Kenya Essays

Kenya is one of the most developing countries in East Africa. It is positioned right along the equator on the Eastern coast. The capital city of Kenya is Nairobi. The Kenyan land is mostly dry grassland, swamps, desert, and high mountains. Some say that this country is twice the size of Nevada or Texas. Its population is estimated to be 47.8 million and constantly increases every year. You may wonder what the climate is like in Kenya since it is considered a dry land. The country only receives about

Kenya has had great numbers of refugees in the country from several years back. “Refugee Realities: Refugee Rights versus State Security in Kenya and Tanzania” is a journal article by Edward Mogire who states that Kenya has been hosting refuges since 1970 and in the end of 2005, it hosted about 251,300 refugees including 150,500 from Somali, 76,600 from Sudan, 2,800 from Uganda and 21, 400 from other nationals. (Mogire, 2009) Kenya has always been seen as a peaceful country that other states such

Colonialism negatively affected Kenya in many different aspects like the unfair treatment of Kenyan kids in education, and the treatment of Kenyan citizens as a whole. The British also impacted Kenya’s religious views, but more in a neutral way. The colonization of Kenya happened in the context of the Berlin Conference. In the 19th century, Europeans were at a race to colonize as many territories as they can. This all started by King Leopold II of Belgium when he colonized The Democratic Republic

“Cultures in Crisis” Climate Change and the Maasai Amy Martin Cultural Anthropology 231 October 27, 2015 The Culture of the Maasai People of Kenya, Africa: The Maasai are a semi-nomadic indigenous people group of Eastern Africa in Kenya and Tanzania with a population of about one million. The majority of the sixteen different Maasai groups reside in Kenya along the Great Rift Valley under a communal land management system. (The Maasai Association 2012) In the Maasai lifestyle, children, women and

In London, England, on February 6, 1913, Mary Douglas Leakey was born. Her original name was Mary Douglas Nicol. She had no siblings and two parents who were Erskine Nicol, a scenery painter, and Cecilia Frere Nicol. Due to her father’s work, the family moved frequently. Quite a bit of her initial adolescence was gone through voyaging abroad with her parents through mostly Europe and some parts of Africa. This made her develop a dedication both for prehistory and drawing. Mary’s powerful fondness

The Masaai people are a tribe located in eastern Tanzania and Southern Kenya. Filled with color and meaning, Masaai jewelry is a key factor in their culture. Maasai’s use their jewelry as a representation of their social status, traditions, and cultural symbolism. Maasais jewelry is made of hundreds of colorful Beads that create beautiful necklaces full of meaning. Each bead symbolizes a part of the Maasais culture. A red bead represents bravery, strength, unity and the incredible challenges Maasai

Jane Goodall is a primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist. A primatologist is a scientist who studies primates. An ethologist studies animal behavior. An anthropologist studies humans. She made large contributions to science by studying chimpanzees. Jane studied chimpanzees for forty five years. She learned many things about chimpanzees during her studies. For example, Jane found a “language” that the chimps use. It contains over thirty individual sounds. Jane studied chimpanzees so she could

Kenyan urban centers such as Nairobi and Mombasa provide both the supply and demand required to grow the industry. Often victims are trafficked either to or through Kenya from neighboring countries such as South Sudan, Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.(Unknown, n.d.) Forced labor is the main form of human trafficking in Kenya, with 41.3% of Kenyan children ages 10-14 years of age being exploited for cheap labor within the country. Once taken, these children are put to work in industries

societies rely on domestication of animals as a resource for survival. Within this group, many of the people were able to breed livestock for food, clothing and transportation. The people of Maasai economy have livestock’s being sold to other groups in Kenya for beads, clothing and grains. While reading, I did notice the town of Maasai is a counter cultures environment. Maasai’s way of living is totally different from the typically mainstream or pop culture. Popular culture consists of what’s accessible

It is located on the east coast of Africa between Ethiopia and Kenya, surrounded by the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean. Somalia is also known as the horn of Africa. It is composed of eighteen regions and its capital is Mogadishu. Somalia’s flag has a white five-pointed star in the center and a light blue background. The Federal Republic of Somalia has a federal parliamentary republic ruled by Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. It became independent in 1960 and joined to the United Nations on September 20, 1960

