Niger

Ghana was the first big trading state in West Africa, the surfaced during 500 A.D. Located in the upper Niger River Valley, between the Sahara and tropical forests in West Africa. Most Ghanaian people were local farmers living in a small village. Ghanaian rulers governed without laws so for example say someone steals there is no written law for what they could…

1) Massive Oil Pipeline Leak under North Dakota Farmer’s Field The North Dakota farmer found an oil spill the size of seven football fields during harvesting the wheat. The farmer said that the crude was bubbling up out of the ground when he found it and the crude can be smelled for days before the tires of the combines were coated in it. The damage of the pipeline causes the oil spewing and bubbling six inches high. It was one of the largest spills recorded in the stated which was equal to…

Lawal (2011) noted that by the year 2001 alone, a total of seven thousand, one hundred and thirty one sand and gravel miners had been employed in Nigeria’s Niger State alone, according to statistics provided by Mine Safety and Health Administration. Mwangi (2007) supported this positive impact of soil mining in Kenya when he highlighted that there is a creation of employment to locals above eighteen years as…

Every one of the gatherings has comparative names except for the Afer Niger who was at the base of the hierarchy. Europeans were, for the most part, the most noteworthy on the hierarchy rundown and African Americans were the least and treated the most noticeably bad. In 1810-1821 was the Mexico War of Independence. This war…

because he himself had one slave, Huck on the other hand respects them. Good example of that is their very first conversation. Huck is saying that everyone is lying, except for the Niger, because he does not know him – displays his friendly and even respectful attitude towards them. Tom on the other hand makes fun of one Niger, making him think that he spoke to the devil. In the first book, this unintentional cruel attitude towards some people is noticeable; however, in the second book such kind…

Trade was one of the biggest factors that made Mali very successful. Mali was founded on a goldfield, located on the southern border of the Sahara. Their location in the trans-Saharan trade made them extremely rich and powerful. Mali took advantage of the gold beneath their feet and began to trade it for other things, such as salt. “Much gold was traded through the Sahara desert, to the countries on the North African coast” (MaliTrade). Being the center of trade, West Africa had many connections…

In 2016, Bethany Baptist Church celebrates eighty-four years of ministry in the Highlands area of Louisville. The church’s peak membership of more than 1,100 people occurred in the 1970’s, during the ministry of the senior pastor with the longest tenure at Bethany—a tenure of twenty-four years. From 1986 to 2010, the church saw five senior pastors come and go, with an average pastoral tenure of less than four years. At the time of my call to serve as senior pastor in 2011, much work had…

The continent of Africa is well known for its history of slavery and mistreatment to the inhabitants there. Africa remained controlled by European nations well into the 20th century. Some of the stronger African societies tried to enforce resistant on the European colonization; however, virtually all of Africa was colonized. One of the main reasons for the impeding of Africa was because of the problems that were occurring in European nations. The only way to make the problems better was to…

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a famous novel by Mark Twain, is about a boy who is in search of freedom in Mississippi. Huck is kidnapped by his father, who is a heavy drinker. Pap kidnaps Huck because he wants Huck's money. Huck finally escapes the woods and finds a canoe to get away in. Instead of going back to the widow's house, he decided to run away. This grants Huck freedom in his eyes. He is tired of everyone. He comes across Jim, Miss Watson's slave, and together, they head on down…

In the present-day nation of Mali, Timbuktu is located at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert and six miles north of the Niger River. It is significant because it was the commercial, religious, and cultural center of the West African empires of Mali and Songhai in the 14th century. At an early period, Timbuktu played an essential role in the spread of Islam in Africa. Timbuktu’s location made it an important market place for negotiating and trading manuscripts. The north side of Timbuktu…