Chapter 1

Chapter 1 discusses how distorted the earlier generations views on Africa as a whole are according to the new generation of scholars. People of African descent living on the content were not even considered sub par as it relates to everyday life. According to the text, they were living savagely and were not able to handle decision making when it came to making laws, etc. The new generation's methods take a much deeper look into the possibility of what Africa could become outside of being just an extension of Europe. These points are derived from many different point of views. Too much rides on the survey method (Kayongo-Male, Onyango. 14) which is biased mostly in part of the language barrier. Another major reason is that it is given by people are not partial to the culture and inner workings of the people.  They urge that scholars, "place higher reliability on family studies coming from indigenous researchers." (Kayongo-Male, Onyango. 14)

It is very important in understanding and gaining knowledge about a culture that if left up to the early scholars would more than likely still be a secret. Who better to tell you about yourself than yourself. Without exploring Africa from an African point of view, we would be left to make assumptions about them. The early scholars were said to have looked at Africa a just an extension of Europe with  primitive, unruly people. The later scholars begged to differ once they began to understand the culture.

The first article I found is: "Gender politics drives high HIV rates for African women". Both Hamilton and Johnson discuss how women are the inferior gender when it relates to African Disapora. Im Hamilton's article, women still remain the poorest, and most illiterate. In Johnson's article, not only are the same things true but also, women are thee leading carriers of HIV.
"Factors that have contributed to HIV increase are cultural taboos and gender inequality," says Johnson. According to the article, women dont get to choose their sexual partners, or how often they have sex. Reading this article has opened my eyes to so much that I otherwise would not know was taking place today. Women are basically treated like chattel because of their gender and ignorance.

The Second article is: "African nations unite against Ugandan rebel group." Not only do native Africans have to fight against the rest of the world, they also have to fight against a particular group of their own called Rebels. They have a overthrow the government so of mentality and will take out anyone that stands in their way. You are either with them or against them. From the point of view of someone who is not a rebel, this increases the struggle. Lack of resources, lack of education, and having to fight against your own people is very taxing on a county and its people.