West Africa

legal organization. It involved several regions and continents such as Africa, America, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Indian Ocean. As a commercial and economic enterprise, the slave trade provides a dramatic example of the consequences resulting from particular intersections of history and geography. The ships left Western Europe for Africa loaded with goods which were to be exchanged for slaves. Upon their arrival in Africa the captains traded their merchandise for captive slaves. Weapons and…

Ghana derived from “warrior King” and “King of gold”. Ghana gained a significant amount of wealth during their control of the Gold trade in West Africa. Ghana became so wealthy from the salt and gold trade from their access to the trade routes that went through their land. Ghana’s position with the trading was to provide North Arica with gold and West Africa with salt. Chieftain Dinga considered himself King of Ghana in the mid-700’s establishing the capital at Wagadou. The capital became the…

Africa is a continent with a diverse geography and human population. The people who lived in the sub Sahara Africa, which is located on the south, trade route fostered the development of a Kingdom centered on a gold trade. Agriculture moved south of the Nile Valley and across regions just south of the Sahara Dessert to West Africa which then moved southward. The Ancient Egyptians mainly controlled the south territory and Nile River, ships were not allowed to travelled freely. The Egyptians…

question of whether or not Sub-Saharan Africa is poised for sustainable, meaningful economic expansion with be discussed. The beginning will speak of the evidence pointing towards booming economic growth, the reason for the boom, and lingering problems. The expert will also discuss whether or not African economies are able to diversify away from natural resource production, if it is possible to provide enough jobs for fast-growing populations, and whether or not Africa is about to undergo an…

with the problem of climate change and its impacts on agricultural sector at the international level, awareness and the concern for the problem at local levels, especially among the rural farmers in Africa remains crucial. Because of the paramount importance of agriculture in most of sub-saharan Africa, special care must be taken in evaluating the dynamics of climate change as it affects agriculture in these regions. The region is often the hardest hit by climate change as local farmers often do…

were adopted by European Americans and are still eaten to this day in the American South. For example, fried chicken has become a dish synonymous to the American South and American culture and yet, the dish’s origins are African in nature. In West Africa, chicken was fried using similar seasonings to those of the South’s (Opie 2008:25). The main difference being that instead of using palm oil, enslaved Africans used lard, which was more readily available to them in the USA (Opie 2008:25).…

is when a group leader would sing a part of a song or phrase and the group would respond with the next part of the song. Call and response has clear roots in gospel music as well as other forms of music where its roots can be traced back to Africa. In Africa music also helped coordinate work. Africans would sing their spirituals while at work using methods like call and response over time and with the influence of other forms of music Gospel was born. “The gospel songs created by slaves used…

  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…

abolishment in 1994, many people continued with the belief of owning one another. Usually African Slaves were known for doing the domestic and labor work. All of this hard way of living, led to a drastic change in Africans live. Besides, slavery in Africa was not built upon only one factor, it was divided into two categories: historical slavery and the impact of slavery.In order to understand the history of African Slavery, we must keep in mind that it was made from several different factors. To…

plantations to make profits. Europeans became greedy, looking for wealth and workers, as a result they would go on trade routes called triangular trade. On these trade routes, they would go to West Africa to trade manufactured goods in return for a captured slave. Then the slaves would be unwillingly shipped to the West Indies on these ships without light and the slaves…