4). The most vulnerable groups of rape victims fall into the following categories, widows, women who have children born of rape, women who have been gang raped, and women with severe medical sequelae, such as fistula and HIV ( Kelly, et al., 2011, p. 4). Fistula is caused when objects are violently
can do things for herself. When Leah was forced to move to the Congo at age fourteen, she was unaware of who she was and had filled herself with things in which she didn’t really believe. Like people of the Congo, Leah was unsure of her belief system and if it even existed. The people with whom Leah surrounded herself with in America were unlike her in their actions, thoughts, and beliefs. This all changed when she moved to the Congo. This opened her eyes to new people, new belief systems, and a
character, Marlow, in “Heart of Darkness” experiences many stressful situations in the Congo which cause psychological damage. In the “Hunger Artist,” the character experiences psychological damage caused by self-sacrificing fasting. Although the situations are totally different, both of the characters experience psychological damage.
her brothel. Caught in the crosshairs of a brutal civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the women in this novel are desperately trying to reclaim their bodies that have been used as weapons of war. The combination of the chilling account of the women and the melodramatic tendencies evoke strong emotions and reveal the horrors of humanity and perseverance. The scene is set in the forest of the Congo, in a run down brothel. Mama Nadi, the brash and confident owner, welcomes her friend Christian
memorable yet hellish months in the Congo, one may argue that witnessing the murder, forced labor, and other atrocities committed by King Leopold II’s agents in the Congo Free State inspired Joseph Conrad to write his novella, Heart of Darkness. Conrad's experience most certainly provided “a basis for the indignation” of Heart of Darkness (Watts, 1996, p. 48). Conrad’s trip may also account for his realistic depiction of the atrocities perpetrated in the Congo Free State, summed up in Conrad's own
Imperialism: These videos are portraying the truths about the Belgian imperialism in Congo. As indicated by the substance of these videos; the Belgian Congo is frequently referred to as a standout amongst the most brutal and exploitative provincial administrations in modern history. It remains as a great case of the remorselessness of European guideline in Africa for the purpose of economic increase. At first called the Congo Free State, the province remained an individual ownership of King Leopold II from
Through the use of symbolism the authors of both Things Fall Apart and The Poisonwood Bible make the characters in both books more complex because not only do we read the discriptions the author has given us but also we see the use of symbolism that connects parts and objects in the book that we can recognize to give us a better idea of the characters. Chinua Achebe uses fire for Okonkwo to show his unstable personality. In The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver uses the Poisonwood Tree to show
Things Fall Apart presents two different ways of illustrating Africa and the natives that subsist there. Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness presents Africa through the perspective of the colonizing Europeans, depicting the natives living in Africa as savages. In response to Conrad's bigoted delineation of the natives, Chinua Achebe wrote Things Fall Apart through the point of view of the natives in order to show Africans as a cultured and thriving society rather than as primitives. Things Fall Apart
cases isolated around Rome specifically in the Basilica of St. Peter's. "Every summer for centuries it killed hundreds of people, making no distinction between peasant, priest or pope"(40). Rocco further explains how Gigli wrote about the rise and fall of the Tiber, and how frequently it flooded the plain of the Campagna, resulting in pools of water through the countryside which resulted in increase in mosquito populations. Gigli also had a personal account of Malaria when his only grandchild of
1. How should Cuba’s foreign policy vis-à-vis Africa be characterized? Cuba’s foreign policy in relation with Africa should be characterized as very strong. The historical and cultural root of the African continent and its significant stamp on the formation of the Cuban nationality is an important pillar in the actions of the foreign policy of Cuba (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, 2010). Cuba is a proud member of the African Diaspora and is acknowledged by the African Union