French West Africa

The kola nut is not eaten for nutritional value, instead it is considered a culturally significant food. The people of West Africa developed traditions that established unity with the kola nut as the central element. It was used in most commonly in ceremonies but also as a healing herb. The increasing necessity for kola nuts expanded the trade in West Africa to keep up a steady supply. In the 1500’s, the Portuguese were the first begin developing trading relationships with Africans. The…

The Kingdom of Benin Kingdom of Benin, was an independent country located in West Africa, in the fifteenth century, it was the major power of the West Africa, which is the south west of Nigeria currently. It was first discovered by the Portuguese, when the Portuguese traders built some business relationship with the merchants of Benin, and this was the first cultural encounter between Benin and Europe, but how exactly did this cultural encounter influence on the people of Benin? And How Did it…

Parliament Website (2016), the leading political party is the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, which formed by the merging of four political parties. The capital of Ethiopia is Addis Ababa; it is the oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world. The population of Ethiopia is around 100 million people. The country is made of two major religious groups with 60 percent Christian and 30 percent Muslim. There are over 90 languages spoken in Ethiopia…

Askia the Great – Prosperity of the Songhai Empire Songhai Empire, located in West Africa, reached its peak under the leadership of Askia the Great, an authoritative military leader. He not only expanded the border of the empire but also encouraged education for its citizens. In addition, Askia augmented trade with foreign countries and set up regulations on measurements and customs. He also unified and controlled the nation efficiently by centralizing the government. Under his reign, Songhai…

Mali The 1200s in West Africa, the Ghana Empire was falling at the battle of Kirina, soon after, Sundiata, the founder of Mali, defeated Mali. Mali came to be in the place of the Ancient Ghana. This society had a social hierarchy with the king was in the highest class and they decreased until the slaves as the lowest class. The people believed many things like, priests and Diviners could communicate with spirits and gods. They also practiced ancestor worship, they thought that their ancestors…

In Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, the Ebola virus was quickly widespread. Some countries banned flights from those infected areas for the safety of their own population. Although flight bans seem to be an easy solution to the problem, they can lead to negative outcomes. Flight bans could negatively affect societies because the virus would be less contained, researchers would have trouble working, and economies would ultimately change. Since there is no known cure for the virus, people have…

Nigerian American is fully aware of what their culture really is.Fortuality, Nigeria is considered one of the largest country in Africa which has created a diverse culture.Instead of Nigeria is only one country, it split into three major ethnic groups.The groups are Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo which has a combination of the traditional history. Even though Nigeria has over 500 languages, their main language is English.Nigerians are people who are very united with their family especially mother to…

Mali Africa Mali is the biggest country in the northwest part of africa it borders 5 different countries bordering it NIger, Senegal, guinea, côte d'ivoire, burkina faso salt is also big i mali people used to trade a pound of gold for a pound of salt. It also has the largest mud and brick building in the world and it is also a very important building of mali. This country is also the cradle of the empire of ghana one of the first empires of western africa says the website Traveling East.…

Did you know that Mali in the middle ages was one of the wealthiest countries at the time? Medieval Mali was a kingdom in Africa, and it rose to prominence under Mansa Musa in the early 1300s. Mali influenced other parts of the world, and the world influenced Mali, because of gifts, trade, and scholarly exchange. One reason Mali had influence on the world, as well as the world influencing Mali, was through gifts. At one point, during Mansa Musa’s reign, around 1360 to 1361, he sent a giraffe,…

of trade. Tribes such as the Berbers (nomads) and merchants such as the Venetians traded with the empire. “Desire for gold caused merchants to make the difficult journey from the Maghrib and the rest of North Africa across the Sahara Desert to the region of savannah and forest called West…