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Kelly,Hong Mrs.Zandstra Research paper 15, January,2017 Askia Muhammad Have you ever heard of “TIMBUKTU” before? It is a great learning center of the spread of Islam in Africa. It was built by Askia Muhammad which was a powerful and political ruler of Songhai. Songhai Empire was the largest and last of the three major empires in West Africa. Askia Muhammad became a powerful ruler of Songhai with his accomplishments through building an empire, trade success, and by…

Christian ministry, some of my traditions are distinctive. My favorite mark of transition does not come from my Jamaican culture, but from my church culture. That pivotal moment began when my father walked into my room, while I was listening to Mali Music, and told me that he wanted me to prepare a sermon for the next Youth Sunday. This completely…

So You Want Whiter Skin? The wonders of whitening agent glutathione revealed. But is it for everyone? I was born with dark skin. Ever since I was a kid, it always puzzled me why I wasn’t given the same fair complexion like my siblings when both our parents had relatively light skin tones. While my mom was also born brown-skinned, she somehow outgrew it in her teen years when her skin started lightening until it glowed a pale-yellow. Naturally, I hope the same thing would happen to me. I waited…

those of our families and friends. (Guest p.11)” I have always felt that technology has affected the way we interact with one another. Could human connection have been stronger early on in society? Guest displays a picture of a map showing the King of Mali, West Africa, in 1375. This map was essential because it was a key point along trade routes that stretched across the continent of Africa through…

Many scholars are of the opinion that the culture that has influenced the sub region with her own practices more than all others are the Mandé - a conglomeration of malinka-madinga speaking group between the north-east of Guinea Conakry and Western Mali (Hale 2007, 12). Through military conquest and through their Islamic evangelization, West Africa has been Islamized alongside its inculcation of the Mandé culture to such an extent that it is very difficult to distinguish one from the other (Shaw…

habitat, places they live, environment, food, habits, their intelligence, and echolocation. Most African Elephants live in Sub Saharan Africa and the rain forest of central and west Africa, also the Sabel desert in Mali. The Asian Elephant on the other hand lives in Nepal , India and Southeast Asia in scrub rain forests and rain forests. Some elephants have a dense, wet rain forest environment, or all Grasslands with just…

In this case, Arab traders would use “A caravan of 5,000 to 6,000 camels” because “once at a water source the camel speedily rehydrated by consuming up to 25 gallons in only ten minutes,” which then made it possible to reach the frontiers of the Mali Empire in Africa, and carry as much “cargo as a very large European sailing ship” (Solomon, 134-135). As a result of this, Arab traders were very successful throughout the Islamic controlled lands between Spain and the Indus River. They became…

-Saharan part of the continent was a complete mystery to Europeans. This notion was due in part by explorers like Dr. David Livingston, Mungo Park and Henry Morton Stanley incomplete reports of African nations aggressive expansion around Sierra Leone, Mali, and Guinea to build and set up stable states . They failed to explain that African nations were involved with their own economic, social, and military evolution. In addition, guns were becoming more essential on the battleground,…

Throughout time societies have progressed through the collaboration of diverse ethnic groups, which exchanged goods and knowledge, as well as numerous other aspects. By trading, diverse societies are impacted both socially as well as economically, resulting in a myriad of alterations. Although, certain aspects throughout history remain constant as well, regardless of the formation of new civilizations. The period from 1492 to 1750 brought about significant trading amongst the Atlantic world,…

rock and Sundiata leads his homeland to victory. The narrator reads, ‘It is said that Sumanguru then became one with the stone of the cave, for he was never seen again.’ (Wisniewski 29). After Sumanguru turned into a rock, Sundiata led back home to Mali with a gathering of victory. And with the help of her fellow slaves, Amari escapes the plantation for Fort Moss, Florida to be safe from the slave owners. “ THEY RAN. FASTER THAN POLLY THOUGHT POSSIBLE, they jumped over logs and under…