The NGO, non-governmental organization, is here to educate and aid American workers who are planning to go to Africa. Today I’m going to discuss the background of the Masai and the different views that they have. The Masai people in Kenya and Tanzania have extremely different lives than the people here in the United States. They have different beliefs and their culture is not as advanced as ours. The traditional Masai have stuck to the same views and customs passed down from their ancestors. However

Born in 1924 in Koboko Uganda, Idi Amin joined the British Colonial Army in 1946 to fight the war against the Mau Mau revolt in Kenya. After joining the army, he coutinuously rose in military ranks and became Uganda’s heavy weight boing champion. In 1962, Uganda won their independence from Britain, Idi Amin began supporting his country’s new prime minister, Milton Obote. Obote appointed Amin as chief of the army and air force. The relationship between Obote and Amin quickly began deteriorating and

Somalia Famous Locations Mogadishu: Mogadishu is the capital of Somalia and is the largest city in the country. Visitors can visit the Bakara market to buy food and merchandise for cheap. The Old City part contains beautiful architecture, but is now closed due to warlords. Laas Gaal Cave Paintings: This complex cave system contains ancient paintings dating 5,000 to 11,000 year ago. Hargeisa: Hargeisa is the capital of the self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland. The city has an expansive market

Informing this Maasai tribe that all of their cattle will need to be eliminated will be extremely difficult for these people to accept. The life of the Maasai tribe of Kenya is based around cattle. Practically all status and social roles originate from the connection of the Maasai males to their cattle. Cow's milk and blood from the cows is the main food of the Maasai. They do not eat their animals but only trade them for crops. That is why immediately replacing their cattle is important. The measure

Introduction I. Attention Getter Just to echo the words of Dalai Lama ”once a year, go to some place you’ve never been before www.lifehack.org II. Thesis: why go to Africa? for a safari, cultural historical and marine vacation III. Preview of Main Points: There are three main points that I would like to talk about a) The Beautiful Scenery b) The Culture c) The Great Wildlife I will take you thought the experience of living in the sunshine, swimming in the sea, and breathing the great wild

What your safari consultant will not tell you before travelling to Tanzania Tanzania provides the ultimate safari experience – a country so vast, its horizons so wide, some of its big game strongholds are the size of small countries. Nowhere are animals as visible as on the high plains of the Serengeti and nothing as humbling as seeing the snow-peaked Mt Kilimanjaro when the sun rises. To look down into the immense bowl of the Ngorongoro Crater is to stand at the gates of heaven itself. Ways to travel

Incredible Paraguay Paraguay is a landlocked country between Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia. The landscape varies with swampland, subtropical forest and chaco, wildernesses that consist of savanna and scrubland. San Bernardino is one of the main gateways to the capital city of Asuncion. It is located in a lovely setting by Lake Ypacarai. Visitors arrive by ferry to enjoy the swaying palm trees and stretches of sand. For those who want to live it up there are plenty of discos and bars and partiers

Africa was the primary mainland, outside of Arabia that Islam spread into in the mid seventh century. Just about 33% of the world's Muslim populace dwells in the landmass. Muslims crossed current Djibouti, Somalia and Eritrea to look for shelter in present-day Ethiopia amid the Hijarat. Most Muslims in Africa are Sunni; the unpredictability of Islam in Africa is uncovered in the different schools of thought, customs, and voices in numerous African nations. African Islam is not static and is continually

The sight of seeing an elephant in the wild, basking in the heat of the day enjoying the freedom of roaming in a watering hole in the Tembe Elephant Park made me curious enough to research and add an African safari to Inky’s bucket list. Tembe Elephant Park is the home for 250 of the world’s biggest elephants claims Dr John Marais, writer of two books, “Great Tuskers of Africa”, “In search of Africa’s great Tuskers”. Located between Zululand and Mozambique and set within 190 square miles of sand

Black Gold: Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (2006) by Marc Francis and Nick Francis is documentary film who follows a Ethiopian coffee Union Manager (Tadesse Meskela) who tried to find better wages for his farmers. Ethiopia is the mother land of coffee, and has the best quality of coffee. Yet, Ethiopian farmers who grows the coffee barely see profits due to the fact they do not know the value of coffee (price depends on New York ‘C’ market). A person can buy a kilo of coffee from these farmers for less