The Republic Of Botswan A Country With A Fairy Tale Success Story

The government also has an imbalance of political power allowing dictators to step in and lead the country and control all of the power. Lately, there has been police crackdowns, mass detentions, tortures, death in activists against the government, and deaths of opposing parties. On the other hand, Cameroon is not as bad off as some other countries dealing with their own independence. The Cameroonian government was able to avoid debt, fed its entire population, and recharged their economy. They still have a long way to go to be successful but Cameroon is on the road to be a more successful country than right after their transition into

     In Southern Africa, there were mineral discoveries in the 1860, 70, and 80’s. These discoveries had an enormous impact on Southern Africa. These discoveries lead to a “rush” of many fortune hunters and the establishment of the town of Kimberly, which grew quickly and soon became the largest urban society in the interior of Southern Africa. Soon the diamond industry was controlled by one monopolistic company. This was one negative effect of imperialism in Africa.

South Africa has diamonds and gold. The Boers settled in Africa long before the British came there to colonize. The Boers were Dutch and come over to Africa in 1652. The Boers and the British did not agree with British policies including land and slaves. The Boers had no where to go but north. Which later became known as the Great Trek. When they were heading north they got in fierce battles with the Zulu and many other African groups as they were attempting to take land. The Boers didn't want outsiders coming in when gold was discovered. The Boers did t want any of the people coming to seeks fortune to gain any political rights. People tried to rebel against the Boers and failed. The British were blamed, and the tension was greater than ever.

Wouldn’t you love to visit this country Located in West Africa, Liberia has a land mass of 11,369 square kilometers and a population of about four million. The capital is Monrovia. The official language is English and over thirty home-grown languages are also spoken in the country. You may wonder why I selected this country; I do not know truly myself, but the more I researched about it the more fascinated I became. I assume that will happen to you, too, to see how far this country has come. (Forced Migration Online: Liberia, 2011)

¨It is the most highly industrialized amongst the other countries in Africa¨http://www.cfr.org/international-organizations-and-alliances/group-eight-g8-industrialized-nations/p10647. Not only is it’s nature beautiful but so are it’s people. Although

by tribalism. In a country such as Botswana which has escaped these GDP/cap is over $14000 each year. In

And it's a free country has a democracy it’s been the gem of Africa. It's the first independent nation in Ghana. It’s relatively stable. I don't see any unrest. It's a place you could go to. You can speak English to the people. You come back with an appreciation of life in the students are just so grateful for what they have so they have like every place else varying needs in the capital. It's more industrialized more modernize than in the north where electricity may not be as prevalent or there are lights out. There even lights out in the capital so the students learn a lot they go there to teach, to explore, to see another culture to really learn about

Africa is home to many extraordinary and remarkable countries. One of these countries is Chad, which is only about eighty-five percent the size of the state of Alaska. While Chad may appear small, the people there speak more than 120 different languages. Chad has six neighboring countries: Niger, Libya, Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroon, and Nigeria. This country is named after the famous Lake Chad.

an incredible supply of wealth derived from their control of the gold trade in West Africa.

Africa is the world’s oldest inhabited continent, filled with the richest recourses and perhaps the richest history. However, in order to truly understand Africa’s amazing culture and society, we must first start at the very beginning. We must first look at how Africa came about, why it looks the way it does and why it’s location makes it such a unique place.

Africa, a place of diversity and culture. A land that is filled with beautiful landscape and some of the most inspiring people. We are so taken away by the idea of Africa but we never take the time to soak in the smaller pieces of Africa, the things that make Africa what it is. I decided to take a deeper look into Africa. Togo, a small chunk of land that is filled with breathtaking sites and some of the most interesting culture that sits on the south coast of west Africa.Togo is so small it is often taken for granted. The people of Togo currently live in minor poverty and gain most of their income from exports of cocoa, cotton and coffee. The current population of Togo is 6.18 million. Togo speaks a total of 39 different languages, though a

Situated in West Africa, “with an area of 112,622 km² to some extent larger than Bulgaria, or somewhat smaller than the U.S. state Pennsylvania”, (Nationalonline.org) my country Benin a French colony from the late 19th century until 1960 with Cotonou the largest city as its capital, is the place where I grew up. Not very well-known around the world certainly because of its tranquility, and its uniqueness that I am about to show you in the rest of this essay, Benin is one of the best West African itineraries you should include in your travel plan if you ever wish to visit Africa.

The film Brave, which was released in 2012 is a non-conventional animated film set in the Scottish highlands in the 10th century. Fairy-tales were traditionally passed down orally before being written down by scribes such as the Grimm brothers. they were generally used to teach young girls how to behave in order to do well in life. The majority of fairy tales show obedient young girls who grow up with hardship but live to marry royalty and live 'happily ever after' because they are beautiful and kind. Many modern fairy tales today are inspired by these but do not completely adhere to the tradition. Brave is a good example of this. It had modernised the usual conventions of fairy-tales. This is through the protagonist, Merida, the lessons and

Botswana imports most of its food from other countries. In order to diversify the country should cut down its import bill on food and start producing its own and maybe be able to export to other countries as well. Also Agriculture is a labour intensive and it creates a lot of jobs. Job creating sectors are important for the development of the country as well as the development of the economy. Most farmers in Botswana cannot access funding and therefore they do not have working capital even if they do have the machinery and other inputs for farming. The country should have food security and be self-sustaining.

It is a land-locked country of 390,757km2 between the Zambezi River, to the north, and the Limpopo River, to the south. Ranked as the 61st largest country in the world, Zimbabwe is small compared to Africa’s average. It is just larger than Japan or Montana, but smaller than Paraguay. About 3,910km2 of the country’s area compromises of water in the form of lakes and reservoirs.