Benin

How did slave trade and slavery contribute to the Afro-American Culture between 1600 and 1800? What were the available channels and regional differences of these contributions? Foundations of the world we live in have been largely laid by the economic growth in between 1500 and 1800. Western Europe have experienced sustained economic growth and institutional changes which transformed medieval institutions in some of European countries. The growth was mostly due to the access to the Atlantic…

which spread culture, politics, music, and economic growth with each other. The United States’ music was introduced in Sierra Leone, because of globalization. Ishmael also helps globalization when he performs hip-hop dances at villages and at the Benin Home in front of NGO’s and members of UNICEF, which furthermore spreads Hip-Hop throughout the…

Arjun Patel Harry Truman’s Point Four Speech: An In-Depth Analysis of the Modernization Theory With the conclusion of World War II, the globe was left in a frazzled state of destruction from the aftermath of many vicious battles. Harry Truman was then elected President of the United States of America in 1948 and needed to address the issue of how to help the world rebuild after such a devastating war (Smith). Subsequent his election, his inaugural address proposed four points. Of the four, his…

Charleston, South Carolina, a city that has been seen by the public as the place where the American Civil War started and where Fort Sumter is located. But, ironically the first battle of the slavery induced Civil War took place in what was the slave trading capital of mainland North America. Charleston was host to an event that spanned over a century and that is the great migration of Africans to America by as many means as possible from the slave trade to piracy. Due to its geographic location…

When I was younger and living in South America I used to watch some soap operas with my mom and dad. Many of this soap operas showed a lot of history especially from Brazil. It wasn’t all true but there was a lot of resemblance with what had really happened in the years where many African individuals were landing in Brazil and the Caribbean colonies. From this large amounts only six percent was landing in United States. One of the big differences is that most of the African slaves arriving in…

“A person who is the property of and wholly subject to another,” is the definition of slavery according to an online dictionary. Growing up, we hate obeying our parents, and I’m sure many of us once told their parents, “I’m not your slave!” when asked to do something. In reality we have absolutely no idea what it is like to be slave. It’s hard to imagine what being a slave is like, since we didn’t exist during those times. Sure, we learn in history classes perhaps since seventh grade about…

There have been discoveries of haplotypes for distinct region specific mutations of the HbS genes. The four African Haplotypes include the Senegal, Benin, Bantu, and Cameroon haplotypes. There has also been one discovery of an Asian haplotype referred to as the Arab-Indian haplotype [1]. The occurrence of these haplotypes indicates that the increase in sickle cell anemia is related to the incidence of malaria in the surrounding regions [8]. Evidence that supports the link between the…

Slavery in America What is Slavery? Slavery is where human being can be treated as property and can be sold, traded and bought legally through property law. Slavery has existed as far back as the beginning of human civilization. There is a direct correlation between War and Slavery. The victorious countries would enslave the surviving members of rival legions. Egypt, Rome, Greece and China were just a few of the ancient societies that slavery was prevalent in. (Rodriguez, 2007) The origins of…

the most popular museums in the world, and it provides free entry to all its visitors. It is full of rare artifacts dating back to thousands of years from different civilizations of the world. From Egyptian mummies to African terracotta arts, and Benin bronze artifacts, you can view everything for…

Much of Africa’s history is shaped by the geography and environment. In fact, a lot of people believe there was no history in Africa a long time ago because they did not have a lot of written documents. The reason there were not many written documents is because of several contributing factors including disease, weather and geography. These factors led to the rise and fall of many civilizations, as well as an interest in resources by foreigners. Although this made it difficult for…