Khalil Hamed Title: The epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus in South Africa
Author: Brian G. Williams
Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, Vol. 356, July 29, 2001.
Summary: Seventy percent of people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) live in different countries throughout South Africa. It is unknown why the rates of HIV in South Africa are so high. Many other STD’s infect people in rural and urban South Africa. The government in Africa surprisingly has done very little to control the HIV rate among people.
Useful info: The information and about how many people in Africa was very useful. It is unknown how the disease was wide spread over Africa, but the article explains what might have contributed to the spread of HIV.
Recommendation: I would recommend this article to others because it has useful facts, and explains a theory of how HIV was spread throughout Africa. This article also shows how the government in Africa reacts to serious problems.
Title: North Uganda Conflict, Forgotten But Still Deadly
Author: Katherine Southwick
YaleGlobal online: Yaleglobal, 9 March 2005
Summary: The people in Uganda are under constant attacks and child abductions each day by the LRA (Lord's Resistance Army). Because of this, 1.6 million people of northern Uganda have been displaced because of this war. Peace talks are under way however the leader of the LRA, joseph kony, will only follow through with peace talks until he is removed from being a wanted criminal by the International Criminal Court.
Useful info: The article goes into great detail about the LRA and their effects not only in Northern Uganda but also with Somalia.
Recommendation: I would highly recommend this article because it is a well written article that gives a great account as to what the horror in Uganda truly is. It also gives a good look as to who the LRA are
Where article is from (journal title, issue #, etc.): Public Health Reports, Volume 11, pg. 320
Summary: This article is about African soldiers taking children as slaves to serve in the army. The children are raped, beaten, wounded, and forced to kill family and friends. If the children make it through the war, they suffer physical and psychological pain for the rest of their lives. They suffer because of what they were put through, and they have to grow up without a family or a home.
Useful Info: All of the stuff it informed me of with the children in war.
Recommendation: Yes, I would recommend it to those who are interested in this topic. It has a lot of useful information.
Title: Lack of Leadership is a Serious Problem Facing Africa
Publisher: Christine Nasso Editor:David M. Haugen
Where it is from: "Africa." Opposing Viewpoint Series. p. 42. Greenhouse Press, 2008.
Summary: Lack of Leadership has been the main downfall for the African people. Africa is very rich in resources, but without the right leaders doing the right things, Africa may never emerge from poverty. “Africa could feed and fund the world; but it has remained poor and stunted. Reason: the continent is starved of right leadership.” The poor leadership skills of the leaders are the cause of Africa’s misery.
Useful information: Yes, some of the information was useful. A lot of the information was repeated throughout the article. I think that they could make the article shorter and still make their point.
Recommendations: I would recommend this article to others just so they can read that it is the leaders fault for Africa's poverty etc. I feel like I still need to do more research on what type of government they have and what type of government would benefit them in the future.
Where article is from (journal title, issue #, etc.): Review of African Political Economy; Vol. 31
Write 3 or 4 sentences summarizing the article. What is the gist of it? The Lord’s Resistance Army is lead by Joseph Kony. The LRA continues to kidnap many children to become child soldiers or child concubines. The Army has also displaced about 800,000 people in northern Uganda by burning down their huts. They continue to increase the targeted districts in Uganda.
What information did you find useful in the article? The information that says what the LRA was and what they do.
Would you recommend it to other students? Why or why not. Yes, This article gives you the basic information about the LRA in Uganda without going into overwhelming detail.
Article Review Sheet Your name: Kayla Mason Article title: The Invisible Children of Uganda Author: Lauren Aurigemma Where article is from (journal title, issue #, etc.): Section: News Issued: 10/07/08
Write 3 or 4 sentences summarizing the article. What is the gist of it? “Invisible Children” shows us how children of Uganda, Africa, have become one of the most impoverished countries in the world. The children there are so terrified of being abducted that they flee their homes to go sleep in the basement of a hospital in Africa called Verandas. They sleep in such tight head quarters that people say they are piled up like goods on shelves.
