North Africa

The various slave trades in Africa did not have the same effects on the continent. In this paper I will examine three slave trades and explore their specific impact on Africa society. This paper will primarily examine the available historical evidence on what political, economic, social, cultural, and demographic effects each slave trade had on the regional area where they captured Africans. First I will explore the oldest slave trades in Africa, the trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean slave trades.…

16th and 19th centuries there were some, more or less independent states in the North Africa. These states together were known as the Barbary States and what they were famous for were the Corsair. Basically these peoples were known as pirates whose primary trade was a raid coastal town. The Barbary slave trade consists of white men, women, and children. They took these peoples on a ship and ship them to North Africa. Some of the peoples died on the…

Why do Southwest Asia and North Africa form a useful world region? What are some of the problems associated with defining the region? Southwest Asia and North Africa form a useful world reason because the countries that make it up are fairly similar in climate and culture, and in their wealth of oil. In terms of climate, this region consists mostly of desert, making this region useful in grouping these countries together. Culturally, this region is cited as the place the major world religions…

West Africa is a poor, helpless region who is living in poverty. West Africa has poor education for those who can afford schooling. Slavery still continues today, as hundreds of people used as hard labor. The topography is beautiful, covering 85% of West Africa with deserts, semi-deserts, steppe, grasslands, forests, and rain forests. The government is a federal republic, and the states in the region is far away from each other and the religion revolves around the everyday lifestyle. Culture is…

Many well known civilizations of Ancient Africa were Carthage, the Kingdom of Ghana, and the Mali Empire. Africa relied on trade for money. They traded rare jewels like diamonds, sapphires, and blue garnets. They traded with Portugal for objects that were hard to come across in Africa like luxurious animal skins, ivory, and ebony. Their economy had many incidents where it began to fail due to heavy taxes on gold and salt. In times of low income they'd rely on cash crops for income. When many of…

Africa was a very diverse continent that had many different kingdoms including The Kingdom of Ghana, The Kingdom of Mali, lastly The Kingdom of Songhai. One of the main kingdoms was the Kingdom of Mali. Ghana was the ruling kingdom for hundreds of years but due to losing in wars it collapsed during the 1100s. Once it collapsed The Kingdom of Mali rose to power. During the middle of the 1200s Mali was established by Sundiata Keita. Sandiata won or defeated Ghana and captured its capital in 1240.…

The Islamic world impacted black Africa in a profound way. Islam brought a rise in education, eliminating “the universal illiteracy and absence of written languages” (Maddison 2007). Muslims encouraged people to get an education, and they did this by building schools and learning centers such as “libraries, observatories, and a house of wisdom,” making knowledge more readily accessible (Maddison 2007). Timbuktu was one of the most influential centers because of Its community of Islamic scholars…

Slavery in Africa On this article about slavery in Africa, we going to find out what is slavery mean? How Islamic slave people in Africa? How slave were trade from North Africa to West Africa? What kind of slave were using at that time? However, according to J. Alexander “the slavery is a term used so loosely in European languages and Christian societies” (Alexander. J, 2001, p. 44 45). This means that slavery is a word which was using before the Islamic started slave people in Africa, it…

Algeria is located in North Africa and is the biggest country in Africa. Algeria acceded to independence in 1962 after undergoing about a century of colonization by France. After the independence Algeria adopted a constitution in September 1963. The constitution has been amended several times, and the last time was in 2008 (2013). The first political party of Algeria is known as the FLN (National Liberation Front). The FLN helped in the fighting against France for the independence. FLN has…

From the year 1450-1750 slaves were brought to America by `the Europeans from places in Africa. The living conditions for the slaves were bad. The slaves had basically no rights. Their were some negative effects from taking the slaves from Africa. The slaves did not have good living conditions while they were being transported. The smell was so bad that it was hard for them to eat or even taste anything. If they acted out in any way they were severely beaten and whipped. The slaves wished they…