East Africa

Africa may not have been the most advanced continent that existed thousands of centuries ago, but overtime, great changes have occurred. Several religions have been practiced throughout the whole continent; in fact, the diversity of culture was vastly wide. Over the centuries, major empires had been developed, such as Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, in the west. The founder and first ruler of Mali, Mansa Musa, had expanded the territory to a population of forty million people. He had even given away gold on his pilgrimage to Mecca. There was also a centre of education, trade, and culture, that was located in Timbuktu. On the East African Coast, the Swahili City-States was very successful by trade where they acted as middlemen, and had developed their…

Sofia Samatar’s “Ogres of East Africa” chronicles Alibhai Moosajee’s quest to collect information about East African ogres for his British employer. Samatar skillfully alternates between Alibhai’s official accounts of the ogres, intended for his employer, and his personal accounts etched into the margins of his catalogue. Samatar creates a two-sided story—one side intended to reach Alibhai’s employer and one side that will never be deciphered by him. The two sides of Samatar’s story represent…

administer through them in a form of indirect rule. In Kamerun, the Germans ruled the country be enabling local chieftains through military support to administer broad swaths of territory. This allowed them to avoid heavy direct involvement in the territory and reduced the cost of maintaining the colony. In German East Africa however, their were not strong native systems to use and so the government was forced to rule though Arab government agents. This has a direct impact…

Today, people in East Africa are continuing to starve as the world continues to look on. According to the website latimes.com, humanitarian group were becoming worried for the sake of others lives as they fall short to droughts and war. Specifically in the countries of South Sudan and Ethiopia, there is a continuing struggle for outside groups to help stop the starvation for shortage of food. One of the main problems that the drought caused was the failure in the ability to grow and maintain…

Adaptation of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa to the Divided World of the Cold War From 1945 to 1962 the number of nations on Earth quadrupled to around 200. These agrarian nations, emerging from colonialism, were forced to adapt to a world influenced by the Cold War and dominated economically by the United States and the Soviet Union. In an attempt to adapt to the divided world of the Cold War, the elites in these newly independent countries in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa came to…

The Dutch formed the VOC which was the Dutch East India Company and the slaves were taken as ‘property’ of this company. The Dutch company came about after the Dutch colonized the Cape. The Khoikhoi and the San people were the first Bushmen and herdsmen to arrive in the Cape. The Dutch built refreshment stops where the sailors could have fresh food and water on their way to other countries to trade. They started to take over the KhoiKhoi and the San’s land and even took their livestock. They…

wanted to do my experiment. I also read a few of the experiemtn that I found online, and had a good understanding of different ways people have done this experiment and how hilarious some of the reaction was. Another reason why I chosed this Norm was that I felt that it was one that wouldn’t bring any harm to me. I felt that I wasn’t doing anything illegal, but it would also attract a lot of attention, where I could get people to react and be a part of the expereimt. I also chosed this norm…

conquered into their army and as they infiltrated major civilizations they acquired Chinese techniques and technology of siege warfare (Strayer Pg. 366). The Mongol movement represented a cultural movement between nomadic pastoralists and the settled civilizations of Eurasia that spread to china, Persia, and Russia. The crusading element of European expansion was prominent among motives of Spanish and Portuguese explorers. The Columbus voyage was the most important event of the 15th century. In…

Indeed, Operation Sledge Hammer raised up General Karangi’s strategic credentials because this was not only his main ‘first’ but also the first air force officer to become the CDF. Moreover, his experience, strategic response and the results are the focal point of international military acclamation and study. The East Africa’s response to radicalization, terrorism and organized crime has also grown into international levels. On July 17, 2014, General Karangi was awarded the Legion of Merit…

After the First International Conference on the sleeping sickness in 1907 I was sent to the Gold Coast in western Africa to study the disease and provide new ways for the British Government to combat the disease. Sleeping sickness is a vector-born, a parasitic pathogen, disease spread by the tsetse fly. The disease comes in multiple stages. The first stage’s symptoms include fever, itchiness, joint pain, and mild headaches. The second stage is how the disease gets its name because people who get…