Jeremy De La Cruz 02/05/13 2nd DBQ-Mansa Musa A king’s journey always has effects. Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca effected both the economics and political views in Africa. For good and for bad‚ Musa intended to make the pilgrimage for him. Even though Mansa Musa thought he was making the journey for himself and his religion‚ it was more widely viewed as a celebration and praise for him and his kingdom through his generosity. The economic effects from the journey were mostly good
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why Saudi Arabia still has the lack of efficient effective education even it is one of the most wealthy countries in the world. After reading a shocking and brutal article by Clare Carter‚ as a result of the constitution and law of South Africa‚ they have been facing and addressing the brutal rape issue‚ thus‚ they area tying to solve this serious problem. South African constitution allows the right of gays and lesbians that are considered the most impacting issue. It also does not provide
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about foreign control. In Great Britain‚ Joseph Chamberlain felt that colonizing Africa and maintaining India would be a symbiotic relationship. He says that the relationships they will have with their colonies will open up commerce and trade and increase more demand for products from both countries and that India may be one of their most valuable trade partners (Doc 1). Frederick D. Lugard believed that Africa specifically would benefit from British rule‚ since they are eager to advance their
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Reading Class Struggle in Africa Kwame Nkrumah’s writing reads like a text book designed to inform any learner of African studies. Whether the learners are the African workers and peasants to whom the book is dedicated‚ African pupils or international scholars such as Spelman ADW undergraduates they gain a clear understanding of class struggle in Africa relevant to the time period when the book was published as well as the contemporary context. Much in keeping with the concept of fact making discussed
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DISCRIMINATION ON ETHNIC GROUNDS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Introduction Many societies all over the world have had to grapple with the problem of inter-group relations. Such concepts as apartheid‚ discrimination‚ prejudice‚ pogrom‚ ethnicity‚ hatred‚ fanaticism‚ intolerance‚ war and even terrorism are terms in common use all over the world. It is manifest that many societies tend to stratify themselves based on the strength of race or tribe. Ethnic discrimination represents one of the problems
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Introduction The Gambia‚ often referred to as the ‘Gateway to Africa’‚ is one of the smallest countries in the African continent and is situated on the west coast. The country is a former British colony gaining independence in February 1965. (uneca.org‚ 2010). Most of the country’s tourism is based around the enclave‚ which is where economical opportunities are mainly focused. In the case of many countries in the developing world‚ tourism is an industry that can offer many economic advantages and
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of Imperialism. The political forces were a huge contribution to the idea of imperialism. On the map shown in Document 9‚ there are only a few places in Africa that are independent. This is because their government stayed strong and couldn’t easily be taken over. Other places were taken over by European nations. Since Europe took over Africa‚ they were controlled by the Europeans. Now the Africans had to do and give up whatever was needed. “They were unfit for self-government. There was nothing
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References: CARR‚ EDWARD 1967. What is history? New York: Random H. House. GREENBERG‚J. H. 1972. Linguisticevidence regardingBantu origins. Journal of AfricanHistory 13:189-216. HERSKOVITS‚ J. 1959. Anthropology M. and Africa: A wider perspective.Africa29:225-57. LOWIE‚R. L. 1915. Oral tradition and history:Discussion and correspondence. AmericanAnthropologist 17:597-99. OGOT‚ A. 1967. History of the southernLuo. New York: InterB. national PublicationsService. The Shadow
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trade routes helped bring about the Age of Exploration‚ while slavery‚ disease‚ and war were some negative effects of the colonization of the New World. Technology in Europe advanced the causes of exploration‚ while the desire for goods in Asia and Africa gave Europeans the determination to explore. A special type of ship called a Caravel was used in many European explorations. They were small‚ sturdy‚ and used triangular sails which allowed them to sail against the wind. Rudders at the back of the
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From A Passage to Africa George Alagiah writes about his experiences as a television reporter during the war in Somalia‚ Africa in the 1990s. He won a special award for his report on the incidents described in this passage. I saw a thousand hungry‚ lean‚ scared and betrayed faces as I criss-crossed Somalia between the end of 1991 and December 1992‚ but there is one I will never forget. I was in a little hamlet just outside Gufgaduud‚ a village in the back of beyond‚ a place the aid agencies had
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