Southern Africa

The issue of slavery in Africa started with the Portuguese expedition of West Africa in the fifteenth century. Prince Henry sponsored the Portuguese as their governor and was later named Prince Henry the Navigator after his establishment of a school for navigators at Sagres, Portugal in 1419. The purpose of this school was to train explorers in navigation, map-making, and science so they could be prepared to travel along the west coast of Africa. The Portuguese, who eventually became the one…

better healthcare for mothers in developing nations to not only protect the health and life of the expected mother, but to protect the health and life of the expected child and any other children the mother may have. According the United Nations, “Africa accounts for a big chunk of maternal deaths,” and that in 2013, “about 289,000 women worldwide died during pregnancy or childbirth,…

According to Kleiner’s analysis of African art before the 1800s, caves such as the Apollo 11 come from Africa and are assumed to be some of the oldest paintings currently discovered, showing the diversity of the continent itself. The works are difficult to date and decipher meaning, although some of the best work comes from the Benin Kingdom. Assumed to be established in the 13th century, most of its power rose along the 16th century. The kingship was considered sacred and presented artworks…

The lion is known as king of the jungle. Lions commonly found in Africa, from Europe to Iran, and India. Nowadays, lions currently exist in Africa and India. African lions are called as Panthera Leo. Sometime they are called big cats of wild. There is one interesting fact about lion is that “both male and female lions roar, and that roar can be heard over five miles away” (qtd. in “Basic Facts about Lions”). The Tree Life of Web Project states, “Lions belong to the genus Panthera which contains…

Starving children in Africa: A sad story of Starving Kids in Africa There many starving children in Africa. One sad story from the continent is about the starving kids in Africa. Kids in Africa are living in tough, unimaginable conditions. They lack necessities of life such as education, good healthcare, and clean water. The worst of all the problems children in Africa face is shortage or lack of food. Hungry children in Africa are everywhere, both in rural and urban areas. As of now there are…

In the documentary, Stealing Africa Christopher Gulbrandsen started by showing a really high class neighbor with wealthy people having a nice time party located in Zambia, a located in Southern part of Africa and after a few minutes Zambia is a country blessed with great natural resources to help it blossom in the global economy, but because of exploitation due to the fact that multinational corporations are taking advantage of Zambia natural resources for their own selfish reasons. Zambia…

Fundamentally, two questions underscore the argument: What does it mean to be African and how does a postcolonial modern Africa operate in terms of authentic and indigenous governance? The differing views on the…

In the past, women in Africa have held a variety of statuses across the continent. Between the years 1500 and 1800 some were in high positions of power while others were forced into slavery and many others were somewhere in between. By looking at the different situations we can see that no matter what position a women was in, far too often she was still regarded as less of a person just because of her sex. Nzinga of Angola was a women living during the late 15th and 16th centuries. She was in…

in certain countries such as Africa. Geopolitics is also the reason why some rulers go to war with other countries and try to take their land. For example, Napoleon decided to invade Russia so he could control India, which was under British rule. One of the main causes for imperialism was that the British had a financial interest in Africa and the Suez Canal. Geopolitics significantly influenced Napoleon’s conquest of Russia to gain India and Imperialism in Africa. The French and Russians…

My first stop on my trip was the city-state known as Axum in Eastern Africa. Axum is a very influential market city and is extremely wealthy. It’s location is essential to it’s prosperity because it is positioned near African Mediterranean and Asian trade networks. While I was there I saw that the kingdom and their people traded (Page 2 ,Axum line 12)“ivory, gold, glass, and agricultural and metal goods for textiles, spices, oils, and dyes from the Roman Empire, Egypt, Arabia, and India.” While…