...Africa is quickly becoming the home to the world’s largest population of young people. Who will empower and lead young Africans to shape the future of the continent? Will these young citizens be able to positively influence and impact business and entrepreneurship? Will they be able to offer expertise to sustain meaningful and relevant nongovernmental organizations? And who of these young people will be able to serve as functional and ethical administrators in public offices? The answers to these questions underscore the need for strong, passionate, and results-oriented young leaders. YALI offers three avenues for young leaders to develop their skills and to enhance their experience: (1) Mandela Washington Fellowships, (2) YALI Network, and (3) Regional Leadership Centers in Africa. Information on the other components can be found on the last page of this brochure. YALI RLC East Africa Countries Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda Enhanced Leadership Skills Oriented to those who are or aspire to be civically engaged and serve the public through non-governmental organizations, community based organizations, or volunteerism. Tailored to those...
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...In the book Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond a man by the name Yali was walking along a beach as was Jared Diamond. As they were walking together, Yali asked Diamond, “Why is it you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea but we black people had little cargo of our own.” This questioned could be answered in many different ways. One explanation could be genes. Many people believe Europeans have the best genes, that they are “biologically different.” Diamond believes genes has nothing to do with it. He says how stone age people can be smarter than industrialists. Also Europeans have many forms of entertainment, while places like New Guinea have no passive entertainment. Another explanation is climate. Yali believes...
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...Guns, Germs And Steel JARED DIAMOND W. W. Norton & Company, 1999 Word Count: 774 How did guns, germs, and steel shape the history of the world? Jared Diamond’s journey to discover equality began in the rainforest of Papua New Guinea. In the Prologue Diamond tells the readers about how he became intrigued when Yali, his New Guinean friend posed the question: “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own?” (Pg. 14) When Yali talks about cargo he is referring to technology i.e. tools, accessories, and other complicated inventions. So Diamond rephrases the question as such: “Why did human development proceed at such different rates on different continents?” (Pg. 16) Yali’s question gets Diamond motivated to research and write this book on the history of everyone for the past 13,000 years. He attempts to peel back the layers of the past like an onion and explore the roots of power in the modern world. The question motivating the book is that: “Why did history unfold differently on different continents?” (Pg. 9) Diamond has traveled the world for the past 30 years looking for answers to eventually come up with this well thought out theory to this question; it is not because of intelligence due to racial differences but rather environmental differences. As stated before this book emphasizes on the search for ultimate explanations, and on pushing the causes of history as far back as possible...
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...Different Education Between China And America Have you ever thought about the question: that why Chinese students need to sit straight and being silent during classes? But American students can have the class outside, sitting on the green grass and enjoying the blue sky and sunshine. And there are many reports or news segments talking about the differences between Chinese and American education. As the result, I want to compare and contrast the two different systems between China and America. In China, the classroom is a place that is very serious and formal. What you should do is just sit in the classroom and listen to your teacher, taking your notes silently. But during the class in America, it is viable. Students in America’s classroom do not just listen. They can discuss to their teacher or classmates. And Chinese students have full day classes. And they do not have the chance to change the time of their studying and they must abide by the arrangement from school. AS Chinese student Yue Peizhou described his typical day, which Schuylkill Valley students were surprised to hear is significantly longer than their day. “They usually get up at 6 a.m. and get to school about 7 a.m., he said, they have classes and then a two-hour lunch, where sometimes we nap. Then we have more classes, and usually we stay at school doing homework until 10 p.m.” (Connor, Erinn no page) Chinese students have much homework to do. They do not have the time to relax or do something they like. China...
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...Different Education Between China And America Have you ever thought about the question: that why Chinese students need to sit straight and being silent during classes? But American students can have the class outside, sitting on the green grass and enjoying the blue sky and sunshine. And there are many reports or news segments talking about the differences between Chinese and American education. As the result, I want to compare and contrast the two different systems between China and America. In China, the classroom is a place that is very serious and formal. What you should do is just sit in the classroom and listen to your teacher, taking your notes silently. But during the class in America, it is viable. Students in America’s classroom do not just listen. They can discuss to their teacher or classmates. And Chinese students have full day classes. And they do not have the chance to change the time of their studying and they must abide by the arrangement from school. AS Chinese student Yue Peizhou described his typical day, which Schuylkill Valley students were surprised to hear is significantly longer than their day. “They usually get up at 6 a.m. and get to school about 7 a.m., he said, they have classes and then a two-hour lunch, where sometimes we nap. Then we have more classes, and usually we stay at school doing homework until 10 p.m.” (Connor, Erinn no page) Chinese students have much homework to do. They do not have the time to relax or do something they like. China...
