The dispute over Western Sahara dates back to 1975 and is Africa’s longest-running territorial dispute. Western Sahara had been a Spanish colony since 1884. Although Spain surrendered the territory in 1975, Western Sahara failed to gain national independence. Instead, Mauritania and Morocco filled the void, and Mauritania ceded its claim to Morocco in 1976. The nationalists in the region responded by forming the Polisario in 1973. Supported by the Algerian government, which has a longstanding rivalry
During our second seminar of the fall semester, Mr. Jordi Torrent, who is the Project Manager of the Media and Information Literacy Education at U.N. Alliance of Civilizations, discussed his work at the UN and how it helps the UN establish its aims. His project focuses on the intersectionality of migration, media, education, and youth and he explored with how it was necessary to create within U.N., but to mindful of the project not conflicting with other organizations in the UN. It announced the
Moroccan Food: Uniqueness, Influences, and Culture Emily Pichardo Professor Ilkay Cal Poly Pomona 1 June 2015 Moroccan Food: Uniqueness, Influences, and Culture History of Culture: The Moroccan food culture is very unique and enticing through sight, smell, and taste in ways that many other cuisines cannot fulfill, all of which is due to its history and influences over the years. Morocco is located in Northern Africa right by the Mediterranean Sea. It 's location has been a great influence on both
of itself. It sits onn the northwestern corner of Africa, or in The Maghreb. It is tucked away from the rest of the continent and the world by the soaring Atlas Mountains which sit an at over 7,638 feet tall, in the South East you will find the Sahara Desert, which only engulfs 10 cities with its sand dunes stretching the size of the U.S. Its climate, geography, culture and history are closely related to the Mediterranean Culture than to the rest of the African countries. For this reason tourist
earliest of these mature civilizations were in West Africa. In a vast region south of the Sahara, Africans organized kingdoms which in time became great empires. This region is called the Sudan (a word meaning "land of the Blacks" in Arabic) The Sudan was important in the early history of Black Africa because the Africans first practiced agriculture in this region, and thus became the first people south of the Sahara to fashion and use iron tools and weapons. They were also among the first people in Africa
Sahara Desert The Sahara Desert is the world’s largest desert area. The word Sahara comes from the Arabic word sahra’, meaning desert. It extends from the Africa’s Atlantic Ocean side to the Red Sea and consists of the countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, and Sudan. It is about 5,200 miles long. Overall, the Sahara Desert covers 3,500,000 square miles. The geography of the desert is varied. In the west, the Sahara is rocky with varied elevation. It
Algeria which is to the north of Mali, Senegal which is to the west of Mali and Niger which is to the east of Mali. The reason why Algeria is one of its important countries is because Algeria contains the largest and hottest desert which is called the Sahara Desert. The Saharan desert blankets almost 65 percent of the northern part of Mali, which is said to be “The Living Part of Africa” where most of the exotic animals, large arid mountains, sandy plains and leafless trees are
Kingdom in western Sudan named Ghana. Ghana was founded by the Soninke people as early as the fourteenth century CE and existed until 1076 (Hine, Hine, & Harrold, 2014). The Kingdom owned iron weapons which enabled them to dominate surrounding tribes.
