North Africa

documentary that acquaints us with the inhumane conditions in which the unfortunate teenagers and men of Africa, work and pay the price for something as unjustifiable as our unruly obsession of Mobile phones, cell phones, etc. Frank Piasechi Poulsen stands to be the Director and screen writer of the movie Blood In The Mobile which takes us through the harsh reality of certain minerals mined in Africa’s North Kivu province of the Eastern District of Congo. According to the Director, Nokia comes…

Abu ’Abdallah Muhammad Ibn Battuta departed from his home in Tangier to embark on what would be notably recognized as one of the greatest adventures in the 14th century. His accomplishments of excursing the extensive world in the massive regions of Africa, Asia, China, and the Middle East resulted in a vast collection of writings that consisted of descriptive thoughts documenting every step of his journey. The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the 14th Century is a non-fictional…

learning by traveling to different places and learning about other people’s culture. During this process, she was still able to maintain her role as a Gullah storyteller and teach people about her culture. In doing so, she was able to travel to Bismarck, North Dakota and learn about the culture and traditions of the…

Marcus Rediker in The Amistad Rebellion describes the Amistad Africans from when they were kidnapped and placed in the Atlantic Slave Trade to when they obtained their freedom and returned home. The Amistad case occurred during the middle of the Antebellum period when the Atlantic Slave Trade was abolished in several countries, including in America, and several reform and abolition movements, inspired by the Second Great Awakening, were calling for the end of slavery. It was also in the middle…

children would automatically inherit the same unfree status as their parents and this would reward the Europeans investors. (Robin, Kelley & Lewis, 2005, p. 65). In short, competition grew intense and pushed up the volume of transatlantic trade from Africa and drove down the cost of individual Africans in the New World as the price in of labor in Europe was on the rise (Robin, Kelley & Lewis, 2005, p.…

Child poverty is about more than just money – it’s multidimensional. For children, poverty means being deprived in crucial aspects of their lives such as nutrition, health, water, education or shelter. The effects of low socioeconomic status often persist long into adulthood and is both harmful to the person themselves as well as to society. Ending child poverty is important to break the cycle of future generations. Child poverty is a devastating and pressing issue that affects children of all…

Black Caesar was a pirate of the Golden Age. He was a well-respected and highly feared pirate from West Africa. His career lasted nearly a decade, which was an impressive amount of time for a pirate. During his time as a captain, he was notoriously known for raiding ships off the Florida Keys. Like many well-known pirates, much of what is known about Black Caesar comes from text written by Captain Charles Johnson. In the first edition of Captain Charles Johnson’s account General History of the…

of exploration. This industry is the secondary problem of this case study, and led to the deaths of many explorers and their crew. For this particular expedition and explorer, the Royal Geographic Society was the main funder of all expeditions to Africa, Asia, the Arctic, and Antarctica. The society was found in London in 1830, and focused on accumulating the fullest possible information about the unexplored areas of the Earth (Koehn, 2010). According to the text, “In the late 19th and 20th…

Ansar Dine has started claiming responsibility for recent attacks in the North. This may indicate that even if government reaches ceasefire with Boko Haram, there may be an Ansar Dine to deal with…

Beyond African Borders African history depicting its struggles and intimate connection with the world never ceases to mesmerize. In the past, Africans were forced out of their natural habitats but Africa could not be taken out them. They simply refused to give up customs and traditions, even in the face of adversity. In the present time, Africans write a somewhat different story of conflict and social turmoil. Since ancient times, Africans have endured a state of bondage, captured in their…