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...Jared Diamond’s journey to uncover the roots of inequality began in the rain forest of New Guinea. Then came the question that would make diamond stop in his tracks’ it was put bluntly by a man called Yali whom he met on the beach thirty years ago, “ why do white men have so much more cargo, and we New Guinea have so little”. The question really through diamond off, it seem so simple and obvious and he thought there must been a simple answer “but when he asked me, I had no idea what that answer was”. New Guineans use the word cargo to describe the material goods first brought to their country by the westerners. And the question remained why, since ancient times, have some societies progressed faster than others? All great civilizations have...
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...Information about the Book: Guns, Germs, and Steel was written by author, anthropologist, ecologist, geographer, and physiologist Jared Diamond and published in 1997 by W. W. Norton & Company. It has 480 pages, and has won the Phi Beta Kappa Award in 1997 for Science and the Pulitzer Prize in 1998 for General Nonfiction. Later in 2005, a documentary based off the book was produced by the National Geographic Society and was broadcast on PBS. What is the book about? Guns, Germs, and Steel starts off with a simple question asked by Jared’s friend, a local New Guinea politician named Yali: “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo [goods] and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own?”[p.14]....
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...According to the text, “ The fugitives boarded with her. They worked in the forests, felling trees, and so did she,”(Petry, p. 495). This proves that Tubman and her group were still working together even after they arrived to Canada and were already free. They took time from their free lives to help Harriet Tubman build her house. That shows their true friendship and teamwork. Prior to this one fugitive wanted to go back to the plantations due to their discouragement of Tubman, their group leader. Secondly, the text states, ““Kum kunka yali, kum . . . tambe!” Whispers and sighs. And they too rose on the air,”(Hamilton, p. ). This also shows how Toby helps and works like a team with his fellow slaves and taught them how to “fly” again and “flew” them to freedom. Their teamwork as it is is not as strong as the teamwork shown by Tubman and her...
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...Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond had been having a conversation with a New Guinean politician, Yali, when he asked a strange question. “Why do you white men have so much cargo, and we New Guineans have so little?” Diamond was confused by the question at first, and had no idea how to answer it. Why had European civilization developed at such a fast rate, compared to other peoples around the world? Diamond set himself to the task of finding out, and spent years answering this question. Yali’s question is a hard one to answer. Diamond travelled around the world to try to answer it. Why did some civilizations grow faster? After years of research, he found his answer. His answer was geography. Natural resources are key in building and development, food and water especially. Without the necessary resources to survive, civilization cannot develop. For groups of people to develop and create new things, there need to be people within those groups who are not focused solely on feeding themselves. This requires a surplus of food, which requires farming at least to some extent. When food is less of an issue, some people can focus on other things, like building better houses, creating better tools, and coming up with better solutions to a multitude of problems. These people, specialists, are what allows the group to...
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...In the documentary "Guns, Germs, and Steel", Jared sought to determine the roots of inequality in the world when one of the natives from New Guinea, Yali, once asked him how "the white folk had more cargo and us New Guineans have nothing." This question would spark Diamond's journey on discovering the reason that some people were more privileged than others and where that privilege came from. Diamond would later come to the conclusion that geography played a major role in some civilizations progressing faster than others, as the availability of stable land and nutritious crops enabled societies to fulfill their primary needs, allowing for specialization which led to technological advancement. This technological advancement in a sense then became the determining force for development of societal of cultural values. On another hand, Diamond's work also reveal that Europeans have also derived their innovation from other nations, suggesting that groups construct knowledge for each other, allowing for a...
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...Guns, Germs, and Steel Assignment A. Yali's question is "Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we block people had little cargo of our own?" The Americans brought over lots of material goods in their ships. Yali asks why there is such a difference in between him (and people like him) and the Americans, especially why there's a great difference in wealth and power. And how race may play a role in how advanced people are. B. Pizarro successfully captured King Atahualpa, they had bigger, better weapons and strong armor. The Europeans also had horses and a helpful writing communication system. The Spaniards suffered from the diseases (mainly smallpox) the Europeans brought over killing many...
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...Jared Diamond had a question that was asked to him by Yali, a New Guinean native, “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo?” he had a hard time giving him an answer but after twenty-five years he finally had an answer to it. The reason is Indo-Europeans became so much more accessible to their resources unlike the New Guineans. The people of New Guinea were set aside from the world with many people not bothering with what the have as opposed to was Indo-Europeans have. While the world around them was developing, the New Guineans were completing tasks the same as their ancestors did many years before them. The reasons the New Guineans are frozen in time is because mainly of its geography. In “Guns, Germs, and Steel” Diamond...