What information did you find useful in the article? It gives you a good picture on how the children feel towards this horrible act and how they have to live the life in fear of being abducted.
Would you recommend it to other students? Why or why not. Yes, I think it’s a good article that gives you facts on how people feel towards the way children are treated in Uganda.
Title:Third World Author:Thompson, W. Scott World Book Online Reference Center: 2008
Summary: The perfect example of a third world country is Africa. Third world countries are determined by their per capita income, the entire income for a nation in a given year divided by that nation’s population. Other examples of third world countries are (BRIMC nations)Brazil, Russia, India, Mexico, and China. Many of these countries have become wealthy and developed, except Africa. Some of the major issues that prevent this major third world nation from developing include rapid population growth, disease, education, political corruption, and violent conflicts.
Useful info: The explanation of PCI was useful to know exactly how a third world country was determined. Almost all third world countries are agricultural based. The reasons of why Africa is the least developed, poorest country is very important.
Recommendations: The examples of the other countries (BRIMC)was a little unnecessary and I would like to know more about Africa, specifically. I would recommend to give reasons why Africa is the only country left undeveloped. I would give suggestions or ideas on how to maybe fix some of these issues.
Chris Schayer Article title: In Congo, a new twist on 'blood diamonds'.
Author: Halperin, Alex Moore, Jina
Christian Science Monitor; 8/27/2008, Vol. 100 Issue 192, p12-12, 1/3p
Summary: This article gives a brief background about what the blood diamond conflict is about. It says how children were forced to mine diamonds to fund for military costs. Now the African militants are using the children to steal and sell cattle for money to fund for military costs. What information did you find useful in the article? It gave a nice but brief background into what the blood diamond conflict was and tied it in to how the cow sales are directly related to it.
Recommendation: Yes, because this teaches them an important conflict that is going on right now in Africa and how it’s getting worse by using other means to get the funds for their military operations.
Article title: On the Incidents of Civil War in Afica
Author: Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler
Where article is from (journal title, issue #, etc.): The Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 46, No. 1, Understanding Civil War (Feb., 2002), pp. 13-28 by: Sage Publications, Inc.
Write 3 or 4 sentences summarizing the article. What is the gist of it? The article explains that by comparing Africa to the rest of the world, it seems that Africa is more prone to conflict. In recent years, conflict in most of the world has decreased, while in Africa it has only gone up. It then explains reasons why this may be. The economies in most of the countries in Africa perform extremely poorly. Money seems to be the driving cause behind many of the conflicts in Africa
What information did you find useful in the article? It provided lots of information about Africa, its tendencies to have conflicts compared to the rest of the world and why in a very condensed format.
Would you recommend it to other students? Why or why not. Yes, it provides lots of information.
Summary: The article states the problem - bad health and living conditions, poverty, disease, and little education. It is filled with quotes from African democrats. Africa needs more freedoms and democracy to guarantee a better future. They say the outside world keeps trying to force their solutions on them, but they just want the world to listen.
My Opinion: I think this was a very good article. It finally got the voice of Africa out there.
Article Review Sheet Your name: Alexandria cavaretta Article title: Ugandans rebels attack Congo town, 50,000 people flee Author: Where article is from (journal title, issue #, etc.): Internet http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnJOE4A102T.html Write 3 or 4 sentences summarizing the article. What is the gist of it? This article is about how this sat. Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels raided a town in northern Congo which left 9 people dead and forced 50,000 people to flee their town. What information did you find useful in the article? It gave information about where the LRA are now based and where they have been forced out of. Would you recommend it to other students? Why or why not. Yes, because it was very recent happening just this sat. But it wasn’t that long so it didn’t have a lot of information but the information it did have was useful.
