Origins of AAVE Four ideas have surfaced regarding the origins of AAVE. These hypotheses include Africanist, Creolist, English Dialect, and Divergence. Each of these hypotheses has supporting evidence. However, some find the supporting evidence arguable. The Africanist, Creolist, and English D...

Ebonics In today's society language is an individual's best means of communication. Without language most people would be very hard pressed to understand one another, and it is for this reason that it is important for those individuals living amongst one another to speak the same lang...

Christopher Columbus claimed Haiti when he landed there in 1492. Arawak Indians were the original inhabitants of this island when Columbus arrived. Later, the island became a colony of England. Haiti remained virtually unsettled until the mid-17th century, when French colonists, importing ...

Burkina Faso is located in Western Africa, north of Ghana. The climate in Burkina Faso is warm, with dry winters. The land in Burkina Faso is mostly flat, with hills in the west and southeast. Burkina Faso's natural resources are manganese, limestone, gold, copper, lead, and silver. Some envir...