The Gambia

a young Syrian girl named Isra's, who fled with her family after their home was bombed. Another refugee from Syria, Ahmad fled his Isis invaded village in hopes of finding a new home for his family. It also followed the story of a immigrant from Gambia who dreams of reaching Europe to provide for his younger siblings. This vedio really illustrates what a complicated problem the immigration crisis is but it also humanizes the struggle that the refugees faced. What really connects all these…

Phillis Wheatley was born in Gambia (now called Senegal) West Africa in 1753. When she was seven years old, she was sold into slavery and sent on a slave ship to North America. A family from Boston Massachusetts, the Wheatley family, bought her to be their servant. A wealthy evangelical merchant John Wheatley purchased her as a servant to his wife, Susanna. She was named after the slave ship, Phillis that brought her to America. The Wheatley family gave her their last name and taught her…

from 1312 C.E. to 1337 C.E. & C.E. During his monarchy, Mali was one of the richest kingdoms in Africa, and Mansa Musa was among the richest individuals in the world. This ancient kingdom of Mali spread across parts of modern-day Mali, Sengal, the Gambia, Guinea, Nigeria and so much more. Mansa Musa inherited a kingdom that was already wealthy, but his work in trade made Mali the wealthiest kingdom in Africa. His riches came from mining significant salt and gold deposits. As for Mansa Musa's…

In a time when it was not only discouraged but, in some states, illegal, there was one young African slave girl who learned how to read and write. This is not to say that she was the only person of African descent in America to learn these skills. Hers was, however, one of the most notable stories in that she went beyond just learning to read and write the English language, to become an internationally renowned poet. She wrote the first book to be published in America by an African American and…

Liberalism is a convention or doctrine that rose up out of the European Enlightenment of the eighteenth century. It turned out to be especially strong in England, additionally in the U.S, France, and later, other Anglophone social orders like Australia. In each of these countries it expected marginally distinctive forms. The significant scholars of liberalism fit in with various groups of theorists. The first incorporates a few scholars or theorists of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries…

It is believed that Phillis Wheatley was born in West Africa in 1753, which today would be Senegal or Gambia. She was brought to the United States as a slave in 1761 aboard…

1977, it based off of a book made by Alex Haley. The story originated from Alex Haley’s family tree, which led him back to his African American ancestors. It all starts with a young African American boy named Kunta Kinte, who was born and raised in Gambia, Western Africa. In Kunta Kinte’s teenage years he was captured by slave hunters as he was looking for materials to make a drum. Kunta Kinte is the starting point for the long journey through all of Alex Haley’s ancestors and their life…

slave his entire life and the date of his death have yet to be discovered. Phillis Wheatly was the first African American poet and first African American woman whose writings helped create the genre of African American literature. She was born in Gambia, and made a slave at 7 years old. Hammon wrote a response to various works of Wheatly. They both were Christians but Hammon was a little more conservative than Wheatly was. Wheatly’s poetry argued against slavery while Hammond did not believe in…

first aired in 1977. It was based on a book written in 1967 by Alex Haley. It is the story of Alex Haley’s family that traced back all the way into his African roots. It starts off with a young man named Kunta Kinte who was born in a small village in Gambia, Africa. As a teenager, Kunta is captured and travels into the depths of slavery in the US for many generations of Haley’s family. The miniseries has been the most popular and watched film of all-time. The visual presentation is very…

period leads / led to the Industrial Revolution and French Revolution . Classical music was a theme from / of the " Age of Reason ." . (MindEdge ) B2 : Biographical Insights into the Work . African-American poet , Phillis Wheatley was born in Senegal/Gambia around 1753…