Article Review Sheet Your name: Bianca Day Article title: The Global Coffee Economy and the Production of Genocide in Rwanda Author: ISAAC A KAMOLA Where article is from (journal title, issue #, etc.): Third World Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 3, 2007, pp 571 – 592 Write 3 or 4 sentences summarizing the article. What is the gist of it? This article explains how the conflicts in Rwanda are alike to most other African countries , cities, and villages. Most of them are fighting because of “ethnic conflicts”. Most conflicts are not visible to the rest of the world or even known to the groups fighting against each other. What information did you find useful in the article? It explains why things are so bad in Africa as of today. It shows how important weapons and guns are to these people as of the means to survive. Would you recommend it to other students? Why or why not. Yes I suggest this article. It shows in-depth on what to know about these different groups and how they survive and how hard life actually is. These different groups want to have rights but cannot show it.
In 1978 a political agreement was settled upon in Rhodesia. Elections were held and with the UANC winning many of the votes the countries name changed to Zimbabwe. Although democracy was reining their was still a war going on in the country. In 1980 Britain had a short command over a southern Rhodesia colony. However election were held again and they lost their tiny colony. Mugabe was Zimbabwe first Prime minister. After Mugabe’s rise to power Zimbabwe redistributed its values. They worked on making Zimbabwe more equal to the poor blacks and promoted economic development. They also wanted the long term goal of being a one class socialist party.Tthe 1980’s gave Zimbabwe rough times. There was a drought which destroyed many crops, and also the emigration of white people greatly affected their colony. In 1982 one of Mugabe’s cabinet members, Nkomo, planed a revolution. War broke out until an agreement was settled upon by Nkomo and Mugabe. Mugabe was now the President and Nkomo became one of the two vice presidents. More bad luck was seen in the 1990’s with the economies unemployment rates rising and the lack of jobs and money. In 1998 Mugabe tried to interfere in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s civil war resulting in Zimbabwe losing international economic aid and further plummeting the economy.
13 comments:
Khalil Hamed
Title: The epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus in South Africa
Author: Brian G. Williams
Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, Vol. 356, July 29, 2001.
Summary: Seventy percent of people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) live in different countries throughout South Africa. It is unknown why the rates of HIV in South Africa are so high. Many other STD’s infect people in rural and urban South Africa. The government in Africa surprisingly has done very little to control the HIV rate among people.
Useful info: The information and about how many people in Africa was very useful. It is unknown how the disease was wide spread over Africa, but the article explains what might have contributed to the spread of HIV.
Recommendation: I would recommend this article to others because it has useful facts, and explains a theory of how HIV was spread throughout Africa. This article also shows how the government in Africa reacts to serious problems.
Peter Frost
Title: North Uganda Conflict, Forgotten But Still Deadly
Author: Katherine Southwick
YaleGlobal online: Yaleglobal, 9 March 2005
Summary: The people in Uganda are under constant attacks and child abductions each day by the LRA (Lord's Resistance Army). Because of this, 1.6 million people of northern Uganda have been displaced because of this war. Peace talks are under way however the leader of the LRA, joseph kony, will only follow through with peace talks until he is removed from being a wanted criminal by the International Criminal Court.
Useful info: The article goes into great detail about the LRA and their effects not only in Northern Uganda but also with Somalia.
Recommendation: I would highly recommend this article because it is a well written article that gives a great account as to what the horror in Uganda truly is. It also gives a good look as to who the LRA are
Emily Julian
Title: Children and War
Author: Barry S. Levy, MD
Where article is from (journal title, issue #, etc.): Public Health Reports, Volume 11, pg. 320
Summary:
This article is about African soldiers taking children as slaves to serve in the army. The children are raped, beaten, wounded, and forced to kill family and friends. If the children make it through the war, they suffer physical and psychological pain for the rest of their lives. They suffer because of what they were put through, and they have to grow up without a family or a home.
Useful Info: All of the stuff it informed me of with the children in war.
Recommendation: Yes, I would recommend it to those who are interested in this topic. It has a lot of useful information.
