North Africa Research Paper

Every culture in the world has their own customs and ways they do things. All cultures have different ways of initiating people into their cultural groups. The people that are joined into a particular culture group have family that are in the group already. Although, there are cases where outsiders join into other cultural groups. A way that this occurs is by marriage. Every culture has their own ways of going about a wedding ceremony. This paper will focus on the marriage ceremony of the Maasai community of East Africa and then the Jewish community, a religious group scattered around the world with many located in America.

Because of its size, surface features, climate, resources, and strategic importance, Africa became a prime candidate for conquest by ambitious European empires. Although Africa is physically remote from the power centers of Europe, North America, and Asia, it is surrounded by water and can therefore be reached easily from the other continents. This meant that the Europeans needed to establish rules for dealing with one another if they were to avoid constant bloodshed and competition for African resources. The Berlin Conference established those ground rules.

Djibouti. A small country in Africa. People may know it by its funny name. But, did you know that Djibouti has the second lowest point in the world? Djibouti is affected everyday by its geography, politics, social behavior, religion and economy.Djibouti is a small nation on the Horn of Africa about the size of New Jersey. Djibouti borders the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. It is the lowest point in Africa and the second lowest point in the world! Djibouti is regularly hot and dry. Days that are humid can bring temperatures up to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. When it's colder out, during the cold season that's October- April, temperatures are normally between 80-89 degrees Fahrenheit. Djibouti lacks vegetation, groundwater, and arable land. The average

United States has always been described as the land of opportunity and freedom. Most people who visit America are more likely to stay due to its beauty and the opportunities that are available to succeed, so I was confident than I would be spending most of my life here. By the time I got the U.S, school was about to start. I finished 7th grade before I came to the United States, so I was supposed to be in 8th grade once school starts; however, the principle of the middle school that I was going to attend stated that I was too young to advance to 8th grade; therefore, I have to repeat 7th grade. When I started school, I had to face many challenges since I did not speak English. During the first year of school, I have struggled a lot thought out my classes especially in my English class. Since I did not understand English, I did not understand what my teachers were saying so it was impossible for me to complete the assigned tasks and perform well in class. This situation is basically similar to an American student taking advanced Spanish class for the first time and telling him/her to pass the class without knowing any Spanish at

In a press release issued today April 13, Ambassador Mohamed Siad Doualeh , the permanent representative of Djibouti to the United Nations addressed the Security Council on the situation in Somalia.

Now that we have spent a lot of time discussing the U.S.’s role in the Middle East, it is time to write about what we’ve learned and about our personal opinions on this issue.

Read the attached document on the cultural features of Africa South of the Sahara to answer the following questions:

Djibouti, unlike most countries in the African continent, is a predominantly urban state – with over two-thirds of its population living in Djibouti City. The exodus of people leaving rural areas for the capital city has created an even greater demographic divide between urban and rural people – with 85% of the population now living in the capital. The city’s facilities are not capable of processing this number of people, reason why many migrants end up settling on the slums at the outskirts of the city. Although having settled into urban environments, many of these migrants are not adept at living urban lives – which have also been under stress from the drought. The destruction of the already fragile agricultural sector has risen food prices

My initial impressions of the Middle East and Northern Africa are they are desolate, poor, and primarily Muslim. Although I know there is an infrastructure in the cities that is not how I viewed the overall majority of these two countries. The terms political unrest and upheaval, also come to mind. When all you see on the news are war torn areas in these countries, the view you come out with is skewed by what the media introduces you to. Many thoughts also run through ones’ head when you ponder what to expect when you approach these countries about business opportunities. I do not believe I am ethnocentric when it comes to other countries and their culture, albeit I have a perception which is stifled and constricted by those skewed views in which we are shown. I also feel there is only two classes, the haves and have nots, if you will. The “haves” living in the cities with an infrastructure, and the “have nots” living in shacks without any of modern day conveniences.

Western Sahara is located on the northwest coast of Africa bordered by Morocco, Mauritania, and Algeria. It is mostly part of the Sahara desert. Western Sahara is one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world. Their climate is hot, dry desert, rain is rare, the cold offshore air currents produces fog and heavy dew. Due to the fact that The Western Sahara is mostly desert, we can not build a highway through here, but it could be built on the coast. Western Sahara’s territory is 85% under Moroccan control. Since the 1930s, most Sahrawis have been compelled to adopt to sedentary lifestyle and to live in urban settings as a result of fighting. Their most recent GDP is 2,500. This would impact the highway because they wouldn’t be able

Botswana is a very unique country in Southern Africa. It has a diversity of both culture and types of landscapes. The flag well explains this. The flag is blue with a thick black stripe surrounded by thin white stripes through the center. The blue represents the rain water, as it is a precious resource to the wildlife and the people of Botswana in the frequent droughts. The black band with the white frame has two meanings. One is that it symbolizes the cooperation between different races, as they have a diversity of different races. The other representation is the representation of the Zebra, which is the national animal of Botswana.

The language of the Maghreb region is primarily Arabic. To aid in business and commerce, however, some countries also speak French, Italian, and English. As Maghreb is to some extent isolated from the rest of the African continent by the Atlas Mountains and Sahara desert, the people who have settled in the northern parts of the region have a history of commercial and cultural relationships with the countries of the Mediterranean including southern Europe and Western Asia.

In Zanzibar, Tanzania there is a legend, or some would say a myth, about a local street called 'Iilaa Aljahim, which had giggling children that never came in reach of sight. There are many local stories that go around about this street, such as, ´this touched me!´and ´I swear I heard it!!´ ,and so forth. However, there was never proof that this particular street was haunted by these children, except for the peculiar account of Naqi Hlu.

The earliest group of settlers in the area, now known as the Central African Republic, were hunter-gatherers who first settled there 10,000 years ago. Many settled by the Ubangi River which is located in the eastern part of the Central African Republic. They became farmers who specialized in growing yams, millet, sorghum, and bananas and domesticated the African palm oil. Beginning in the 1500s, Muslim slave traders began to attack the region capturing and enslaving many native Africans using the Ubangi River to transport them to the coastal ports where they would be sold to the Americas.

North Africa is composed of six countries, which include Western Sahara, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. More than 12,000 years ago, people had to hunt animals and gather plants. As time went on, people had to raise crops and began to domesticate animals. As people farmed, they began to settle in small villages and then towns were then developed.