Samori Touré ( 1830 – 1900 ) African military leader. A Muslim‚ he began to amass a personal following in the mid-1850s‚ establishing a military base on the Upper Niger. By 1870 his authority was acknowledged throughout the Kanaka region of the River Milo‚ in what is now eastern Guinea. By 1880 he ruled a vast Dyula empire‚ from the Upper Volta in the east to the Fouta Djallon in the west‚ over which he attempted to create a single Islamic administrative system. His imperial ambitions clashed
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Nigeria. On January 1‚ 1901 Nigeria became a British protectorate‚ part of the British Empire‚ the people with the upper hand. The name Nigeria itself was proposed in 1903 by the wife of the British Commissioner of the Northern Region because of the Niger River. The good that the British did was helping the Nigerians with health‚ agriculture‚ and education‚ schools. They also taught the Nigerian people how to speak English. The British‚ in my opinion‚ designed the new Nigerian colonies to economically
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The Fashoda Incident The Fashoda Incident‚ also known as Fashoda Crisis‚ was the climax of a dispute between France and Britain‚ who were vying for territory in Africa‚ and both claimed control over a Sudanese outpost. At the end of the nineteenth century‚ the European powers were competing for control of Africa‚ hoping to extend their territory into the Sudan and the Great Lakes region. As the French extended eastward from the Congo‚ the British expanded south from Egypt. The disputes arose
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Tuareg * They were once nomads throughout the Sahara. * The Tuareg today are found mostly in North Africa and West Africa. * Total population: 5.2 million * Niger: 1‚720‚000 (1998) * Mali: 1‚440‚000 (1991) * The language of the Tuareg is called Tamaschek. * Religion:Islam * They call themselves Kel Tamasheq/Kel Tamajaq‚ Kel Tagelmust or Imuhaq/Imuscha. * The most legendary of Tuareg leaders was Tin Hinan * Other confederation leaders followed under
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A pumpkin is a gourd-like squash of the genus Cucurbita and the family Cucurbitaceae (which also includes gourds).[1] It commonly refers to cultivars of any one of the species Cucurbita pepo‚ Cucurbita mixta‚ Cucurbita maxima‚ and Cucurbita moschata‚ and is native to North America. They typically have a thick‚ orange or yellow shell‚ creased from the stem to the bottom‚ containing the seeds and pulp. Pumpkins are widely grown for commercial use‚ and are used both in food and recreation. Pumpkin pie
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Maize (Zea mays Linn.) belongs to the Andropogoneae grass tribe of the family Gramineae. The grass originated 55-70 million years ago then subsequently diversified to include all the major cereal crop species in addition to nearly 10‚000 non-domesticated relatives (Pechanova and Pechan ‚ 2015). Maize is one of the most grown crop in the world which is highly recognized for its nutritional properties and as a source material for industrial purposes. In the Philippines‚ maize is the second most important
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Gusabu-girl Ramatu- mom Zima-? Secri- Chief of the spirit world Gunda- Tillaberi’s oldest neighborhood tooru- spirit songhay- the people living mainly in niger and mail Askia Mohammed Toure-greates king of songhay (1493-1528) seven children lost to her husbands they speak songhay 1463-1591 society was based on principle of social inequality Gusabu’s Mediums The girl become sick spiritually goes through a spirit troupe to regain her health‚ then she marries several men that
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The children caused such chaos they got the whole neighborhood out on the Radley’s front yard‚ because Nathan Radley (Boo’s brother) thought he shot a “niger”‚instead the the neighborhood saw Jem in his underpants‚ so Dill lied and said they were playing “strip poker”‚ and that Jem lost his pants to him. Chapter When Jem went back‚ finding his ripped pants were sewed up‚ the way a man would sew them‚ the
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The Malian Empire The empire of Mali‚ in western Africa‚ started in about 1240. The empire is also called the Malingo Empire and Manden Kurufa. The empire was founded by the Malinke people led by Sundiata. During his reign‚ he developed the city of Timbuktu. The city became the center of trade and culture in the empire. After Sundiata’s death‚ Mansa Musa became emperor of Mali in 1307. Mansa Musa was a devout Muslim. His pilgrimage to Mecca‚ one of the Five Pillars of Islam‚ introduced Mali to the
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He united many states and used the surrounding waterways like the Niger River to transport goods. This allowed the kingdom of Mali to develop a more stable economy and contributed to the rise of the Mali empire. When Sundiata became king everybody started to take advantage of having access to the fertile land‚ which
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