Culture & Heritage Essays
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12 pages containing three brief essays and numerous short answers about African culture and heritage. Keywords defined and discussed include : Bantus, Nilotics, Homo Africanus, Islam, Nubians, Racism, Black Nationalism, Oscar Micheaux (early Black filmmaker). Available in sections; Please call for more details. (No bibliography.)
Filename: African2.wps

Ancient Engineers of Egypt – Cultural Dynamics and Technology in Building the Pyramids
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This 11 page report discusses the enormous undertaking of building the pyramids and the incredible accuracy that was used in the construction of a tomb and monument to dead pharaohs. Every aspect of the ancient people’s life was consumed by the combination of worship and construction. The two were inextricably connected. Technology developed in support of the construction and the construction continually glorified the divine in ever-greater measures. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: BWcdtech.rtf

Mining In Africa
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A 7 page paper. The scenario is that a company is proposing to construct a mining and refinery complex in a remote region of an African country along the Atlantic Coast. The UN and the World Bank have requested data about such a proposal. The indigenous population practices Usufruct Panpsychism, a philosophy that is explained. Economic, political, environmental and ethical issues are discussed by reviewing actual events in the mining industry in Africa. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PGafmine.wps

Africa / A Continental Overview
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A 6 page essay providing an overview of the continent's history, geography, religion and art. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Afrpor.wps

African Resistance to Colonialism
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In 5 pages the author discusses the African resistance to colonialism and gives the reader another perspective of the colonization of Africa by the Europeans and the Western influence Africa faced. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PCafcol.doc

John Thornton's 'Africa And Africans In The Making Of The Atlantic World 1400-1800 / Summary
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6 pages in length. John Thornton's 'Africa And Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World 1400-1800' is instrumental in demonstrating the significant impact Africans had upon the Atlantic world's cultural development as a result of their trek to the Americas during the colonial period. The writer discusses how the abundance of Africans who left their homeland on account of the slave trade made a considerable mark upon how the Americas were ultimately established. It can be argued that their participation -- even though unrecognized by the Africans themselves at the time -- was contributory to the Atlantic world's overall evolvement. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TLCThorn.doc

Memmi's 'The Colonizer and Colonized'
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A 5 page paper that considers the historical, cultural, social and political roles of the colonized and the colonizer in Northern Africa. This paper provides a comparison between Memmi's work and two other authors, who reflect on the status of colonization in other regions of the world. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Colon.wps

The Rwandan Civil War
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A 5 page overview of the conflict between the Hutu and Tutsi tribes of Rwanda which culminated in a bloody civil war in 1994 in which the Hutu majority tried to exterminate the Tutsi minority. The writer gives the historical background which led up to this conflict showing the multiple causal factors which contributed to this genocidal effort. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Hututsi.doc

Civil War in Southern Africa
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Civil wars in Southern Africa have brought devastation on all levels - from political upheaval to famine, genocide and mass displacement. The diversity and history of conflict have added to systems of corrupt and, or, inept governments to bring most of the African States into and through the experience of civil wars. This 5 page paper explores the effects of the civil wars and examines the direction of development in store for Southern Africa. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Civsouaf.wps

African-American Art & Apartheid
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A 5 page paper that considers the impacts of African American art and artists on the transition from Apartheid rule and suggest that the prevellence of compassionate correlations made in American art have underscored the imperative of black artists in South Africa. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Afra.wps

African Music-Ancient and Modern at the Same Time
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This 8 page report discusses the many varieties and flavors of African music from the traditional to the contemporary. African music is singularly unique in that no single description can describe it all. One aspect of commonality between all African nations is the important role that dance, music, and rhythm plays throughout all aspects of national culture. Numerous examples of the types of music, as well as instruments played are included. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: BWafmus.rtf

African Women & Development
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This 11 page paper gives an overview of the issuesand problems facing women in the developing nations of Africa. Bibliography lists eight sources.
Filename: Afrwomen.wps

Benjamin Franklin vs. Olaudah Equiano (African)/ Comparative Autobiographies
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A 5 page paper that compares the autobiographies of Benjamin Franklin and Olaudah Equiano. This paper considers the way in which each many writes about their cultures, society considerations, and difficult problems in America and Africa. Franklin's authobiography is set in the context of U.S. history, while Equiano's is based in the historical perspective of European and American slave trade. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Equiano.doc

Maya Angelou/All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes
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A 5 page analysis of All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes by Maya Angelou, which is the fifth volume in her serial autobiography. This volume is an account of Angelou's experiences in Ghana in the early 1960s. This narrative relates how Angelou found a job teaching at the University of Ghana and began working as an editor. While the narrative naturally includes the details of where Angelou worked, and the major details of her life, the motivating force behind the book is how Angelou worked to relate emotionally to Ghana and her African heritage. No additional sources cited.
Filename: 99agcnts.rtf

Aids in Zimbabwe
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6 pages in length. Zimbabwe is in the midst of one of the most serious AIDS epidemics in the world. This paper takes a look at the AIDS in Zimbabwe, sex education in their schools, and government programs, all of which are trying to slow the spread of this deadly disease. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: JGAaidsz.wps