LITHOSPHERE
Earth’s crust and the interior of the earth: The earth is almost like a sphere….
Month: June 2020
PERIHELION AND APHELION
The orbit of the earth is an ellipse. Its length is 93,80,51,827 kilometres. The sun…
DIURNAL AND ANNUAL MOTION OF THE EARTH
Everyday the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. This process led…
TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE
The Atlantic slave trade began in 1442 when African captives from the Senegal river were…
THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA
The Europeans had frequented the coasts of West Africa since the fifteenth century and established…
WOMEN AND AUTHORITY IN WEST AFRICAN HISTORY
Authority is the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience. This…
ORIGINS AND TIMEFRAME OF EARLY TRADE
The connections of West Africa with the Mediterranean world is a very old one, which…
WEST AFRICA AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Since the end of the Second World the nations of the world have worked together…
COLONIAL RULE IN WEST AFRICA
The European scramble for Africa culminated in the Berlin West African Conference of 1884-85. The…
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EUROPEAN CONTACT WITH WEST AFRICA
European sailors first reached sub-Saharan Africa in 1442, when Portuguese ships reached the Senegal river….
THE HISTORICAL ANTECEDENT OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT IN WEST AFRICA
The land of West Africa consists of contrasting kinds of physical environment. The forest environment…
PROBLEMS OF INDEPENDENT WEST AFRICAN STATES
Most West African leaders were very optimistic about their countries’ future at independence. They hoped…
CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES IN WEST AFRICA
The expansion of the missionary movement into Africa was part of the growing conception of…
THE ALMORAVID DYNASTY
The term ‘Almoravid’ comes from the Arabic word ‘al-Murabit, literally meaning “one who is trying”…
THE SOKOTO CALIPHATE
Created by a jihad launched by Usman dan Fodio (also spelt Usman Ibn Fodio, Uthman…
THE SPREAD OF ISLAM IN WEST AFRICA
Africa was the first continent, that Islam spread into out of Arabia in the early…
SEROLOGY AS A SOURCE OF AFRICAN HISTORY
Serology is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of blood types. It deals…
ARTS FORMS/ARTS HISTORY AS A FORM OF AFRICAN HISTORY
Art history is the study of art forms such as engravings, paintings, carvings and sculpture…
ETHNOMUSICOLOGY AS A SOURCE OF AFRICAN HISTORY
Ethnomusicology is the scientific study of music (musicology) which focuses on the study of music…
ETHNOBOTANY AND ETHNOZOOLOGY AS A SOURCE OF AFRICAN HISTORY
Ethnobotany is the scientific study of ancient remains of plants which are termed flora. Ethnozoology…
NUMISMATICS AS A SOURCE OF AFRICAN HISTORY
Numismatics is the study of coins. This study helps us to know where the coins…
ETHNOGRAPHY/ETHNOLOGY AS A SOURCE OF AFRICAN HISTORY
Ethnography is the study of present-day social institutions as well as the crafts and artistic…
LINGUISTICS AS A SOURCE OF WRITING AFRICAN HISTORY
Linguistics is the scientific study of the origin, structure and changes of a language that…
ARCHAEOLOGY AS A SOURCE OF AFRICAN HISTORY
Archaeology is the study of a people’s culture of years past through excavation and examination…
SOURCES OF AFRICAN HISTORY
There are two sources for the writing of history. They are the primary and the…
THE WRITING OF HISTORY
The historian’s goal is not to collect the “facts” about the past but rather to…