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The African-American Story In 1619, twenty Africans were brought to Virginia and forced into slavery. By 1790, there were 700,000 slaves in the United States and in the 1800s, African-American slaves were 40% of the Southern part of America (Brunner). Africans were not slaves before they were brought to America. They were kidnapped and shipped…

Introduction African indigenous knowledge system expressed in proverbs, names and songs etc. are conscious reflections on specific situations, events and experiences in the lives of the people. For the African, observation and experience are sources of knowledge that have immediate practical results in such areas as agriculture, medicine, crime prevention and remedy among others. It…

1.0 Introduction UNAIDS (2006) states; Africa is the world’s second largest continent, encompassing about 22% of the total land area in the world, nearly 12 million square miles. The Sub-Saharan region covers the entire continent with the exception of the northernmost countries of Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara and, arguably, Mauritania (The Canadian…

Although there were various consistencies and changes in trade between Africa and Eurasia from 300 to 1450 CE, including trade routes, commodities exchanged, and participants, significant alterations occurred. These changes comprised the establishment of the Indian Ocean trade network around 800 CE, the spread of Islam through Arab invasions in the eighth century, and the…

Multiple codes and regulations have been established in order to address the requirements of domestic capital markets[i] in response to business conditions and regulatory initiatives. In the United States, for instance, legislation and rules were introduced to rebuild and maintain trust in financial markets after scandals involving Enron, WorldCom, Tyco International, and Adelphia communications. Similar…

The ethnic structure of Africa is extremely complicated. There are approximately 50 nations and nationalities, with about 3,000 different tribes speaking diverse languages living on the continent. There are 107 ethnic groups in the African continent. Of the 24 nations, more than 5 million people make up 55.2% of Africa’s population. The largest ethnic groups…

The fact that African Americans have higher risk of having hypertension remains an enigma. Researchers from across Europe and the United States have conducted studies on the topic and the possible links between black Americans and their higher prevalent rate to hypertension. The purpose of this paper is to provide a scholarly analysis of the…

Martin Luther King was the main figure in the Civil Rights Movement; he was the civil right activist leader and had an influence of the American society. King believed in non-violent protest and used it to overcome justice, king’s idea of non-violent protest came from Ghandi’s idea, and he thought Ghandi was the great man…

Having a vast and enormous land territory, the United States of America is known to have a diverse and sundry population. Touring the huge nation, anyone would be able to easily detect the diversity of races, cultures, languages, and traditions. Thus, with its enormous size, America has the capability of housing numerous groups and ethnicities,…

Effects and Developments of the Forced Migration of Africans Europe and the New World: Though the effect on Africa due to the slave trade was very negative, in the Americas it was the exact opposite. As population decreased in Africa, it increased in the Americas. Even today, approximately one tenth of our population can trace…