West Africa

This era was called the Age of Discovery. That era was a time in which Europeans dared to venture beyond the Old World. Before this time, most people knew little information outside of their community no matter if the people lived in Europe, Asia, or Africa. But by the end of the 1400s, knowledge of the world grew rapidly. The increasing of trade, the desire to learn more about the Earth, new inventions, and a more rapid flow of information all combined to make the Great Age of Discovery. But…

the Middle Passage specifically, worked. More precisely, we look at how terrible this period between the seventeenth and the nineteenth century was. In a nutshell, during the transatlantic slave trade, slaves were taken away from their homelands (in Africa) and they were then brought to America with some enormous ships. Many slaves came from various nationalities and their background consisted in different habits and cultures, so they spoke different languages. Therefore, it was more challenging…

The West African culture and daily life was abundant in the medieval period. The families portrayed their role in the West African society. Trading invested between North and West Africa. Oral history was based on stories that characterized the role of the griots. As a result, the West African culture and daily life was abundant during the medieval period. The families portrayed their role in the West African society. People worked on labor specialization or specific types…

of the Middle Passage. The captives were forced to take on a new identity once they reached the Americas. Everything in their lives related back to family, and once they were in the Americas they made new family bonds. The people of West Africa were shipped to the Americas in far less than humane conditions. During the Middle Passage, the poor conditions resulted in the loss of 40-50% of the captives ' lives. This large loss…

management eras, wildlife management methods in South Africa, the American West, and Mexico have proved successful. This is in large part due to the developing strategies and philosophies in the last three eras that helped resurrect declining wildlife populations. For example, buffalo and buffalo grasses are steadily being restored to the American plains, a stark contrast to the near extermination of them in the 1800’s. Another example in the American West is wood ducks. Because the population…

Olaudah Equiano’s The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, tells the story of an eleven year old, young man, who was captured and sold into slavery. Olaudah’s journey from the time he was sold into slavery to the time he found his was to freedom takes place not only at a physical lever, but also at a religious and intellectual level as well. Equiano is a man of conflict, considering his feelings about slavery are complicated, and often perplexed. But conclusively, he decides…

stereotypes surrounding Africa are largely attributed to the lack of knowledge paired with humans innate ability to always be right. During the beginning of colonization, some europeans were initially interested in exploring the ideologies and cultures that Africans conform to. Befuddled by the idea that the majority of African cultures lacked physical textual history, explorers lost interest and some began to spread hearsay about African customs. Hence, methodologies used to study Africa were…

Francis Drake partook in some of the first English slaving voyages to Africa and earned a reputation for piracy against the Spanish. Sent to South America by Queen Elizabeth II in 1577, he returned home by the Pacific and thusly became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe. The queen rewarded him with knighthood. Drake died in January 1596 of dysentery. In 1567, Drake sailed to Africa in order to join the fledgling slave trade. When he sailed to New Spain to sell his captives to…

fluids, unlike diseases like the flu and the common cold. Government officials are trying to limit the transmission of Ebola; therefore, people who have not shown any symptoms of the virus are being quarantined because they went to or came from West Africa. Some are even saying that members of the government should shut down airline travel…

In March of 2014 the world was notified that there were numerous cases of ebola arising in West Africa. For millions of people this was the first that time that they had heard of this disease. However, in 2014, what had once been a problem only seen in African was now spreading into European countries and the United States. As a result numerous countries and nongovernmental organizations worked together to treat the thousands of people suffering from ebola. Now, nearly two years later, the world…