West Africa

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Indian religion was more shifted than their governmental issues. IV. African Societies A. West Africa (Guinea) The greater part of the oppressed Africans that came to America started in West Africa, or Guinea. Upper Guinea had a culture that reflected contact with the Islamic Mediterranean locale, while Lower Guinea stayed less cosmopolitan. B. Bondage in West Africa Bondage existed in West Africa essentially as a method for aggregating grounds and riches, however after contact with…

Ghana, West Africa was the sixth African nation to gain independence on March 6, 1957, and only the fourth to gain independence from British rule. Formerly known as the Gold Coast, Ghana was and is still know for its riches, which ere gold, diamonds, and cocoa. One very influential pioneer political leader was Kwame Nkrumah who helped, not only Ghana, but also many African nations in their endeavor in decolonizing Africa. As many countries, which are just getting their footing after being ruled…

One of the most influential events that shaped West Africa was the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Rather than indulging in slaves, Africa was mostly responsible for selling and distributing them. Africans would occasionally have slaves of their own, however during the slave trade, Africa was more or less a slave vendor. Their role as sellers had an astronomical impact on West Africa as a whole. The social, economic and political implications of West Africa completely changed and evolved as a result…

country’s level of response to an outbreak of communicable disease depends largely on the said country’s economic capability. There is a strong correlation between economic wealth attainment and good health outcomes. The emergence of the Ebola virus in West Africa and the ensuring high death toll reaffirm this narrative. Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea are among the poorest countries in the world and had just emerged for armed conflicts. Their populations are economically deprived and they lack…

cultures, dwellings often were grouped into compounds with a shared central space.” The center was equivalent to what is today a court yard. This suggest an area of high interaction. The importance of a yard or a central space was highly emphasized in West African culture and it was transmitted into slavery because slaves created and built their homes. The space around the house was just as vital as the house itself. These quarters that were arranged in a circular pattern were either structures…

Mali Empire EQ: How did the expansion of trade and the movement of people affect societies? I. The expansion of trade and the movement of people in the Mali Empire, located in West Africa, affected them via, developing dominance in trans-Sharan trade route, evolving their devotion to Islam, administrating them to embrace an educational system based on Islam, and engaging in the expansion of land. II. The expansion of trade and the movement of people affected the Mali empire by developing…

common in sub-Sahara Africa and can migrate up to 2500 kilometer (Reference). The 2007 outbreak in DR Congo is evidently linked to the annual massive migration and hunting of fruit Bats in the region (Leroy et al., 2009). In 2008, Ebola virus antibodies were detected in 32 of 88 Bats screened in Ghana, of these, 9 were ZEBOV positive (Hayman et al., 2012). The existence of 9 bats in Ghana with ZEBOV antibodies suggest that these animals may have migrated from central Africa, since this species…

Throughout the 13th and 16th centuries, the Mali and Songhai Empires rose to power in Western Africa, through an accomplished trading system and powerful legitimate emperors. The Mali Empire was ruled by many emperors, two of which were Sundiata Keita and Mansa Musa. Sundiata and his 11 brothers were seeked to be killed by Sumanguru, ruler of the neighboring state of Kaniaga who wanted to expand his state of the land of the Mali Empire. Because of his childhood disability, Sumanguru spared his…

ancestral rituals that are still practiced in Senegal today. The meaning of culture cannot be underestimated for any country. All these factors have both direct and indirect roles in the development of a country's’ culture. Senegal once was part of the West African Empire of Ghana, Tekur, and Mali. The nation takes its name from the river that runs along its north-east borders, making the frontier with Mauritania and Mali. A poetic saying from the Wolof people states that the name derives from…