African Studies 2017

Often times when we see international students here in the US and even on our campus, we often ask why are they here? what brought them all this way just to go to school? Well after reading this article on the education system of Nigeria it is no wonder why more students are not seeking education outside of their country. The government posted a statement saying that the teachers who were given a test were expected to pass with a 75% score or better. Sadly they said that 66% of the teachers were unable to make these scores. Many officials vowed to make a change and redo the whole system and only hire qualified teachers. The teachers however and those who are working at these schools were not happy with these results. They said that this was the 3 test that year that they had to take and the government is not being fair with the results and are only posting only what makes the teachers look bad. There is the bigger issue with that many teachers do not want to be teachers and find it har...

Mohamed who in his 30s tells how the past three years of his life has been a complete and total horror. When the Boko Haram entered into his town of Banki he fleed hundred of miles to Cameroon. His friend, however, who was a part of the Boko Haram, told him that he would be safe and there was no reason for him to fear anything. He had a small business selling and buying phones and was content with the life that he had. However, once he came back his friend forced him to join the army and he did out of fear for his life. For the next two years, they went raiding villages and kidnapping the women to sell them to be married. Eventually, they were forced out of their camp and forced into the Sambusa forest. There were 12 camps with 500 hundred people in each one all of them named after a different town. During the early years the soldiers were paid a small amount of money each week but towards the end after the Nigerian bombed the place where they held the money their paycheck wen...