Dead Heart Of Africa Essay
In the “Dead Heart of Africa” a young boy is born. Even though he’s less than 15 minutes old he can already feel the intense heat of the sun on his back, reaching over 100 degrees fahrenheit. He doesn’t know it yet but he’s just been born in the most important century in Chad’s history.
Adam, being one of the luckier children to survive past the age of five still had many challenges ahead. Water being extremely scarce was often sought out. Adam’s family owned a small cotton farm, which needed a lot of water forcing Adam and his parents to walk many miles to gain enough water for just one day. These trips were not without danger, many times Adam had to run because of elephants. Adam learned to avoid these beasts at a young age. One time Adam had been gathering water and came to close to an elephant's territory and received a large gash because …show more content…
At the same time of their freedom Chad received their first president. Less than five years after gaining their freedom, Muslims began a civil war within Chad. During this war people in a nearby nation, Libya, decided to join Chad's battle. The people in Libya were not doing this just to help Chad, but to gain control of it. The president banned the Libyans off of Chad's soil so as not to lose his position of leader.
Despite Adams troubled life, he continued to work as a cotton farmer until 1976. In 1976 Adam attended a small school, so he could teach children about Chad's history and geography, but was famous for his teaching on natural resources. One of his teaching on natural resources went like this,
“ Now children, since we have learned about most of Chad's history in the 1900, i think it's time we talked about what resources Chad would provide for the French. Chad was and is known for are natron which is a sodium carbonate, some petroleum located near lake Chad mostly, gold and iron ore, does anyone not know what these things
Adam, being one of the luckier children to survive past the age of five still had many challenges ahead. Water being extremely scarce was often sought out. Adam’s family owned a small cotton farm, which needed a lot of water forcing Adam and his parents to walk many miles to gain enough water for just one day. These trips were not without danger, many times Adam had to run because of elephants. Adam learned to avoid these beasts at a young age. One time Adam had been gathering water and came to close to an elephant's territory and received a large gash because …show more content…
At the same time of their freedom Chad received their first president. Less than five years after gaining their freedom, Muslims began a civil war within Chad. During this war people in a nearby nation, Libya, decided to join Chad's battle. The people in Libya were not doing this just to help Chad, but to gain control of it. The president banned the Libyans off of Chad's soil so as not to lose his position of leader.
Despite Adams troubled life, he continued to work as a cotton farmer until 1976. In 1976 Adam attended a small school, so he could teach children about Chad's history and geography, but was famous for his teaching on natural resources. One of his teaching on natural resources went like this,
“ Now children, since we have learned about most of Chad's history in the 1900, i think it's time we talked about what resources Chad would provide for the French. Chad was and is known for are natron which is a sodium carbonate, some petroleum located near lake Chad mostly, gold and iron ore, does anyone not know what these things