Problems Faced NAME: Economic Community of West African States ACRONYM: ECOWAS YEAR OF FOUNDATION: 1975 HEADQUARTERS: Abuja‚ Nigeria DESCRIPTION The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional organization of 15 West African countries established on the 28th of May 1975. Its main goal is the promotion of the economic integration among its members. Indeed‚ ECOWAS is one the five regional pillars of the African Economic Community (AEC). ECOWAS has three official
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1 ! West Africa Kingdoms and the Swahili city states The kingdoms of west Africa and the Swahili city states were both built off the main structural ideas‚ but developed differently into their own way of life. The kingdoms of west Africa traded through camels in the Sahara Desert‚ while the Swahili city states traded by ship on the Indian Ocean. Both the west African Kingdoms and the Swahili city states each shared religious‚ political‚ and economical aspects. The kingdoms of west Africa
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In 1492‚ West African societies are currently under Songhai rule‚ but Sonni Ali is dying and Askia Mohammed is going into rule gaining everything left from Sonni Ali‚ including Timbuktu. Timbuktu was the trading and cultural center for the Mali. Askia Mohammed is focused predominantly on expansion of the empire through strengthening Muslim ties and reforming government‚ banking‚ and education. European societies discussed in these sections include Spain‚ Portugal‚ France‚ and England. Spain‚ Portugal
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Chain is a Yoruba‚ West African story‚ The Story of Corn and Medicine‚ Cherokee story‚ Pan Gu and Nü Wa‚ China story. The story in this essay will be writing about is Cherokee and West Africa creation stories. Although the Cherokee and the West Africans were in two different places their creation stories have similarities‚ but they have their differences. It’s very odd that the Cherokee and West African stories can kind of share the same story. The Cherokee land (USA) and West Africa are over a
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location of the three West African kingdoms of Ghana‚ Mali and Songhai? Ghana‚ Mali and Songhai were the three largest Kingdoms to exist in the history of West Africa. They were located in West Africa during the 11th‚ 14th and 15th century. West Africa is the region in the western part of the African continent‚ it lies approximately 15° north of the equator. Geography is the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere. These three prominent western african kingdoms flourished due
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million Africans‚ sailed across the Atlantic to work in fields‚ mines‚ and many other places between the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. Slavery around this time was not uncommon‚ therefore not looked down upon by most societies. This took away the moral disadvantage of slavery‚ and looked towards the potential opportunities. The people in Europe could rarely receive a profit from European-grown crops. With the newly acquirable land in the New World‚ they needed a large work force. The Africans were
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conquering African regions with the use of the Maxim Machine Gun. Both England and France attempted to extend their power to Africa‚ however England did this in an effort to gain natural resources to fuel their industrial revolution while France
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West African trading kingdoms The achievements of the West African trading kingdoms were very successful. The 3 major trading kingdoms: Mali‚ Ghana‚ and Songhai were very successful in trading salt‚ gold‚ and animal products. The Niger River was had a big impact on the success of the kingdom’s trading. Mansa Musa was the king of Mali. He was the leader of trading salt. The 3 trading kingdoms were very successful before the Europeans came. The western trading kingdoms were successful
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into a nation state when the African Moors were expelled from the Iberian Peninsula. It was originally born out of the religious struggle between numerous beliefs. Following the Crusades and the Reconquest of Spain‚ the leaders of Spain needed a way to bring the country back together as a strong nation. 3.Spain looked west to find the Indies because in the fifteenth century‚ there was a theory that the world was flat. Spain sought out a westward passage to the Indies to potentially save time and
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Global Studies Slavery Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold‚ and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture‚ purchase or birth‚ and deprived of the right to leave‚ to refuse to work‚ or to demand compensation. Slavery began in prehistoric times and has been practiced ever since. The slavery of ancient times reached its peak in Greece and the Roman Empire. During the middle Ages‚ slavery declined. Then
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