Timbuktu

languages” (Maddison 2007). Muslims encouraged people to get an education, and they did this by building schools and learning centers such as “libraries, observatories, and a house of wisdom,” making knowledge more readily accessible (Maddison 2007). Timbuktu was one of the most influential centers because of Its community of Islamic scholars that put an emphasize on learning, and trading. Another impact on Africa was the various trading routes that later resulted in the institution of the slave…

this stop him in any way, he actually embraces it and it takes him to new levels. he could have let his nervous tic embarress him and even hinder him, but instead he has traveled to "69 different locations, including India, Kuwait, Bhutan, Tonga, Timbuktu"(McGarth) and many more. This started as a friend of his videotaping him dancing and posted in on the web, on the third attempt the internet swept through and loved it. He started off dancing alone, and sometimes for audiences consisting…

A semi-nomadic pastoralist culture in the middle of modern, Westernizing Africa, is an ethnic group called the Tuareg. Though diverse and living in separate communities speckled throughout Algeria, Mali, and Niger, the Tuareg are united by their shared language and proud history. They were expert traders and formidable warriors, raiding and conquering to find the best land for the livestock, prior to the European colonization of Africa. For the Tuareg, it was the French that proved too…

influence. “The very impressive and stately Great Mosque of Djenné is the product of architectural influences originating in a vast area that ranges from present-day Ghana to North-Africa, to the Maghreb.” (4) “Abderrahman Es-Sa’di, originally of Timbuktu…

Islam has swept the nation with its vast and rapid spread. Muslims spread through out the earth one country at a time to convey a message to the people that was Islam. The influence that came out of it was not a small one, and a lot of countries were seen better of because of it. West Africa was one of the places in which Islam was not only spread but also had a huge influence. And if anyone looks closely and sees that the time West Africa began to change for the better then they would see it…

Some factors that motivated European exploration in Africa were the explorers. Most of them came to Africa for cultural and scientific curiosity. Others wanted to come to the country for profit. The impact these factors were is that it lead to many things in the country being discovered. Mungo Park, British explorer, was attacked by African warriors and escaped death by jumping into a river after trying to negotiate a deal over Niger. Other Europeans discovered things that could benefit the…

First Mansa Musa the ruler of Mali took upon himself the sacred pilgrimage known as the hajj in 1324 where during his trip he stopped in the middle of Egypt at a place called Cairo. There in Cairo he gave away his gold and goods eventually resulting in the diminishing of his gold supply. Also, While in Cairo he instructed a great architect to build mosques so that Cairo would follow the religion of Islam more strongly. Mansa Musa was one of the richest men to ever live, during his hajj he…

  The mighty Congo Empire, at Cote d’lvoire, Aka, the Ivory Coast of West Africa had the Burkina Faso warriors originally from the Bantu migration 600AD. They were skilled in horse riding and the use of the bow. Their earliest history starts with the Dagomba tribe neighboring the Boussansi, the Ninisi, the Gourounsi and the Kabisi their union brought about a great warrior kingdom called the Mossi. The greatest warriors of this Empire were the Wagadogo and the Yatenga. They used weapons such…

Segu through a Historic and Cultural Perspective Segu, by Maryse Conde is a five-part prose centered around four brothers born into the prestigious Traore family. It is a novel gravely satiated with the history of a kingdom in Mali during the late 17 to early 1800s, a time of immense cultural refinement. These alterations depicted in the novel are: the spread of Islam, the slave trade, and the mutation of identity due to such refinements. Due to this, the lenses of New Historicism, Cultural…

The Cruelest Journey written by Kira Salak is a travel narrative about a journey to Timbuktu. It is a story that teaches people to never give up. It says that people should take on journeys to learn something about themselves. Salak is a motivated and confident woman. She has taken on many journeys in which she faced challenging obstacles. Salak's motivation is to never give up. She believes that a journey should always teach you something about yourself and others. Salak is someone who wants…