Kinshasa

There are many misconceptions that have been universally accepted mentioned in Curtis Keim’s book Mistaking Africa, many of which are based on biased and incorrect accounts and are extremely offensive. Three important myths are that Africa is a land of cannibals, it is backward and very uncivilized, and that it is one country where everyone and the climate are the same all over. These will be explained, refuted, and the detriment to the people of Africa will be discussed. Through outdated travel

Kendrick Narcisse Professor Sherrell Brooklyn Museum Report #1 Before walking into The Brooklyn Museum, I didn’t know what to anticipate as I do not identify as a frequent museum visitor. However, soon after stepping inside this massive gallery I learned that this museum is one of the largest art museums in the United States and one of the premier art institutions in the world. I immediately got lost walking up and down the floors of this massive museum visiting every culture and gaining appreciation

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killed will “go uncounted…or count for nothing, if that is possible” (422), but the white people that were killed will be noticed. These surroundings allow Leah to see the unjust treatment the Congolese are given. Also, after living with Anatole in Kinshasa, her outlook on life is more negative and she describes how she “survives here on outrage” (450). She used to be a very optimistic person, but now that she sees the true way these people have to live, she feels empathy for them, while also seeing

While the term “conflict mineral” can be used to refer to any mineral resource being exploited by a belligerent faction in order to perpetuate hostilities, it is most commonly associated with columbite-tantalite, cassiterite, wolframite, and gold ore, collectively known as 3TG minerals.i These ores, used to produce tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold, respectively, comprise a multi-billion dollar market fueled by the growing demand for electronics and other products related to the technology industry

U.S Foreign Aid to Africa Some people speak against U.S foreign aid being sent to Africa for humanitarian reasons. Others speak out in favor of such actions. All of us have seen the news tickers with vital headlines about “people being devastated by droughts in Zimbabwe and unhygienic water in Sudan”, but what is their government doing about it. Personally, I’ve asked myself several founded inquiries about where is this foreign aid going to and what are some of the achievements being made. I’ve

Diseases can cause a devastating effect on both the human body, and also the human population. Throughout several time periods of the present and past, diseases have caused a humongous impact in several society's in different countries around the world. Several large pandemics and epidemics have killed off the population of many species including humans and primates. Wether the time period is in the present or as far back as the Middle Ages, each and every one of these diseases, have had a life threatening

infected, the infection soon spread as Brandon Keim wrote in “Early Spread of AIDS Traced to Congo’s Expanding Transportation Network”. “The number of infections soon tripled, and the virus’s range expanded.” It is said that HIV was transported to a Kinshasa by an infected individual by way of river down into the Congo. In that time, many of the people in the area were men and there was a vast sexual network in the city. Being so promiscuous led to the rapid spread. This is when they think the first

Disappointing In each of the four sections of chapter 5, Colonial Other, World Art, Fist Nations, Art and Post Colonial Diaspora, Rhodes, uncharacteristically, puts forward poorly developed and organized arguments which leave the reader asking why he bothered. The chapter seems to be the outline of a new book that has been tacked onto the end of Outsider Art because four is too round a number. It seems to undermine the previous chapters because it broadens the definition of outsider to such a

Historical interpretations relating to small wars in the post Napoleonic period in relation to insurgent guerrilla warfare in urban and agrarian societies across the globe share universal themes. These commonalities will be explored relating why combatants in guerrilla warfare fight. Moreover, what objectives guerrilla leaders wanted to achieve with their theories of social revolution. The works discussed are Mao Tse-tung, On Guerrilla Warfare, Ernesto Che Guevara, Guerilla Warfare, and Carlos