Sola Ajimatanrareje Mr. Feere Intercultural Communication 122 27 April 2011 Nigerian Culture – Yoruba Nigeria is located on the west side of Africa. Nigeria is made up of many ethnic groups, over 50 languages, and over 250 dialects and ethnic groups. There are three main ethnic groups, which are also the three largest ethnic groups: Hausa-Fulani, Igbo, and Yoruba. My main focus will be on the Yoruba culture. Although Yoruba people live on the west coast of Africa, they can also be found in the eastern Republic of Benin and Togo.
ENGLAND ENGLAND England is the most populous country in the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, while the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separate it from continental Europe. Most of England comprises the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain in the North Atlantic. The country also includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of
There is 300 square kilometers of irrigated land and Chad is also a significant source of water in the Sahel. The population in Chad is 10,543,464 people with many different types of ethnic groups. Sara, Arab, and Mayo-Kebbi are the three largest groups in the country. The official languages in Chad are French and Arabic with Sara being an official language in the south. There are more than 120 different languages and dialects and the nationality is Chadian.
history? What have been the common ancestral backgrounds of each of these groups? When did each become a significant or notable minority group? Some of the largest racial minorities in U.S. history would have to be German, Irish, Italian, and Polish Americans, all of these make up most Americans ethnic backgrounds. The American today is surrounded by remnants of cultures and practitioners of religions whose origins are foreign to this country.
This city is the county seat of Duval County. This city has the largest population in Florida at eight hundred twenty seven thousand nine hundred eight people, and largest land area in the contiguous United States. There are more than 500 neighborhoods in Jacksonville that provide for a unique and interesting learning experience. A. Cultural Assessment When considering a culture, race and ethnicity are two important items to consider.
Africa is the second-largest and second-most populated continent. It is a place full of poverty, war, and disease. But it hasn’t always been this way. The African continent has a rich history of survival and splendor, though much of that has been depleted over time. However, in the time before the Europeans arrived in Africa in the late 15th century, the civilizations of Africa had already accomplished many great things.
Brazilians have intermarried to the point that it sometimes seems that almost everyone has a combination of European, African and indigenous ancestry (Brazil – Language, Culture, Customs, and Etiquette, n.d.). Class Stratification. There is a large gap within the classes in the country of Brazil. Only about five percent of the population owns the majority (80%) of the land in Brazil. Unfortunately, this disproportion has grown even bigger since the 1980s.
Africa consists of a huge number of religions, tribes, and groups of people each with a very different history. The word Africa comes from Latin (Africa = Sunny) and Greek (Aphrike = not cold). The Romans were the first to use the name, Africa. The African continent is so large , different, and rich in its own way. Before colonialism there were around 10,000 kingdoms.
The United States Census Bureau estimates in 2006 that more than 44 million people (14.3%) of the population are Hispanic. It is predicted that by the year 2050 one fourth of the population will be Hispanic (US Census Bureau, 2008). Even though geographically they originate from nearby countries, the Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban and Central/South American each have their own culture and traditions. The linguistic, political, social, economic, religious, and familial statuses of these cultures are presented in their own traditions. “Hispanics, wherever they reside in the United States, share the heritage of the Spanish Language” Shaefer (pg.
At the end of the seventeenth century there were an estimated ten thousand whites and forty thousand slaves, principally blacks. Less than a century later the white out numbered about eighteen thousand, but there were a quarter of a million slaves-an increase of over two hundred thousand.” In Jamaica’s class and castes, most of the nation’s wealth is owed by a small number of Caucasians or light skinned people with large portions controlled by Chinese and Middle Eastern descent. Blacks are usually run small to medium size business. Race plays a big role in how people are judge depending on their color or features. According to Culture of Jamaica “Black skin is still associated with being “uncivilized”, “ignorant”, “lazy”, and untrustworthy”.