Central Africa

CINEMA BUSINESS IN LAGOS, NIGERIA SINCE 1903 Oladipo O. Olubomehin, PhD Department of History and Diplomatic Studies, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Nigeria. E-mail:olubomehind@yahoo.com Abstract Cinema business constituted an important aspect of the local economy in Nigeria during the colonial period. The business flourished from 1903 when the first film was shown in Lagos through into the 1970s and 80s. Lagos, being the nerve centre of commercial activities in Nigeria with a…

political economy of the people of Africa. The paper also examines the salience of Kwame Nkrumah’s call for the United States of Africa and how this call remains relevant today in the continents search for a place in global interdependence and interconnectedness. Kwame Nkrumah was president of Ghana in 1957 but overthrown by coupe de tat in 1966. His major preoccupation was for Africa to take its own hands (west). To show his commitment to the union government of Africa, he declared on the day…

slaves got the children ripped away from them. I can not even begin to imagine what it feels like to lose someone close to you because of a petty reason such as slavery. (Jacobs/ SAHO/ no date) ‘Cultural legacies’ is a very sensitive topic in south Africa. When faced with a decision, individuals rely on their past experiences to reduce the “what ifs” of making their new decisions. So ever since slavery, people have been putting people in categories due to the colour of their skin. Which lead…

Marcus Rediker takes us on a difficult journey of what it was like to travel the middle passage for a slave from 1700-1808 in his riveting book, The Slave Ship: A Human History. He focuses heavily on the calculated barbarity of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and how it gave birth to capitalism with the commodification of humans as goods to be bought and sold on the open market. Rediker gives us a unique and unexplored perspective of the slave trade to give us a sense of the violence that…

Poverty is the state of being poor and people living in poverty are unable to satisfy their basic needs, due to not having enough money to do so. Poverty is one of the biggest socio-economic issues in South Africa and is seen as one of the country’s triple threats, followed by unemployment and inequality. Despite South Africa’s attempt to reduce poverty, countless people are still struggling. Statistics show that 21.7% of South Africans live in extreme poverty and are unable to pay for basic…

Indian economic decline. In the first half of the 18th Century, India was a global manufacturing power house and it’s textiles were worn around the world, worn around Asia, they were exported to Europe, worn by American slaves and they were sent to Africa. Indian agriculture had a avery high productivity and Indian Textile manufacturer had a relatively very high productivity as per the global standards of the time. However, there was a subsequent decline in both the Textile and Agricultural…

many changes and have seen many themes that seem to reappear. Some of these themes are racism, imperialism, and genocide. In Sven Lindqvist’s book, “Exterminate All the Brutes!”, he writes about the trends that characterized the nineteenth century in Africa while comparing them to other historical events across the globe. After reading this book, we can see what imperialism, racism, and genocide has caused to play a role in influencing the world we live in today by looking at the past events in…

Jewelry has greatly decreased in modern society where it is mostly worn for decoration, but once it was made of and meant for many things. The history of jewelry is very interesting. The first known country to not only wear jewelry but also make it is Africa. Africa’s first known instance of jewelry making was in Kenya over 40,000 years ago. The jewelry was most likely made from natural elements found from their surroundings, which was then made into beads all meaning something. It is amazing…

Homo sapiens sapiens (AMHs) evolved from a lineage of hominins in Africa. The purpose of the project is to determine the genus and species of seven skulls discovered by Dr. Musoma in Africa, Europe and Asia, approximate the age of each skull, interpret the evolutionary pathway of each species, and provide evidence for and against the “Out of Africa” theory. The purpose of the project with be completed and evidence on the “Out of Africa” theory will be found. Based upon the information left with…

with European rulers so economic development continues. 3. Gezira cotton-growing scheme was a large irrigation project that began in Sudan. It was used to produce a large amount of the country’s cash crops. This project was used in other nations of Africa after witness its success in Sudan.…