as much as the Silk Road because the Silk Road went through 3 different continents. That are some simmilarities between the Silk Road and Ghana. Ghana had a wide range of geograpy. Ghana was in South Africa. In the upper right of Africa was the Sahara Desert. This made it hard for people to come in and out of Africa. North West was the Niger River. There were many other rivers. One was Volta the largest river.Ghana was on the gulf of guniea. On this gulf was many salt and gold mines near Ghana
boom of industrialization, the nature of the Nile and the Nile Valley has changed dramatically. Using Chad as an example, Lamb notes the drying changes in the Sahara Desert, and the evidence of there once being a population of animals: This assemblage of artistic evidence clearly implies that there were enough moist places in the Sahara in those times to sustain life, so that animals and men could roam about, and cross, what is now the world’s largest desert. This conclusion is supported by evidence
verbatim from Ibn Battuta. How well Ibn and his companion knew geography and how well the facts were will be shown. The reason why Battuta made this journey to Mali is explained. Ibn’s overall impression and understanding of certain aspects of life in western Sudan is examined. Ibn Battuta was a geographer. His geography was not good on the trip. According to Ibn Battuta he describes the Nile as descending from Timbuktu eastward to Nubia. “Ibn Battuta’s description of the “Nile,” which descends from Timbuktu
African Art and Architecture The history of art in Africa goes back to prehistoric times. Among the most ancient African art forms are the rock paintings and engravings from Tassili and Ennedi in the Sahara (6000 BC-1st century AD). Other examples of early art include the terracotta sculptures modelled by Nok artists in central Nigeria between 500 BC and AD 200, the decorative bronze works of Igbo Ukwu (9th-10th century AD), and the extraordinary bronze and terracotta sculptures from Ife
on the physical geography and military history of Sub-Saharan Africa, an analysis of its weather, and an overview of the ASCOPE acronym. Sub-Saharan Africa refers to the diverse landscape of more than 50 countries of Africa, which are south of the Sahara Desert. There are over nine million square miles of valleys, plateaus, and mountains in this region of Africa. Because of the prevalence of plateaus, Africa has been nicknamed the “continent of plateaus”. Between the plateaus, there are steep slopes
Niger, home of the free flowing Niger River, is a Sub-Saharan, western African nation. Sadly, it is an extremely poor country because part of the country is desert and less than 3% open for crop use. The present economic situation is bleak at best. Yet, the vibrant tradition and history of this country lives today in its tribes and its people even through all of its adversities. From severe droughts to military coups to a dysfunctional government to the culture has stayed strong. Niger has few
both of these could be the cause of the spike in tourism, however, the most evident cause seems to be Africa’s physical geography. Physical geography majorly impacts tourism in Africa through its beautiful natural landforms, such as Mount Kenya, the Sahara desert, Lake Victoria, and the beautiful Watamu beaches, and by its vast variety of biomes that supply many homes to unique wildlife. One of the biggest tourists’ attractions is from a natural mountain call... ... middle of paper ... ...idn’t
Niger is located in Western Africa, between Sahel and the Sahara. Since the Sahara covers sixty-six percent of the country, Niger is one of the driest countries in the world. On the hottest months, from March to June, temperatures can reach up to 122 Fahrenheit. On the other hand, during the night time temperature can drastically drop to below freezing levels. Miles of sand dunes cover northern Niger, but vegetation is almost non-existent. The famous air mountains are located in central Niger. They
Kingdom of Mali, and the Kingdom of Songhai. The main one I will focus on is the Kingdom of Mali. It was located in Western Africa, established around the mid 1200’s. Mali was the greatest Kingdom founded in Africa at the time. The man that founded it was Sundiata Keita. The founder of Mali defeated Ghana and captured their capital in 1240. It’s northern border was south of the Sahara Desert and it was along the Niger River. It spread 1,200 miles from the city of Gao to the Atlantic Ocean. It spread
areas there was a substantial growth (Ermert el. al., 2012). As a result, the spread of malaria showed an increase in highland territories and in arid and semiarid areas of East Africa. The Ethiopian Highlands, Eastern Arc Mountains, and parts of the Western Rift Valley saw the largest outbreak of mosquitos carrying malaria due to its change in future weather conditions (Higgings, Scheiter, 2012). The study leads to a notable prolongation of malaria transmission and an earlier start and later end of the
The plane descended lower upon the pristine land which is known to be the Sahara desert. The expansive dry fields contained a myriad of antelopes cascading down the dry fields and floating to the crystal clear pools of delicately placed water. The displaced minute huts were dispersed among the endless plains dotting the inconsistent landscape. I began to reflect upon this trip as I prepared to land in Accra, Ghana, the origination of my roots. Conflicting thoughts infiltrated my mind concerning the
they became master sailors and developed a large trading network to be able to trade with others. The climate was always hot and dry, which sometimes affected the growth of the crops for that season. In Ancient Egypt they use the Nile River and the Sahara Desert in some many ways that benefited them. Ancient Egypt was divided into two land different land, the black land and red land. The black land was the fertile land that the Nile River made and the red land was the desert of Egypt. They use the