Sierra Leone is located in West Africa and is surrounded by countries with similarly low Growth Domestic Product rates. After a decade long civil war, ending approximately ten years ago, the country has made significant progress in business and economic stability. Although there has been tremendous progress made, poverty and unemployment are major issues, which need to be addressed. In 2004, the unemployment rate for Sierra Leoneans- ages fifteen to twenty four- was five point two percent (CIA World Factbook). Within the past seven years, there have been an exceeding number of organizations whom plan to make an impact on the improvement of Sierra Leone’s well being.
Religion Things Fall Apart is a story about the Igbo clan of Nigeria. The bulk of the story focuses on the culture of the Igbo people and influence of Christian settlement on the clan. Chinua Achbe, in the novel Things Fall Apart, conveys a flavor of traditional African culture in the 1800`s. The author attempts to dispel the belief that the tribal peoples are without unique and important culture. Many of Achebe`s themes are not limited to the events in his novel, but relate to situations, in which traditional values are questioned and people from different cultures meet, the most profound impact being related to the themes of religion.
The countries involved in the ‘Scramble for Africa’ were Britain, France, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Germany and Italy. A key economic feature of colonialism was producing and exporting raw materials either agricultural or mineral, precious metals such as gold, silver and copper. Tropical products for luxury consumption such as coffee, sugar, spices, timber and fabrics like cotton. Later when Britain, France and Germany were competing against each other for colonies in Africa in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the international market had changed rapidly with a huge demand for raw materials for manufacturing such as jute, cotton, rubber and sisal (Bernstein, 1992:48). Mass consumption demand such as tea, sugar and vegetable oils (Bernstein, 1992:48).
It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south. The word Ghana means "Warrior King"[7] and is derived from the ancient Ghana Empire. Land Area: 88,811 sq mi (230,020 sq km); total area: 92,456 sq mi (239,460 sq km) Physical Description: Ghana, which lies in the center of the West African coast, shares 2,093 km of land borders with the three French-speaking nations of Burkina Faso (548 km) to the north, Côte d'Ivoire (668 km) to the west, and Togo (877 km) to the east. To the south are the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean Population: 23,837,261 people Language: Different sources give different figures for the number of languages of Ghana. This is because of different classifications of varieties as either languages or dialects.
Though there are several religions established today, the official state church is the Church of England. Other public religions include Islam and Hinduism, along with minority faiths such as Sikhism, Buddhism and Judaism. Religion in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is traditionally a Christian country, the prevailing denomination being the Presbyterian Church in England. It is the only country in the United Kingdom which provides legal protection from discrimination on the basis of religion, due to The fair Employment Act, 1989. Religion in Scotland The prevalent religious persuasion in Scotland is Christianity.
It is a country located in West Africa. It has a population of 4 million people and has been through war for 14 years 1989–1997. The Liberian Civil War, which was one of Africa's bloodiest, claimed the lives of more than 200,000 Liberians and further displaced a million others into refugee camps in neighboring countries. Liberia is a very beautiful place with beautiful beaches and most impressive evergreen forests. Me and my group took a tour to the villages, and there were all kinds of fruit like apple, papaya, mango, avocado, pineapple in every step.
He published Things Fall Apart in 1959. It was a response to other novels that depicted Africa as primordial and cultureless. Achebe was able to illustrate religion, race, and culture amongst other topics from both African and European viewpoints due to his English education and European exposure. Things Fall Apart was to be a responds to the colonial accounts of Africa, therefore the book took a political standing. Many of his novels address the post-colonial social and political issues that Nigeria still faces.
The Republic of Ghana is named after the medieval West African Ghana Empire,[1] The Empire became known in Europe and Arabia as the Ghana Empire by the title of its emperor, the Ghana. The Empire appears to have broken up following the 1076 conquest by the Almoravid General Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar. A reduced kingdom continued to exist after Almoravid rule ended, and the Kingdom was later incorporated into subsequent Sahelian empires, such as the Mali Empire several centuries later. Geographically, the ancient Ghana Empire was approximately 500 miles (800 km) north and west of the modern state of Ghana, and controlled territories in the area of the Sénégal river and east towards the Niger rivers, in modern Senegal, Mauritania and Mali. Historically, modern Ghanaian territory was the core of the Empire of Ashanti, which was one of the most advanced states in sub-Sahara Africa in the 18–19th centuries, before colonial rule.
872212751 Yi-Chi Lin MKTG 4380 Case Analysis of Starbucks Corporation Question 1: Why did Starbucks partner with Conservation International to develop C.A.F.E (Coffee And Farmers Equity Practices)? Since 2005, Starbucks has been the world’s largest specialty coffee retailer and it expanded consistently and saw strong growth in the sales and net profits. In the 1990s, the specialty coffee industry experienced enormous growth, fueled largely by the coffee-drinking habits of college graduates and other educated professionals. However, due to oversupply of lower-grade coffee beans, the prices of coffee beans had depressed and which made it difficult for coffee farmers to earn enough revenue to cover the cost of production. By the end of 2005, Starbucks owned more than 10,000 stores and roasted 2.3 percent of the world’s coffee.
Does foreign aid promote growth in Africa? Introduction The debate over aid effectiveness in Africa continues to be a contentious one at various international meetings. Despite being one of the world largest aid recipients, the African continent remains the poorest and most aid dependent. This is most visible in Sub Saharan Africa where one person in two still live under the poverty line (UN, 2008) notwithstanding the million of dollar received every year. By “foreign aid”, we refer to any financial assistance that is specifically given to help generate economic growth while “economic growth” describes a sustainable increase in economic activity capable to improve the lives of the majority of the citizens and measured as the annual percentage change in national income.