Niger

When studying ancient history or the culture of Africa I would look at it from an African perspective and not from an outside colonial view. I feel that too much of Africa’s history is told by non-Africans. Wrigley opposes the hypothesis by saying it is “perhaps the most notorious expression of the racialist interpretation which dominated studies of the African past d of the twentieth century” (Wrigley 189). Many interpretations of African societies from dated European views are very false.…

not understand. Later on, Mr. Brow gets sick, so they replace him with Mr. Smith, a strict man and the opposite of Mr. Brown with the way he treats hid people. The egwugwu then burn the church. "The pacification of the primitive tribes of the lower Niger", at the end the writer thinks it is interesting to write a paragraph about Okonkwo's story and already choose the…

for profit. The impact these factors were is that it lead to many things in the country being discovered. Mungo Park, British explorer, was attacked by African warriors and escaped death by jumping into a river after trying to negotiate a deal over Niger. Other Europeans discovered things that could benefit the country. David Livingstone, a Scottish humanitarian, medical doctor, and member of Condon missionary society, wrote about the suffering of the country and the natives’ traditions. Richard…

I would like to say thank you share about the “Nile river and ancient Egypt” in class, Also, I would like to say some based-on fact: I don’t be my son wrong information came and told me I’m wrong information shared him. But, not here are some sources. Also, when they made movies I were nearby as tourist “mystery of Niles rivers” Here is what they say; According the articles and based on my evidence, where I’m from would like to say the origin of Nile river is Ethiopia. Not until the 20th…

A brief summary Nigeria was colonised in the year 1885 by the British, it then went on to become a protectorate under the Britain. Nigeria got her name from Flora Shaw who coined it from Niger and Area as there was a river called Niger flowing through the country. In the year 1960 on the first of October, Nigeria gained her independence after many meetings and conferences were held. Leading patriots, politicians and scholars of the time namely Nnamdi Azikwe, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa amongst many…

Nigeria became severely malnourished. The statistics are astonishing, thirty-seven percent of children are severely malnourished, eighteen percent are slightly malnourished and overall twenty nine percent are underweight. And these are only rising (“NIGER-NIGERIA”). A major reason this problem has gone from a small region problem to a country crisis is because the government denied the fact that they were in a state of malnourishment for a long time. While this was happening the government’s…

crucial spot in the trans-Saharan trade route, which allowed the city’s economy to thrive (The Empires of the Western Sudan: Songhai Empire). In 1464, Sunni Ali established the Songhai Empire and controlled the region near the Niger River (Muhammed Toure / Askia Muhammad I). The Niger River flooded annually and provided irrigation for the local agricultural industry. People all around the world came here to trade for products such as gold and spices. Thus, the city’s…

His stance that above all else the Ashanti must remain free in order to protect their culture and heritage, but remain friendly with the Europeans is one many African leaders tried to take (Doc 2). The Royal Niger Company, commissioned by the British government to take over the Niger Delta, had a standard form for the African chiefs to sign their territory away. This form is a general form with places for the chiefs to sign their names and for the document to be dated, due to this generality…

After the rule of Sundiata, Mansa Musa came into rule. He created a strong empire by expanding his trade throughout important cities such as Timbuktu. He, “controlled the lands of the Middle Niger, absorbed into his empire the trading cities of Timbuktu and Gao, and imposed his rule on such south Saharan cities as Walata and on the Taghaza region of salt deposits to the north” ("Mali"). Mansa Musa’s strong army constantly expanded his accomplished…

The Syrian Civil War has been a controversial issue for a while now. According to CNN Student News, the war has been going on for almost five years. The article, “Syria: The story of the conflict,” on www.bbc.com, states that more than 250,000 Syrians have been killed in the conflict, “which began with anti-government protests before escalating into a full scale war.” The story of the Syrian Civil War, starts from that point in time. After the protests intensified, and became a full blown civil…