Title: Lack of Leadership is a Serious Problem Facing Africa
Publisher: Christine Nasso
Editor:David M. Haugen
Where it is from: "Africa." Opposing Viewpoint Series. p. 42. Greenhouse Press, 2008.
Summary: Lack of Leadership has been the main downfall for the African people. Africa is very rich in resources, but without the right leaders doing the right things, Africa may never emerge from poverty. “Africa could feed and fund the world; but it has remained poor and stunted. Reason: the continent is starved of right leadership.” The poor leadership skills of the leaders are the cause of Africa’s misery.
Useful information: Yes, some of the information was useful. A lot of the information was repeated throughout the article. I think that they could make the article shorter and still make their point.
Recommendations: I would recommend this article to others just so they can read that it is the leaders fault for Africa's poverty etc. I feel like I still need to do more research on what type of government they have and what type of government would benefit them in the future.
Hannah Cavalier
Article title: Uganda: The Lord’s Resistance Army
Author: Kevin C. Dunn
Where article is from (journal title, issue #, etc.): Review of African Political Economy; Vol. 31
Write 3 or 4 sentences summarizing the article. What is the gist of it? The Lord’s Resistance Army is lead by Joseph Kony. The LRA continues to kidnap many children to become child soldiers or child concubines. The Army has also displaced about 800,000 people in northern Uganda by burning down their huts. They continue to increase the targeted districts in Uganda.
What information did you find useful in the article? The information that says what the LRA was and what they do.
Would you recommend it to other students? Why or why not. Yes, This article gives you the basic information about the LRA in Uganda without going into overwhelming detail.
Article Review Sheet Your name: Kayla Mason
Article title:
The Invisible Children of Uganda
Author:
Lauren Aurigemma
Where article is from (journal title, issue #, etc.):
Section: News Issued: 10/07/08
Write 3 or 4 sentences summarizing the article. What is the gist of it?
“Invisible Children” shows us how children of Uganda, Africa, have become one of the most impoverished countries in the world. The children there are so terrified of being abducted that they flee their homes to go sleep in the basement of a hospital in Africa called Verandas. They sleep in such tight head quarters that people say they are piled up like goods on shelves.
What information did you find useful in the article?
It gives you a good picture on how the children feel towards this horrible act and how they have to live the life in fear of being abducted.
Would you recommend it to other students? Why or why not.
Yes, I think it’s a good article that gives you facts on how people feel towards the way children are treated in Uganda.
Ngoc Huynh
Title:Third World
Author:Thompson, W. Scott
World Book Online Reference Center: 2008
Summary: The perfect example of a third world country is Africa. Third world countries are determined by their per capita income, the entire income for a nation in a given year divided by that nation’s population. Other examples of third world countries are (BRIMC nations)Brazil, Russia, India, Mexico, and China. Many of these countries have become wealthy and developed, except Africa. Some of the major issues that prevent this major third world nation from developing include rapid population growth, disease, education, political corruption, and violent conflicts.
Useful info: The explanation of PCI was useful to know exactly how a third world country was determined. Almost all third world countries are agricultural based. The reasons of why Africa is the least developed, poorest country is very important.
Recommendations: The examples of the other countries (BRIMC)was a little unnecessary and I would like to know more about Africa, specifically. I would recommend to give reasons why Africa is the only country left undeveloped. I would give suggestions or ideas on how to maybe fix some of these issues.
Chris Schayer
Article title: In Congo, a new twist on 'blood diamonds'.
Author: Halperin, Alex Moore, Jina
Christian Science Monitor; 8/27/2008, Vol. 100 Issue 192, p12-12, 1/3p
Summary: This article gives a brief background about what the blood diamond conflict is about. It says how children were forced to mine diamonds to fund for military costs. Now the African militants are using the children to steal and sell cattle for money to fund for military costs.
What information did you find useful in the article? It gave a nice but brief background into what the blood diamond conflict was and tied it in to how the cow sales are directly related to it.
Recommendation: Yes, because this teaches them an important conflict that is going on right now in Africa and how it’s getting worse by using other means to get the funds for their military operations.
