The Kalapalo Indians of Central Brazil are one of a few surviving indigenous cultures that is uniquely protected by a national reserve in lowland South America. Through no effort of there own, they have been isolated artificially from Brazilian social and economic influences that reach almost every ...

Polygamy in Islamic Culture Polygamy is defined as the condition or practice of having more than one spouse at a time. Though it has existed in many cultures throughout the world, polygamy is still very prevalent in most Islamic societies today. There is however several guidelines laid out in...

The region of the Middle East and its inhabitants have always been a wonder to the Europeans, dating back to the years before the advent of Islam and the years following the Arab conquest. Today, the Islamic world spreads from the corners of the Philippines to the far edges of Spain and Central Afri...

The region of the Middle East and its inhabitants have always been a wonder to the Europeans, dating back to the years before the advent of Islam and the years following the Arab conquest. Today, the Islamic world spreads from the corners of the Philippines to the far edges of Spain and Central Afri...

African Tradition In his book, Facing Mt. Kenya, Jomo Keyatta establishes the history and tradition of the Gikuyu society. He defends the African tradition and condemns the British rule in Kenya. Certain points are cited throughout his reading with respect to the justification of Gikuyu society....

is an eerie depiction of a strong tradition of the Senegalese people. The movie explores the barbarity of female genital mutilation with a focus on the human cost of this horrific and painful ritual set against the backdrop of contemporary Africa. The movie is set in a small African village i...

In Evelyn Waugh's, A Handful of Dust, Tony Last exists as an aristocrat whose devotion to Victorian values and beliefs controls and dictates his life; leaving him blind to the unhappiness and boredom his wife, Brenda, experiences due to his primitive and outdated ways. Tony's obsession wi...

In Buchi Emecheta's "The Joys of Motherhood" novel, the main character, Nnu Ego shows what it means to be a woman and a mother in Nigerian society. Also, Emecheta explores the idea that women having the ability to bear children are the only way to define femininity and womanhood in t...

Kinship in Sudan: Buth and Mar Among the Nuer Introduction The Nuer people are one of more than one hundred ethnic groups in the northeastern African country of Sudan, which stretches stretches southward from Egypt for 2000 kilometres and westward from the Red Sea for 1500 kilometres. The Nue...