North Africa

James Ferguson with Global Shadows: Africa in the Neoliberal World Order and John and Jean Comaroff with Ethnicity, Inc. use an African-centered anthropological approach in order to conceptualize politics of “belonging” in the neoliberal global order. Both examine identity politics centered around inclusion and exclusion in light of transforming citizenships and sovereignties, and advocate for a re-assessment of taken-for-granted assumptions utilized by the discipline. Ferguson and the Comaroffs…

Africa is a huge continent land mass that is” four times the size of the United States”, and that is “12 million square miles that is larger than North America”(Collins, Burns 7).Africa is filled deserts, savanna, mountains, mediterranean, rainforests, prairie grassland and vast forests. Through all this topical geography Africa does have very many environmental and health issues. In the beginning when Africa was becoming a continent it was”punctuated by every geographical and geological feature…

Dubois was insinuating that the only reason Europe is the superpower that it is, is because it colonized majority of Africa and exploited their resources. In the article by Walter Rodney, he also talked about Europe taking over parts of Africa and exploiting their resources. Dubois proceeded to name four European countries and under them wrote paragraphs of how they exploited Africa. He called them the…

three sources to support his theory. First, was fossil evidence from reptiles and plants. “Cynognathus” was a reptile that had fossils found on South Africa, and Africa. This is only possible because of continental drift, the animal couldn't have swam across a whole ocean. The next reptile is the “Lystrosaurus”, it’s fossils were found on Africa, India, and Antarctica. These continents today are very far apart and even then how would they adapt at the same time. The next piece of evidence is a…

has been slavery this includes slavery within Africa. Being a slave inside of Africa was very different compared to being a slave outside of Africa. The methods through which the slaves were acquired through raiding, pawning, tribute, and prisoners of war. There were two primary forms of slavery routes within African slavery. There was the trade between West and North Africa; as well as slavery between East, Central, and Southern slavery. Western Africa was often a location for trade because of…

Between 1492 and 1750 new trading routes were created and this resulted in new contacts between Western Europe, Africa, and the Americas. These countries formed a triangle of trade that created changes and continuities over time in society and the economy. From 1492 to 1750 societies and economies changed as a result of new Atlantic world contacts western Europe created a social gathering place, African women gained more jobs that were previously the job of men, African women entered into…

between the United States and Africa”. Every year since 2010, about 100 young African leaders are selected through a rigorous and competitive process by US embassies across the African continent to participate in a six weeks’ leadership program in the US “in one of the three key issues 1) civic leadership 2) entrepreneurship and business 3) public management and public policy” (USAID,2016). This event has set the pace of what it entails to be a young leader in Africa and reshaped the course of…

country in West Africa founded, established, and controlled by citizens of the United States and ex-Caribbean slaves a colony for former African American slaves and their free black descendants.It was established in 1821 even though they didn’t declare independence until July 26, 1847. The United States finally accepted and Liberia gained independence on February 5, 1862. Liberia was also the first nation to gain its independence, although it wasn’t the only independent state in Africa at the…

wild animals and enemy soldiers. That's exactly what the Lost Boys of Sudan had to go through. According to the World Factbook, an online repository maintained by the CIA, Sudan in North Africa is the 10th largest country in the world torn and ravaged because of civil war between the north and the south. While North Sudan is predominantly Arab and Muslim, Southern Sudan is Christian and Black. The constant infighting between these two factions combined with the added threat of Muslim extremism…

Sudan, Africa is a grand place of high potential given its size and location within the continent of Africa. Within the Country of Sudan is a western region called Darfur. Darfur is a beautiful area that has turned ugly in its recent years. It has remained independent for a long period of time, while the states around Darfur have been fighting back against Ottoman Empire forces that were attempting to colonize the area. This was until 1847, when the leaders of Darfur had fallen or were killed.…