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Background The great lakes region and the Sudd are located in Eastern Africa in a place that famous anthropologist late Louis Leakey described as the cradle of man. His research in the region and anthropological discoveries led to the conclusion that “Sub-Saharan Africa climate as the world shifted from the ice age was ideal for […]

Introduction Migration can be considered a worldwide issue, and African writers have depicted the impact of migration from Africa to Europe and North America, particularly in their creative works. In the 21st century, one of the recent trends of contemporary literature, particularly African Literature, is the increased attention paid to the global challenges created or

Tonga’s volcano explosion On the evening of January 15 of 2022, the Kingdom of Tonga witnessed the violent eruption of the underwater Hunga Tonga-HungaHa’apai volcano, sending shockwaves and tsunamis across the Pacific and beyond. Within a few hours, the South Pacific archipelago was blanketed by a thick layer of smoke and ash. Entire towns were

Shamal Sudan and its Gold The Golden Triangle is a region bound between Sudan and the world’s youngest nation South Sudan. It was and still is termed as ‘Shamal’ Sudan, which many colonial British administrators considered a region. The origins of the name are from inland African sub-tribes who would term that connotes the ‘sons’

Understanding the Contextual Problem Pastoralism can be traced to millions of years in man’s chronological order of events and in consideration of the Darwinian theory of evolution to the domestication of animals. Approximately 2 million years ago, soon after the dawn of Homo Erectus had commenced the domestication of plants and animals, proved by fossil

Introduction The International cross-border movements of people have many forms in the contemporary world. On the basis of time-period of stay at destination country, it can be categorized as temporary migration and permanent migration. On the basis of purpose of cross-border movement, it can be categorized as international tourism, international labour migration, and international student

As climate change impact ravages the world over, the state of Kerala stands no exception. Kerala has been battling climate change for decades now, and with a lengthy coastline, the consequences of climate change will be drastic, especially for the fishing community of the state. This essay intends to analyze the relocation project, Punargeham, adopted

How the pandemic exposed the limitations of “ethical recruitment” of Filipino nurses in a global labor crisis Recently, overseas Filipino nurses proved to be indispensable in countries where the COVID-19 pandemic pushed health systems to the brink of collapse compounded by the lack of local manpower in the healthcare sector. As the largest supplier of

Abstract This empirical study explores the impact of the pandemic and lockdown on migrant women domestic workers. The tools which employed in this study are in-depth interviews, informal conversations, flash discussions conducted with five domestic workers who are currently working for a society (apartment compound). Based on the interviews done, this paper centres on narratives

More than half of the Palestinian population are displaced and “approximately one in three refugees worldwide is Palestinian” (Rempel 2006). The Palestinian refugee crisis is no new phenomenon, 700,000 Palestinians became refugees after the 1948 Arab -Israeli conflict, and seventy-three years later, as political tension increases many more Palestinians are facing the same fate. As