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Low-cost housing provision has been a major focus of government in post-apartheid urban South Africa. While successes can be noted, there is growing concern regarding the social and environmental sustainability of housing programs and the impacts upon both the surrounding environment and human health. Utilizing key informant interviews, survey research, Census data and documentary review,…

The just concluded United States presidential election has brought a sharp focus to the history of America.  Barrack Obama has become the first Black to win the presidency, altering completely the history of the United States.  Particularly, this win is a remarkable hallmark to Americans of Africa descent and puts into spotlight the long journey…

A comparison & contrast of the inquisitions and censorship of ideas in the novels the Name of the Rose & Leo the African Introduction:      The novel ‘The Name of the Rose’ set in a monastic library, relates to the medieval times. Those who form part of the august library are posse of books, patrons,…

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…

Robert E. Howard’s hatred of the slave trade was unequivocal. His poems in this subject area are so vivid they could almost be used as part of the history of the slaves taken from Africa. It is one of the few subject areas in which REH shows no conflicting point of view in his poetry….

By definition published by Charles Darwin ( 1958 ) in his manuscripts and described it in more item in his ulterior book ( Darwin 1871 ) , sexual choice is “ a battle between persons of one sex, by and large the males, for the ownership of the other sex ” . In general, the…

Introduction In the African culture, a very important oral tradition is the story of Sundiata, a lion prince who established the Mali kingdom in West Africa in the thirteenth century. The story of his exploits has been preserved and has been passed down through the ages by the griots, the African signer and storyteller. (Bentley…

AbstractionThe Willie Lynch Letter is a papers that allegedly is a address given by a white slave proprietor from the West Indies. on the bank of the James River in Virginia. 1712. It has been said that it was instructions to the current twenty-four hours slave proprietors on how to command their slaves indefinitely. This…

Reference In this paper I wish to examine the place and the role of women according to African Religion. The paper focuses on three areas: mythology, proverbs and prayers. In the area of mythology we are confronted with the picture of women in the early state of human existence. This is not history. The myth…

 Racism is defined as a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary 2010). African Americans historically have been discriminated against in the USA by the Caucasians. In the modern era racism has taken a more…