Chris Nelson
Article title:
On the Incidents of Civil War in Afica
Author:
Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler
Where article is from (journal title, issue #, etc.):
The Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 46, No. 1, Understanding Civil War (Feb., 2002), pp. 13-28 by: Sage Publications, Inc.
Write 3 or 4 sentences summarizing the article. What is the gist of it?
The article explains that by comparing Africa to the rest of the world, it seems that Africa is more prone to conflict. In recent years, conflict in most of the world has decreased, while in Africa it has only gone up. It then explains reasons why this may be. The economies in most of the countries in Africa perform extremely poorly. Money seems to be the driving cause behind many of the conflicts in Africa
What information did you find useful in the article?
It provided lots of information about Africa, its tendencies to have conflicts compared to the rest of the world and why in a very condensed format.
Would you recommend it to other students? Why or why not.
Yes, it provides lots of information.
Title: AFRICA We Want the World to Listen to Us."
Summary:
The article states the problem - bad health and living conditions, poverty, disease, and little education. It is filled with quotes from African democrats. Africa needs more freedoms and democracy to guarantee a better future. They say the outside world keeps trying to force their solutions on them, but they just want the world to listen.
My Opinion:
I think this was a very good article. It finally got the voice of Africa out there.
Article Review Sheet Your name: Alexandria cavaretta
Article title: Ugandans rebels attack Congo town, 50,000 people flee
Author:
Where article is from (journal title, issue #, etc.): Internet
http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnJOE4A102T.html
Write 3 or 4 sentences summarizing the article. What is the gist of it?
This article is about how this sat. Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels raided a town in northern Congo which left 9 people dead and forced 50,000 people to flee their town.
What information did you find useful in the article?
It gave information about where the LRA are now based and where they have been forced out of.
Would you recommend it to other students? Why or why not.
Yes, because it was very recent happening just this sat. But it wasn’t that long so it didn’t have a lot of information but the information it did have was useful.
Article Review Sheet Your name: Bianca Day
Article title: The Global Coffee Economy and the
Production of Genocide in Rwanda
Author: ISAAC A KAMOLA
Where article is from (journal title, issue #, etc.): Third World Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 3, 2007, pp 571 – 592
Write 3 or 4 sentences summarizing the article. What is the gist of it? This article explains how the conflicts in Rwanda are alike to most other African countries , cities, and villages. Most of them are fighting because of “ethnic conflicts”. Most conflicts are not visible to the rest of the world or even known to the groups fighting against each other.
What information did you find useful in the article? It explains why things are so bad in Africa as of today. It shows how important weapons and guns are to these people as of the means to survive.
Would you recommend it to other students? Why or why not. Yes I suggest this article. It shows in-depth on what to know about these different groups and how they survive and how hard life actually is. These different groups want to have rights but cannot show it.
In 1978 a political agreement was settled upon in Rhodesia. Elections were held and with the UANC winning many of the votes the countries name changed to Zimbabwe. Although democracy was reining their was still a war going on in the country. In 1980 Britain had a short command over a southern Rhodesia colony. However election were held again and they lost their tiny colony. Mugabe was Zimbabwe first Prime minister. After Mugabe’s rise to power Zimbabwe redistributed its values. They worked on making Zimbabwe more equal to the poor blacks and promoted economic development. They also wanted the long term goal of being a one class socialist party.Tthe 1980’s gave Zimbabwe rough times. There was a drought which destroyed many crops, and also the emigration of white people greatly affected their colony. In 1982 one of Mugabe’s cabinet members, Nkomo, planed a revolution. War broke out until an agreement was settled upon by Nkomo and Mugabe. Mugabe was now the President and Nkomo became one of the two vice presidents. More bad luck was seen in the 1990’s with the economies unemployment rates rising and the lack of jobs and money. In 1998 Mugabe tried to interfere in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s civil war resulting in Zimbabwe losing international economic aid and further plummeting the economy.
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