German East Africa

Since the beginning of time, human beings have exploited people, places and things to serve their own interests. During Spain’s period of exploration into the new world, the conquistadors greatly exploited natives by forcing them into slavery and overtaking the rights to their valuable resources. Great Britain exploited and subjugated a large part of the known world for their resources, raw materials, and physical labor in order to boost financial gain. The Economist would put forth ideas that…

brought sugar over and they needed labor and looked to Africa. Then Portugal trades their factories to become a slave trade to do labor to grow sugar and coffee. Ships carrying trade goods, such as beads, cloth and guns, to Africa, to exchange their goods for enslaved Africans who were then transported to the Caribbean, and Brazil to work on the plantations. African slaves only exist where economy is based on agricultural in the south. Africa diaspera is…

Jamestown was a colony within the state of Virginia, and was founded in the year 1607 by King James I. He began this discovery first with a joint-stock company that was named the Virginia Company. This company consisted of investors that were hoping to find gold and silver in America and gain profit from it. Before sending these investors on their way, he made sure they also took with them the Christian faith that he very much abided by. He believed the Indians would benefit greatly from this…

As humans we all deserve our rights and liberty. Bartolomé de las Casas was one human being for the Indians as he believed that they should not receive any type of torture and should not be working as slaves. He preached a lot about Indians receiving their liberty and did practice it. However, he challenged his own statements by stating that Negroes should be put to work as slaves. He fought for the Indians causing less labour work hours and good treatment. The Emperor Charles V was influenced…

openly during slavery (Joomla!). The practice of celebrating life, as opposed to mourning death, can be traced back to the Congolese slaves that were brought to Jamaica to work on plantations (Williams). The Dinki Mini has direct roots in the Congo of Africa.…

portrays Africa realistically and helps eliminate stereotypes. Achebe’s novel changed the minds of those who thought Africa was only home to poverty and disease by developing strong, dynamic characters. His novel is an important addition to the plethora of books about African nations because it gives another side to the story of Africa. If Things Fall Apart had not been…

A hundred and seventy-five years ago European colonist labeled Africa the “Dark Continent.” Whether or not the term was introduced with invidious intent has continually been the subject of much debate among black scholars. The controversy centered on the use of the word “Dark” which Europe, scholars interpreted as being without growth and development. Not that Europe was more developed than Africa, but because the sub -Saharan part of the continent was a complete mystery to Europeans. This…

there. The documentary AIDS in Africa details the rise and impact of the rate of HIV infection and AIDS throughout the African continent. In the documentary, various medical professionals are interviewed for their perspective, and all express concern over the rising rates of infection and lack of resources for prevention in Africa. In addition to these doctors, inhabitants of the continent are also interviewed; these…

Similarities and differences of the Outback & Island of Prospera In the movie Walkabout the setting is mostly in the Australian outback. The outback is depicted as a desert, extremely hot, flat for miles then hilly for a little bit, but there is still signs of life. The movie the Tempest takes place on the Island of Prospera the island is dark, gloomy and dry there is some life there but not much. In this paper I will be compare and contrasting the outback in Walkabout with the Island of…

Even though there were not many, some African people did go to school instead of just working all the time for Europeans. In the schools that these children went to they learned that European culture was better than African Culture and they learn this from a young age and this will stick with them. A. Adu Boahen, author of Africans Perspectives on Colonialism mentioned how education was like and some of what they were taught about. “They were people who worshiped European culture equating it…