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One reason that Mali was a site of cultural exchange was because of its strategic placement. The Empire of Mali’s location was great for trade, especially the Trans-Saharan-Trade. Located along the upper Niger river around the southern Sahara, the gold and salt trade thrived. The Niger river was an important factor of the trade, because the gold would flow up to where Mali was, thus making it easy to control the trade. Eventually, the word that Mali had riches of gold spread, attracting several…

The United States and various European countries met in 1884-1885 at the Berlin Conference to regulate European colonization of Africa. At this point in history, imperialism was occurring, where a country would increase it’s power by gaining control of another country. European imperialists were deciding the fate of Africa. The Scramble for Africa was three decades after the Berlin conference, where European powers began to colonize areas in Africa. Not all natives were pleased by the Europeans…

future. Poverty is becoming ill because of the unsanitary conditions around you. Poverty is all around the world. Unfortunately, poverty is an obstacle that affects numerous people. From our own country, the United States of America, to countries like Niger and Zimbabwe, countless innocent lives people are questioning if they are going to survive every single day. In America, many people blame our poverty on immigration. There are multiple organizations that already try to help…

type of living. Rulers wanted power and would do practically anything to achieve it. In the Shang dynasty, we know that there was a very feudal government with many territories and that the Shang King was overthrown by rebel slaves. However, in the Niger River valley of West Africa, archeologist have discovered artifacts and records suggesting settlements in Africa without the need for hierarchy, centralization, government structure, or written records at all. They were more laid back and rulers…

Study Essay Three Ghana was the first great African empire of the western Sudan. Ghana was surrounded by Soninke people who are believed to have founded Ghana in 300 helping it flourish until 1200. The name Ghana derived from “warrior King” and “King of gold”. Ghana gained a significant amount of wealth during their control of the Gold trade in West Africa. Ghana became so wealthy from the salt and gold trade from their access to the trade routes that went through their land. Ghana’s position…

The nomadic pastoralists of the Tuareg have descended through generations in Africa since the fourth century. Throughout the centuries, the cultural group has retained their rich heritage while surviving in the Saharan desert of northern Niger. Social relations of the Tuareg have remained relatively the same through the generations, including the relationships between the Tuareg and other people who reside in the countries they travel through, and with other members of their cultural group as…

Third Written Report This section of Reframing Contemporary Africa by Peyi Soyinka – Airewele and Rita Kiki Edozie looks at external and internal factors were affecting the African nation. In ‘The New Oil Gulf of Africa: Global Geopolitics and Enclave Oil Producing Economies” by Okbazghi Yohannes looks at the participating of Africa in the world economy and how resource reach African countries have been affected by it. In "The Politics of HIV/ AIDS in Africa: Representation and the Political…

Lots of other countries have increased in poverty besides Detroit. Countries like Niger and Libera are in one of the poorest continent in the world which is Africa. Lots of countries in Africa is becoming a poor country to the lack of education so it sends children to not being able to get a job because most of the basic jobs in Africa…

Things Fall Apart is the story of a group of Nigerian villages in the late 1800s that is discovered by white missionaries. The story starts by profiling Okonkwo, who is a prominent figure in the village. After his firearm misfires during a funeral and kills an innocent boy Okonkwo and his family are exiled from Umuofia for seven years, during this time Okonkwo plots his return plans to become a village lord. During this exile missionaries start appearing in the neighboring villages and…

established the Malian empire’s capital at Niani. Niani was located near the upper Niger river. The trans-Sahara caravan was a route from the Middle East & Far west, Europe, North Africa, to the Sub-Saharan region of Africa. That Sub-saharan region included but was not limited to: Mali, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Algeria, and Nigeria. The long distance trade was chiefly orchestrated by the Wangara people along the Niger River from Timbuktu to Senegal. It was mostly used by…