriarchal society. Postcolonial and gender theory are both very useful lenses which writers can use to think about major literary works. This emphasis on critical theory as a way of explaining the meaning of Nervous Conditions is interesting and a very important part of what this paper will be about

Core work you will write about: Nervous Conditions (Dangarembga)

Supplemental works you will write about: Critical Theory Today A User Friendly Guide (Tyson) Introduction to Nervous Conditions(Appiah) Thesis Statement (This ...

African resistance to colonial powers has an extensive history that dates before the nineteenth century. The responses to colonial rule varied by location, religion, and resources that included both violent and nonviolent tactics. It is important to note that most rebellions were complex and strategically planned in the rising intolerance of colonial rule on the continent of Africa. Although Europeans aimed to divide and conquer, they did not always successfully change relationships among African communities who worked together in resistance. Nonetheless, foreign colonial powers were successful in recruiting tribes to assist in conquering other tribes who were in conflict. ...

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This paper is to deal with one of main issue of post-WW2 world, namely the phenomenon of civil war. The analysis of this paper is devoted to such questions as the reasons for certain civil wars as well as concrete instances of such internal conflicts. Also, the paper is to discuss the major theoretical contributions and controversies related to the civil war research program: firstly, civil wars are defined conceptually, and then, operationally. Second, major theories relating to the issue of causes of civil wars and their results will be discussed, along with future directions and policy implications. The ...

In the 21st century, climate change has emerged as one of the main threats to the environmental wellbeing of earth as a planet and the ecosystems. The National Academy of Sciences, in its 2009 Ecological Impacts of Climate Change stated that “Climate change is one of the defining issues of the 21st century. Therefore, humans are under a challenge to formulate guidelines, practices and behavioural standards that ensure that economic opportunities and improve quality of life are available to the human population in the long run and also climate and eco-systems are sustainably maintained. Notably, climate change and in ...

A fundamental problem facing new democracies is the hijacking of the political process by elites. Economic performance is affected by elite politics leading to underdevelopment and sometimes morphing into political violence. The transition from colonial regimes to democracy has been subverted by the harm that was done by the colonial subversion of traditional institutions in favor of artificial Western ones. This provided an opening for the rise of elites and the rule of ‘the big men’ (Owusu, 1992). What role do elites play in transition to democracy or its opposite? This paper seeks to provide an analysis on how ...

Everybody, in one way or the other, has got this internal urge to be powerful; to be able to exercise some levels of authority. Let us take an example of a student going to school. Any focused student will always want to achieve excellence in all their fields of endeavor. Their quest for excellence is not just intrinsic; all they want is to be better than others. John Emerich, in 1887 observed the rule of absolute monarchy. The monarchical king or queen had almost absolute power over the subject. They would wake up in the morning and just decide ...

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The understanding of the historical evolution of the country is the key for the interpretation of the culture of the particular nation. At the same time, the history of the country contains the explanation of the causes and consequences of the particular events. These stages and events should serve the role of the example for the future conduct of population and leadership of the state. In this regard, the evolution path of Zimbabwe as the past colony of the British Empire represents the interesting development story. In 2015 the country celebrated twenty-five years of the independence. This South-African country ...

Africa is a continent with vast untapped and unexploited natural resources, and China due to its growing economy; has a demand for these resources. China has therefore helped Africa to re-establish it self as source of valuable commodities for the Global market and also assisted to put a focus on Africa’s politics and why it remains poor (Snow 1998, 64).

China’s interest in Africa is empirical and obvious; it needs to secure oil for its fast growing economy and Africa is open to the idea, in inference to the opportunity of foreign investment. Chinese industries rely heavily on imported raw ...

The African continent and the Anglophone Caribbean region share a common history. The two regions were colonized. Majority of the countries gained independence, through peaceful negotiation and armed struggle. Evaluating the progress of the two regions in the last five decades of independence is not easy. The task of evaluating becomes objective and reliable when the task is approached from the perspective of African and Anglo Caribbean nationalism, and the expectation of independence. Both the regions harbored complex nationalist. It’s possible for one to; argue that the two regions sought to achieve the objectives of decolonization, nation building, development, ...