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This summer my good friend and fellow biological anthropologist jetted off to Uganda to study the foraging patterns and social structure of an obscure species of monkey. Her research, conducted in the marshy, bug-infested, tropical jungles of East Africa, is designed to generate data for her senior thesis. When I left Harvard at the end of the school year, she was excitedly packing and talked animatedly about the chance to observe--up close and in person--how these primates fed, traveled and organized themselves. Many people asked if I was going to some place as exotic. Not exactly...
Interestingly enough, I, like my friend in East Africa, have been able to observe the foraging patterns and social structures of a particularly fascinating primate species: humans. Politicians are interesting, too, but I think I'll save that for another postcard. And unlike my friend in East Africa, I've been able to do most of my fieldwork over a steaming mug of latte...
...recently, a third group--all black--has landed on England's shores, seeking retribution for the slavery, brutal killing and humiliation their ancestors suffered at the hands of British generals. Immigrants from the old Empire's colonies in the Caribbean and Africa now populate England's lower and middle class neighborhoods, joining the revolt against the long-standing symbols of aristocratic influence...
...been very useful and a widely used and cited document for use in Africa," Sachs said...
Sievers said there is much more research that needs to be done in Africa and around the world. "In the last couple of years we've seen African economies turn from negative per capita growth to positive per capita growth rates," Sievers said. "We want to know what we can do to solidify and accelerate that process...