Scramble for Africa

Recently, a bank called Citygroup ranked South Africa as the richest country in the world in terms of mineral and natural resources. The value was estimated around 2.5 trillion. Shocking statistics reveal that South African whites and western foreigners own as much as 80% of it, which makes south Africa unquestionable the most racially unequal country. Already in 1455, the Portuguese people discovered South Africa, a nation that had almost unlimited access to valuable, material resources. The…

Travel narratives about Morocco constitute an inextricable part of the discursive practices that created and maintained an ontological and epistemological construction of Morocco that made it fit in the homogenous and monolithic Orient. Therefore, one way of proving such a claim is by questioning the image of Morocco and the way the country has been identified from a Western perspective based on a body of produced knowledge, particularly travel narratives, and thus the subject of this essay.…

Prior Nigerian independence in 1960, the individuality or otherwise unconventionality of the various federating units of Northern, Eastern and Western Nigeria was not in doubt. With the Western and Eastern Nigeria attaining independence in 1957 and Northern Nigeria in 1959, the sovereignty and autonomy of the federating units was further reinforced. In other words, these federal units had the option of going their separate ways as autonomous states in the comity of nations in the said years;…

Haiti, my country, is going through many challenges. In addition to being the poorest country in the American Continent, it faces alarming economic and political crisis, and a low level of education (...) worsens the situation. Only 1% of those who finish high school can go to university, and less than 50% of them finish university (Dare2Impact, 2015). It's revolting! In a country of about 11 million people, more than 50% are young, they can no longer be seen as the future. They are also the…

This article is about the issues surrounding the African women who face the problems with micro credits. Micro credit refers to credit (loans) in small amounts to people who do not ordinarily have access to credit. It is delivered to poor people through micro-finance institutions (MFIs), which include a wide variety of organisations such as credit unions, financial non-governmental organisations (NGOs), informal savings and loan groups. The imposition of micro credit leads to an increase in the…

The empire on Ghana existed from c. 750-1076. The Ghana empire was located in what is now Southeastern Mauritania, Western Mali, and Eastern Senegal which is on the Northwest coast of Africa. The Ghana empire was one of the first empires on the Northwest coast of Africa to rise in that area. Ghana began in the eighth century when there was a little change in the economy. There was an spectacular shift in the economy of the Sahel area. The south area of the Sahara allowed more condense states to…

It is normal for one to state that Sub-Saharan countries experience food shortage and famine which is caused by El Nino, however this challenge of food shortage and famine can be traced back to natural triggers (drought) and political crises (civil war). Nevertheless one may argue that a catastrophic food shortage is due to lack of or difficulties in food distribution, affecting large numbers of people due to climate hazard, environmental, socio-economic reasons or extreme political condition…

Decades after the prophet Muhammad’s death in 632 c.e., Islam spread rapidly across North Africa, and soon expanded to Europe. The Reconquista was a series of the complexing struggle of territory between Muslim Moors and Christian Asturias, continuing for 780 years because of the desire for land and profit. In 711 an invading Muslim army crossed the Straits of Gibraltar into Iberia and by 718 had conquered most of the peninsula. The significance of the Reconquista is the reference to the defeat…

growth has been a record of success to the Ethiopian government, more than 850 international global companies or investors have projects in Ethiopia, which is a country with a population of nearly 100 million people, the second populist country in Africa. World bank Project Strategy: " Fostering competitiveness and employment aims to support Ethiopia in achieving a stable macroeconomic environment, increasing agricultural productivity and marketing in selected areas, increasing competitiveness…

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.…