Santeria & Voodoo Religion(s)
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13 page-long elaborate discussion of religion in Africa. Divided into sections, key focuses are on : Animism (the religious belief that everything on Earth is imbued with a powerful spirit, capable of helping or harming human needs), Voodoo, and the Santeria Religion. Many issues, ideas, and subtopics are explored. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: Africrel.wps

Short and Long-Term Costs of the January 17, 2002 Eruption of Mount Nyiragongo
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A 5 page overview of the costs associated with this volcanic eruption. An overview is provided of the number of lives and types of property lost as well as of the foreign relief effort. The author emphasizes, however, that in effect these costs are only short-term. This paper points out that the long-term costs of the eruption, costs associated with environmental impacts such as global warming, could overshadow short-term costs. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPvolca3.rtf

Sierra Leone / Exemplary Of The 'Third World'
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An 8 page research paper on this tiny African country located in the 'bulge' of Africa. The writer discusses the country's history, ethnic, and economic background as well as the recent political unrest which has plagued the country. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Sierral.wps

Social Problems and the Media -- The Global Issue of HIV and AIDS
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This 8 page report discusses the fact that in less than two decades, the pandemic of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has become an international health, social, and economic emergency. Not surprisingly, media coverage of AIDS, the impact of the disease, and research into the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has become an important channel of communication regarding treatment, research breakthroughs, and the development of new treatments. However, attention to the impact of HIV infection and AIDS in Third World nations has been less than comprehensive and exemplifies the ways in which the media (and society, in general) tends to neglect the devastating impact of the disease in places such as sub-Saharan Africa. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BWmtvsoc.wps

Solutions for South Africa
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This 7 page paper explores South Africa' s history and life since apartheid. With racism and poverty still a reality, solutions are explored for the nation's future development. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: SA044SA.wps

Somalian Women
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There continues to be discrimination, violence and a certain adherence to the old traditions, however, the women of Somalia have taken a stand and forged a new identity upon which a role for them will emerge in the future. This 10 page paper explores the political, cultural and economic history of Somalia in terms of the role women have played in the process. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: KTsomwom.wps

South African Apartheid and how it Reproduced Victorian Anthropological Theories:
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This 9 page paper discusses the situation of apartheid in South Africa in relation to how this mirrored the Victorian ideas of contamination and moral degeneracy. Examples from the past are given which correlate with South African apartheid, such as when the English colonized India. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: GSSAfric.rtf

South Africans and the Transitions since 1984
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8 pages. This is a thorough look at the struggles and transitions that have gone on in South Africa in the last twenty years. Through the pages of Nelson Mandela and David Goodman these two different sources paint their own pictures of what it has been like living through the difficulties faced by this nation. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: JGAfline.rtf

Speech and Writing in Sembene and Laye
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A 1 page paper looking at the opposition of the oral tradition versus the written word in the third-world African countries. The two novels examined are Camara Laye's 'L'Enfant Noir' (The Dark Child) and Ousmanne Sembene's 'God's Bits of Wood.' Bibliography lists three sources.
Filename: KBlaye.wps

Stephenson’s, “The Language of the Land”
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Stephenson’s, “The Language of the Land”: This 5-page essay critically examines James Stephenson’s book, “The Language of the Land” and his depiction of the Hadzabe tribe in East Africa. In addition, a number of issues relevant to “Jemzi’s” development and how/ what changed him during his time in the bush will also be explored. Bibliography lists 4 sources. SNLanjs.doc
Filename: SNLangjs.doc