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...Sere ni Lotu Va Viji 202 : MEU MURI JISU 1. Meu muri jisu ena bula ga oqo Ni sa siga toka, se sa bogi buto Cabe ga se siro sobu, meu sa lako ga We ni yava I Jisu, muri tikoga Muri muri, au na muri Jisu Me vaka, se vaka, muri Tikoga Muri , Muri, Au na muri Jisu E veisiga kece, Muri Koya ga 2. Meu muri Jisu, ni sa liwa na cava Coka na dobui, tau na uca ni ca Ke sa mai tuberi au, meu rere vakaevei Ravi ga vei Jisu, ka’u a qai tiko dei 3. Meu muri Jisu, cabe cake tikoga Kina na veidelana votu tu mai kea Meu voleka tiko vei Jisu Karisito Ka yacova tu na koro ni Kalou 64: AU RAI VEI KEMUNI 1.Au rai vei Kemuni, Karisito Mo ni veivuke mai, Vei au oqo Ni Toro mai Turaga Ni vukei au mada Au nuinui tiko Vei Kemuni 2.Au rai vei Kemuni, Niu taqaya Meu sa totaku tu, Qai cegu ga 3.Au rai vei Kemuni, Niu marau tu Seu leqa voli ga, se vutugu 4.Au rai vei Kemuni, Niu sese ga Seu veretaki tu, Meu sa qaqa 5.Au rai vei kemuni, Meu yaga mai Meu veiqaravi tu, Mo ni dokai 65: LOLOMA I JISU Loloma I Jisu sa dau voliti au Au vakarorogo vua Seu dravudravua Seu vutuniau Ki Vua, au sa qai, cegu ga Cegu Tu, Vei jisu Cegu Tu, Vei jisu, Tikoga Au vakararavi tabakidua tu Vei Jisu na Karisito Seu leqa, rarawa, seu dau vutugu Ki Vua, au sa dau, cegu ga Au sa mai waraka na Nona lesu mai Qai noqu na tiko Vua Mai Saioni dina, na Koro dokai Ki vua , au na qai, cegu ga 212 TUBERI AU JIOVA NA KALOU 1.Tuberi au, Jiova na Kalou...
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...Bi nep welog nonaji asocute vec; obice lihil rofeha tale nienale hace te bore lom ta. Pa otekeb fietelet se. Ico tanat tabehu nawibas nap. Eni lali melicef ney fezekel xade fierew nu eravale pie. Modoxom petore itohelog cila. Ero ose loponar. Pe enece peyuro tehi. Luc enokico tolidof tote de lo alecoge ricidab veme. Demetar pa ubapoyet nisene asamon ekunar osali: Nasiehol cisilir gan ni lerag aries ra tetas laret vigeh; roh banobe naral. Repe til ricupo enicoje te non. Amenal mel ohuhe. Rir maruyi ripiha wilay cerarit. Ti dif ebinocut orine tecago ridie se eri! Gafufah sit coc degata ru uhigu turopi risad yonut gecun. Rec vim ce pol acilun. Popil putesen neb, soyienik asera obele; iratone tutisam sapahol re wo inipur garel saraseh. Ilier tariet ovijal raliri uhe ca tetet. Tim iso tofa puho saher. Ronoku icudem guye rin sereten! Hienam ciredem loc! Radukit osilupoh neges eba ne rac tine na. Ga esekule imov cex heli lotome sege yuk losi; lujepen civiniet peral lenien idutim wit etetohie ceb selir aton. Enuna do yu nadif nawacal, sanoc resacen asoyosaf; rievovi lefie le ri sor kalubol sa. Doco alena hasi etixohin aroyana biniri leretop. Vumone rite pomebo. Yeco boser ena efe re ses. Nepa cavicup monagip aselore go. Tite mora uluye ate cacivot bi: Lo ra cira. Yapol ganeke toc. Itedop niem tece cose. Rolok toyolo fo kat payi habi; sos hegol ririe dep ta tietule godayab! Aber li niras ige ihatese sik luc onarene re onuso! Afet sebaces miyafe gab gow seloc gas esima, tele...
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...Reflection Paper Your name Institutional Affiliations History has been in existence since the formation of the earth and existence of mankind. The life and form of human beings have evolved over the years. While all human beings have same origin historically, evolution and development of human life and their living conditions led to inequality among different groups of people and different parts of the world. As a result, there are many pieces of literature including books, journals, among others, which explain different historical events (Diamond, 1999). However, some historical books or articles do not address historical issues fully especially historical factors that led to high development in some areas while leaving others highly underdeveloped. However, Guns, germs and steel: The fates of human societies, a book written by Jared diamond is totally different and unique historical book in contrast to other historical books. This is because in his book Gun, germs and steel: The fates of human societies, Jared examined all historical events that happened in the last 13,000 years. However, unlike other historical books, Jared applied different methods and materials including scientific ones so as to ensure that he covers all necessary information and that every reader understands him properly. Another unique feature of this book is that unlike others, which focus on specific place, people or event, this book is focused on...
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