Swaziland

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west mountainous regions, the center is level land and the east scrubby lowveld. It mostly rains in the summer, which is strangely from December to April. The people are hard workers are originating from the Nguni clan of North Africa. Because of their location many European hunters, traders, farmers, and missionaries came to their area bringing the skills and trades with them. This caused the Nguni people to become what is now known as the Swazi people with a new and mixed culture.
By comparing, the two cultures I will try to show how being isolated and exposed can change a culture. This will show each culture’s destiny was decided by each group geographical location.

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Yanomamo people lived by a combination of horticulture, fishing, and foraging. Horticulturist who raises plantains and bananas, the Yanomamo diet consists of things hunted and gathering of palm fruit. Only about three to four hours in a day were spent working on the food supply. This allows ...

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in and out of the area. One of the older railroads Goba Line makes it possible to export goods from Swaziland. The chief commercial crops are sugar, cotton, tobacco, soygrum and citrus fruit. Livestock includes cattle, goats, and sheep. Mining is increasing in importance producing diamonds, gold, coal, and kaolin. Forestry is also important. Light manufacturing industries are being developed and tourism is a growing industry. Although seventy percent of the Swazi live in rural areas, nearly every house has a wage earner. Clearly, the country has had several years of strong economic growth it has not been able to create jobs at rate of new job seekers.
The Yanomamo engage in trade to ...

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