Africa’s Current Barriers There are many reasons why Africa is considered an impoverished continent, but there are three that stand out against the others. Africa is not fully developed because of past history, disease, and agricultural issues. Africa lacks many things such as organization, power, and rule which also contribute to these three main issues. One reason that Africa is poor and wrecked is because of colonialism. Some of the first civilizations started in Africa, and forever after other civilizations wanted to conquer Africa as a means of showing their global superiority.
B. Thesis: Cases of Aids in Africa have been rapidly growing but treatment has stayed at a stand still. C. Preview: Today, I will talk about acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or more commonly known as Aids, and its prevalence in Africa, which will lead us to how Africans view this life taking disease. D. Credibility/Relation: Ever since the early 80’s Americans have known a lot about the aids virus due to mass media, unfortunately many African countries haven’t had such luxuries. [Transition: Let’s take a look at how Aids has affected Africa and what has been done to prevent the transmission] II. Body: A.
The question here which will carry on this research paper is, is Conrad really racist, or he is just trying to be a realist? After reading a few lines of Conrad's racist description to the denizens of the Congo, I really could not fathom why such an open-declared racism against people whose only fault is that they were born with a skin that is different in colour. Conrad did not hesitate from making bitter statements in his description to the black
One type of culture, which has traditionally been labeled as uncivilized, are those found in Africa. Other more civilized cultures tend to look down on those who belong to African cultures, labeling their customs and ways of life as abnormal. Randall Bass, an Associate Professor of English at Georgetown University, made an interesting argument in his book, Border texts: Cultural Readings for Contemporary Writer. Bass describes a passage from a local newspaper out of Louisville, Kentucky. The newspaper coined the phrase, "national geographic nudity" in describing a movie.
The reason for the first layer of narration is that “Heart of Darkness” is not so much about what happened in Africa as it is about the psychological, moral and spiritual impressions those events left on someone with completely different ideals and values and unconnected to what happened. The reason to the second layer of narration is less obvious to me at first. I think the role of “I” is of a witness and listener; “I”, like readers, learned that our ideas about “civilization” can be founded on lies, corruptions and unspeakable horrors. By the end of the story, Marlow’s tale significantly changes the narrator’s attitude towards the ships and men of the past. It leaves a profound psychological effects on “I” and readers; it prompts us to ponder the dark side of our nature.
He is good at pointing out the over populated cities, garbage in the streets, cruelty towards animals, different cultures and religions, and overspending of money, but never shows you the good things of Africa making me believe that Africa has nothing to offer for me, I want no part of it. The best writing in this book, to me, deals with native healers and fortune-tellers. In Uganda he enters a small office and spots a framed certificate on the wall: the witch doctor has an official license. In Nigeria he teases a fortune-teller by asking whether
Europe wanted to set up and colonize in Africa, mainly because of Africa's raw materials it was purely economic. . (Iweriebor, 2011) The African's did not take kind to this, and it provoked not only African political responses but also diplomatic responses and military resistance. A lot of treaties of protection for the leaders of African societies, states, and empires went out. There was a lot of controversy about these treaties and eventually the military had to step in.
Even the outbreak of Ebola revealed a general sense of condescension that the developed world holds toward West Africa, especially as the American people realize that individuals from the poorer African nations have brought strains of the terrible virus to US shores. Despite these stories and many like them, most people would likely claim to be a proponent of diversity and inclusion. However, recent events like those above paint a realistic picture that there is still much
Then Kloby helps us look at real examples of different times in which colonialism has hurt Africans more than helped them. All of these authors have come to one clear consensus: colonialism has ultimately destroyed Africa’s chances of becoming a great and powerful continent. In Mies’ essay, she tends to be very pessimistic about the Africa being able to “catch-up” to other already developed countries. Mies says that, “the poverty of the underdeveloped nations is not as a result of ‘natural’ lagging behind but the direct consequence of the overdevelopment of the rich industrial countries who exploit the so-called periphery in Africa” (151). She denies that possibility that Africa can catch up by following the same path of industrialization, technological progress, and capital accumulation as the more developed countries have used.
Hofstede's Dimensions of Culture: South Africa Power Distance Index The power distance of South Africa is surprising based on what people hear about African countries and dictators. The country came in at 49 on the power distance scale. After searching Mozambique, Namibia, Angola and Zambia, it was clear that all of the surrounding countries were very different from South Africa. Their power distance was between 65-85. The countries closest to South Africa were the countries closer to 85.