In Wole Soyinka's "Death and the King's Horseman" the author uses Nigerian culture, tradition, and family values to draw you into this story. Yet, it is the interference of colonialism that acts as a catalyst for this story to take place. If it were not for the arrogance a...

Indigenous people tend to live in small populations. They have had their own land for quite some time. Their cultural traditions are very strong. They have their own language. Indigenous people live in every part of the world. They can live in cold climates like the Arctic are they can live in the h...

Cultural Attitudes toward Assisted Death Assisted death has been a hot topic in the U.S over the years and studies are being done to see what different cultures think about it and how they feel toward it. Assisted death deals with a doctor the administering a drug or lethal dose to a person upon ...

Book Review #1 Author: Winona LaDuke All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life In Winona LaDuke's, All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life documents the historic pillaging and exploitation of Native Americans then and today. LaDuke's inspirat...

Beverly Newbold Chinas book, La Zandunga: Of fieldwork and friendship in southern Mexico, is a personal reflection combined with research results concerning the Isthmus Zapotec culture in 1966. Intrigued by beautiful pictures and a tantalizing description of Zapotec culture, Chinas decided to d...

The Clorinda Matto de Turner novel Birds Without a Nest exposes the theme of absolute rule by elites in local communities in late colonial Latin America. These authority figures, as expressed by Turner, tell the reader "in these parts of the world, the victims that escape the hands of the pries...

Ecuador, South America's second smallest country, is regarded as one of the most geographically and ethnically diverse countries on the continent. This culture-rich country is largely uncharted, making it an exciting and adventurous place to visit. Simply learning about this country is a remarkable...

Westernization vs. Latin America Ever since Columbus sailed the ocean blue, in the famous year of 1492, the "New" world encountered new teachings and beliefs that challenged their traditional ones. Spanish conquistadors undertook a colonization of the Americas which would determine the...

Canada is reputed as being a mosaic, a nation where multitudes of people of different races, ethnicities, religion and ure live at mutual peace, tolerance, and equality under the law. However, the mistreatment and neglect shown towards Canada's aboriginal peoples has dismissed this reputat...