Africa

In the late 1800s, European countries had economic and geographical advantage over their counterparts in Africa and India, which sparked Western Imperialism. Due to their industrial power, European countries were largely successful in their expansionist policies. Imperialism was enormously beneficial to the national superpowers heading it, fulfilling their economic needs of raw materials and new markets as well as promoting political and military needs. Even though Western Imperialism did…

Being given the opportunity to participate in the Birthright AFRICA program would afforded me the chance further to develop my African identity and continue to grow as an individual. Culture is the foundation behind every individual; it is what plants us firm in our ideals and beliefs. It is what navigates us through difficult periods and decisions. Culture is the glue that bonds us together as one voice, one experience, and one people. Despite at times taking my culture for granted, my…

I will be discussing Collier and Gunning’s article, Why has Africa grown slowly? In the Journal of Economic Perspectives, and Mazrui, Ali article Democracide: Who killed democracy in Africa? In Collier and Gunning’s paper, Why has Africa grown slowly? I will explain how domestic-destiny and external-destiny are blamed as two of the four reasons for Africa’s poor economic performance. Also, explaining the difference between domestic-destiny and external-destiny and which one Collier states is…

People in Africa have been suffering for quite a long time. However, people tend to not have any interest in helping them. People in Africa mostly suffer of starvation and the lack of health. Many Americans ask themselves why hasn’t there been any solutions to this problem. The fact is, people are ignorant enough to not pay any attention to what people in Africa suffer. Therefore, I have a solution to this problem. If they could get the tax to be lowered for imported goods from Europe to Africa,…

Africa still showed wages at $1 a day ranking them one of the poorest countries in the world. Wages at $1 a day would not show economic growth without considering population. Population has grown over 300% since 2001 indicating that Africa’s gross domestic…

left the newly independent state fragile and unprepared. Decolonization, although good in theory, led to unexpected problems in the newly independent countries due to the underdeveloped process. Specifically, numerous formerly colonized states in Africa were negatively impacted because of their rapid ascent to freedom without the proper infrastructure to maintain an independent state.…

Process of Nile cycle and its Importance in Agriculture River Nile of Africa is the largest river in the world as it covers a distance of more than 4,000 miles. The river begins near the equator, flowing northward from Lake Victoria, passing through Egypt and eventually emptying into the Mediterranean Sea (Said, 2013). The Nile has two primary tributes; the White Nile that flows from Rwanda and the Blue Nile originating from Ethiopia. In the past, Nile had a predictable flooding pattern that…

Transformation of Slavery in Africa As in most of the world, slavery was used in Africa a long time ago. There are a lot of definitions of the slavery, and all of them are correct. And there are also many kinds of slavery around the world. Some people in Africa were found as the property, while others were put into the families with their masters. Usually slaves were black, but often their masters were black too. Those slaves were kept to do all hard work at home or at the field, to take care of…

The geography of Africa has always been a mix of a desert, an inhospitable dense forest and a small area in between perfect for hospitable living space. As a result, this diversity of climates has effected parts of Africa socially, politically, economically, and has also effected the ability for Africa to build a military. Some parts of Africa developed more of less than others simply due to their conditions. Africa was socially impacted due to the geography of the continent. For example,…

The Europeans started colonizing in Africa in the 15th century, and continued to do so until the early 19th century. One of the main reasons Europe did this was to gain access to the abundant and untapped resources there. The growth of some African countries’ economies during that time can be credited to the international trade of those resources. Africa supplied a wide array of resources that were new, and therefore very desirable, to the Europeans. Among these many resources that were exported…