flow is. Wu constructed her data on the Kassel documenta exhibitions that were held between 1968 and 2007 in Germany. The questions were based on her observations of the respected docuemntas. Wu found that the vast majority of artists were born in North America, and Europe- over 90%. Reaching a staggering 96% in 1972. Wu also found that up to and including…
The “abolitionists” too were willing to settle for this. These two groups proved themselves to be just as unjust as the white oppressors. The other warring factions on the island in the north and south fought bitterly against each other brokering deals with any monarchy that would help their cause. Eventually even the black generals Biassou, Jean Francois, and Toussaint would engage in this practice, brokering a deal that would free some…
Benin is a country in West Africa. The official name of the country is the Republic of Benin. As of 1 January 2017, the population of Benin was estimated to be 11,324,032 people. The Benin Republic is a West African country on the Gulf of Guinea. Bordered by Togo, Burkina Faso, Niger and Nigeria. The official language of Benin is French. They use other indigenous languages such as Fon and Yoruba The largest religious group in Benin is Roman Catholicism, followed closely by Islam, Vodun and…
1768 to 1771, when he sailed from Plymouth, England to Brazil, around Cape Horn, Africa, and to Tahiti where he stayed for a while, then to New Zealand, Australia, and Java to prove they weren’t part of a larger southern continent. His second expedition took him to Antarctica and many of the same places from 1772 through 1775, and on his third expedition from 1776 through 1779 he searched for a Northwest Passage in North America and Asia, exploring the Pacific, and finally landed in The…
important route since it connected East Africa to the outside world, including India Peninsula. The Arabs, precisely from the Gulf of Persia, used the Indian Ocean route since it linked the East African region to the potential clients of the Arab Merchants. They mostly resided on some parts of North Africa, including Egypt, Morocco, and among others. Again, the Indian Ocean shore connected with the Red Sea that was a pivotal route for delivering slaves to North Africa who were in demand during…
INTRODUCTION Bananas are one of the most important food crops in most of the African countries. About 75% of the farmers grow the crop on 1.3million hectares in Africa. Most of this production is for local consumption. They are amongst the most important commercial subtropical fruits grown in South Africa and are planted for sale in local markets or self-consumption and only a fraction of all bananas are sold in the world markets. The production technologies used for small scale and commercial…
Nigeria is in West Africa, along the eastern coast of the Gulf of Guinea and just north of the equator. On the west of Nigeria is Benin, on the north is Niger and Chad, and on the east is Cameroon. Nigeria covers an area of 356,669 square miles (923,768 square kilometers), or about twice the size of California. There are more than 250 ethnic tribes in Nigeria. The three most largest ethnic groups are Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo (pronounced ee-bo). Some other smaller groups include Fulani, Ijaw,…
in the economic and social world of southern Africa. Domestic animals and pottery were introduced for the first time into an environment of hunter-gatherers. There is considerable debate on the origin and spread of domestic animals on the subcontinent, but no argument that they have arrived from the north” Quoted by Cummings et al. 2014:484). According to Mountain (2003:40) the Khoekhoen have been regarded as the ethnographic puzzle of southern Africa and are in many ways similar to the San.…
trans-saharan trade, environmental benefits, and strong leadership; Islamic influences from North Africa soon thereafter provided a strong cultural influence on these states. With this foundation three empires rose up sequentially in West Africa – the empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai. From this same base came the downfall of each empire, sped along by external forces. During the holocene period many groups in West Africa began to master the tools of state formation. Populations rose and…
a) Outline the similarities and differences between French and British in North America Europeans discover Americas by accident that they were meant to find a convenient and fast way to Asia, once they find there are new raw resources that they can take it for free, few empires such as France and Britain take actions to occupy the land and introduce a variety of changes and rules to the natives. First of all, french people flags the land in Newfoundland which locates in Canada; others followed…