Culture of West Africa Geography and climate West Africa includes the western part of the Maghreb (Western Sahara‚ Morocco‚ Algeria and Tunisia)‚ occupies an area of more than 6.14 million km2‚ or about one-fifth of Africa. The vast majority of these lands consist of the plains lying less than 300 meters above sea level‚ although some elevation exists in many countries along the southern coast region. The northern part of the West African semi-arid terrain is made up of known as the Sahel
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2008. Print. Accad‚ Evelyne. "Assia Djebar ’s Contribution to Arab Women ’s Literature: Rebellion‚ Maturity‚ Vision." World Literature Today (1996): 801. Web. 10 Dec. 2014. Channaa‚ Farah. “Diverging Femininities in the Resistance Narratives of Algeria and Palestine.” American University of Cairo. 2010. Web. 10 Dec. 2014 Alf Andrew Heggoy (1974). On the Evolution of Algerian Women . African Studies Review‚ 17‚ pp 449-456. doi:10.2307/523644.
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Cultural diversity in Morocco: An omnipresent history Morocco possesses a diverse and lively history that witnessed a long succession of different ruling people such as the Romans‚ French‚ Spanish‚ Jews‚ Arabs and Berbers. This diversity is reflected through many aspects of Moroccan life‚ namely the languages‚ the clothing‚ the cuisine‚ and the culture Traveling from region to region in Morocco might seem more like traveling from country to country. For the diversity of culture from one city
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Africa has a rich and very detailed history. The biggest desert is Africa called the Sahara. Since it was so hard to travel across by feet‚ people needed a better way of traveling. The introduction of camels had a great influence on West Africa. If it wasn’t for camels‚ there would be no trade. The salt/gold trade‚ how Islam influenced West Africa‚ and the cultural legacy of West Africa‚ are a few of the many historic events that make West Africa amazing. The two items that were most in demand
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Linguistic Variation in Morocco Morocco’s geographical location as a bridge between Europe and Africa‚ and as a home for Arab‚ Amazigh‚ Andalusian‚ African and Jewish cultures‚ make of the country a place of considerable linguistic diversity. In this article‚ this diversity will be approached from a personal perspective‚ inspiringly as a result of reading Chapter 7 “Language in Society” in “Introduction to Language”. Geographically speaking‚ spoken all over Morocco‚ there are tens
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West Africa‚ a striving center of trade and commerce was born in the Post Classical world. The society was morphed by the way people traded. Between 600 and 1450‚ West Africa went from a society dominated by the beliefs of Animism and trading with east to one in which Islam influenced their culture and traded with the dar-al-Islam. The dominance of their own culture and its influence on their religion‚ and the production of bananas‚ however‚ remained constant. Before the introduction of Islam
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The Empire of Mali was a place where many people from across the world wanted to go to. Can you imagine how and why Mali is a place where people suffered just to travel to? During the Empire of Mali Mansa Musa had made his famous pilgrimage. This pilgrimage was his most famous journey because he had brought a lot of gold with him. He had passed that gold around to other places. The empire of Mali had a lot of goods and products. They had many inventions‚ and this was all because of the trade that
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Margaret Courtney-Clarke is really well known for being one of those individuals who don’t just stop at thinking about life‚ what it means and what treasure it holds in store. With her photo-journalism‚ she illuminates the human spirit and gives life a whole other meaning. As she has in her previous books‚ “Ndebele: The art of an African Tribe and African Canvas: The Art of West African Women”‚ Courntey-Clark turns her attention in her new book “Imazighen: The Vanishing Traditions of Berber Women”
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Einston Vue Mr. Andrews AP World History 19 October 2014 From the 5th C.E. century to the year 1325‚ the spread of Islam occurred in the trans- Saharan area in Africa. The spread of Islam impacted many of these societies‚ affecting the rule of kings‚ changing the daily lives of many people‚ and changing the religions. However‚ these changes did not transpire by themselves. The spread of Islam was possible because of the trade and merchants in the Sahara‚ the many kings and their servicemen‚
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An Army At Dawn Book Review Griffin Duvall AP US History: Book Review November 20‚ 2014 An Army At Dawn. By Rick Atkinson. Picador: New York‚ 2002. ISBN 978-0-8050-8724-6. Bibliographical References. Index. Pp. 1‚ 681. $18.00. Rick Atkinson took the gruesome story of World War II and turned it into a thrilling three volume tale. In the first volume‚ An Army At Dawn‚ Atkinson takes on the escapade into North Africa from the perspective of the Americans using only letters and documents
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