Nigeria and Africa

            

No matter how far apart two countries may be, they both possess several similarities, whether it is Italy and France or China and America. Nigeria and Egypt are well-known for their top-leading soccer teams, superior armed forces, and their situated location in Africa. But despite these similarities, they also possess several differences, including culture, government, geographical surroundings and demographics.

Although, both countries are situated not too far from each other the culture in Nigeria and Egypt differ drastically. Egypt is considered to be one of “the middle-eastern” countries with Islam set as its top religion including 90% of Egyptian People. The rest of the 10% include Coptic and Christianity. The most spoken language in Egypt is Arabic. 99.6% of residents in Egypt are Egyptian meanwhile the .4% are listed as other. English Creole is the officially spoken language in Nigeria along with Badu and Chadic languages. Almost 50 percent of all Nigerians are Muslim and the other 40 percent are Christian. Culture is a major difference in both countries.

                Politically speaking, both Nigeria and Egypt have several differences. As we know Egypt recently had its revolution against its government and the president, Hosni Mubarak, who has dictated Egypt for the past 30 years. Although Egypt has won its revolution, it has still been working on improving its government as well as improving the lives of Egyptian people. Nigeria on the other hand, has a fine government established to this date. Nigeria’s Federal Republic Government consists of 36 States, and a Capital Territory, with an elected President and a Legislature.   With these branches, Nigeria’s Government can often be compared to that of America’s. With Nigeria’s fine established government and Egypt’s developing government, the differences in how society may look in both countries may be distinguished.

Nigeria and Egypt may be located on two different sides of Africa but they both comprise of very different geographical significances and demographics. Nigeria lies on the western tip of Africa and is surrounded by the Gulf of Guinea, just north of the equator. The major rivers that flow through Nigeria include the Niger River and the Benue River. These two rivers join in the center of the country to form a "Y" that splits Nigeria into three separate sections. Nigeria has the largest population of an country in Africa, with a total of 158.3 million people. Egypt, located in Northern Africa, is surrounded by the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. The Nile River is also a geographical significance of Egypt as it provided irrigation and food in the earlier civilization. This river is known as the longest river in the world as it flows through ten countries of Africa. Egypt, also well-known for its population, has the second largest population, following Nigeria, with a population of 82 million people approximately 76 million people in difference. The population of the Capital City, Cairo, alone is roughly 6.7 million. The perception of each country is different due to its geographical locations.

Nigeria  is a country that gained it’s independence on October1st 1960 under the British government . Ever since Nigeria has gone from military  regime to democratic government. The  first  Democratic president was elected on May 9^th  1999 and his name was Olusegun Obasanjo. Nigeria has 3 major tribes Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba. Nigeria has many tourist attraction such as The Yankiri Game Reserve , The Obudu Cattle Ranch, and The Aso Rock.

Egypt is a country in North Africa and also it’s capital is Cairo. Egypt is known for it’s great pyramids and also great Pharoah’s. This has made Egypt one of the world greatest tourist attraction. Also in Egypt, Arabic is the number one speaking  language. Over the years Egypt has been under the dictatorship rule of Muhammad Hosni Sayyid  Mubarak but earlier on this year the Egyptians revolted against him and he was desposed of power. The Nile river which is the  longest river in the world is also  in Egypt.

Nigeria and Egypt are two countries that are situated in Africa. Both are widely recognized by the outside world  and they are also great tourist attraction.  Our soccer teams both qualified for the 2010 world cup that was held in South Africa last year. We also boast of  good armed forces because they are one of the best in Africa. Nigeria and Egypt are also on the world’s top ten list of oil producing countries. We are both strong members of  the United Nations and also the African Union.

Nigeria and Egypt are two great countries in Africa and they are both known for their uniqueness. Nigeria is known as the giant of Africa and also the most populous country in Africa. It also houses Africa’s most populous city which is Lagos . Our government is democratic while on the other hand Egypt just came out from a 25 year dictator ship rule . Africans are hardworkers by nature and to proof this , Forbes Magazine has named Aliko Dangote of Nigeria as the richest black person in the world and also in Africa.  Nigeria and Egypt are two great sons of Africa.

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 Breast Cancer is an issue that strikes people worldwide; man or women, black or white, young or old. It can be considered one of the deadliest diseases that strike women. So how does today’s society contribute to helping patients who have been diagnosed with this deadly disease? Several cars filled the parking lot at the Chevrolet Dealership in Smithtown on October 16^th to raise money towards the Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition.

As we all know October is the month for Breast Cancer awareness as pink is exhibited everywhere from ribbons in supermarkets to college campuses. Attending this event at the Chevrolet Car Show I learned a lot about not only the company of Chevrolet but about what Chevrolet does for raising awareness for Breast Cancer.  To begin the evening I interviewed a woman, Pattie Daly, who represented breast cancer for the Chevrolet Company. Daly organizes events for Breast Cancer whether it is in the month of October or not.  I obtained a few statistics on the topic of breast cancer by Daly which seemed to stun me. Although I’ve done research on the topic of breast cancer I was so surprised when it was given to me in statistics. One in every four women are diagnosed with breast cancer and one in every eleven men are diagnosed with breast cancer. Daly also gave me information about the Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition in which I learned that employees from Chevrolet volunteer to help the families of people diagnosed with breast cancer. They go and take care of the family along with cooking for the children and taking them to school. Chevrolet doesn’t make their company their first priority but the people in society as well.

 Along with those statistics, I was also made aware that this is the one hundredth anniversary of Chevrolet which is the reason why throughout the month of October, the Chevy Camaro Club will take part in donating one hundred dollars for every car sold. I was told by Daly that all of the money will be going towards HBCAC. The Director of the Huntington Breast Cancer who started all of the coalitions in the country also attended the Chevrolet Car Show . Pattie Daly was also selling I love boobies bracelet for ten dollars at the Car Show which will be donated to the coalition as well. The cars that were presented at the dealership had to pay a 10 dollar preregistration fee which will also be donated to HBCAC. People are paying for these cars for just having them on display which also goes to breast cancer. So from this one company, breast cancer is being assisted tremendously in just one month.

                I also interviewed Natalie Mahase, who lives in Ridgewood, NY who came all the way to Smithtown to show her support for this benevolent event. She drives a Chevrolet Corvette and was looking to put her car for show for a few reasons. To begin she has had numerous cases of Breast Cancer occurring throughout her family. She told me that displaying her car at the show was not her only motive but she also donated money as well. But that wasn’t the only reason that Mahase came all the way to Smithtown, she was also on a mission to meet the Director of events for Chevrolet for all the assistance that’s been put in to lending a helping hand for cancer. Mahase discussed her meeting with the director and filled me in on a couple of things. The director says that Chevrolet had another car event also for the fight against breast cancer in the month of September. They received over one hundred thousand just from that event. In conclusion, breast cancer is not alone in this fight it has people and companies raising fundraisers worldwide, throughout the whole year including Chevrolet.

                Cancer affects men and women everyday and Chevrolet events are here to help the people affected by it. The Chevrolet car show not only donates everything it has to breast cancer in the month of October but rebates on oil changes and car washes were also donated to HBCAC. The car show also held this event to celebrate its one- hundredth anniversary for Chevrolet.  The month of October isn’t the only month that Chevrolet tries to donate towards breast cancer but money is donated in the previous months as well.  If people are putting as much of an effort as Chevrolet is towards breast cancer the amount of people cured will surely increase.