Negatives and Positives

Positive:

- Europeans provided education for the Africans
- They tried to civilize the Africans
- They provided health care for Africans
- Provided jobs
- Stole resources from the Africans



Negative:

- forced tribes together that could not work together
- Africans were put into slavery
- When the Europeans evaded Africa they didn't think about the Africans
- Even now, African tribes are fighting because of what the Europeans did about 50 years ago
- Europeans gave them weapons

Note:

- Europeans discovered new parts of Africa; the Europeans will see this as a positive while Africans will see this as a negative
- Europeans taught them new ways of life; depending on the side you look at this could be both negative and positive

Europeans Footprint on Africa

I think this image is expressing the impact the Europeans made on Africa. I can make this inference because of the visual elements. One bold visual element is the white on black. This says to me that the white footprint is the Europeans mark on Africa while the black represents "The Dark Continent" also known as Africa. I can't truly tell from this image whether or not the cartoonist agrees with the Europeans mark in Africa or not. This is because the cartoonist might see the cartoon with a positive side such as, the footprint the Europeans made was a good thing because it brought civilization. On the other hand the cartoonist might not agree with the image and might think, the footprint the Europeans made on Africa was horrible because they enslaved them and tried to bring together tribes that had never got along which caused many wars. I think the cartoonist should have added something to the cartoon that would make it either look like the cartoonist agreed or disagreed with what the Europeans did. They could have done this by adding an image of a slave for the negative side or if they thought it was good that could of had a picture of a fat European guy with lots of money and wealth.

PIRATE ATTACK!

This article is about ten people being kidnapped on a French ship off of the coast of Cameroon. This happened on the 19th of November at midnight. The ship had been abducted by pirates while carrying “crude oil” from the Bakasi Peninsula. Out of the ten people that were kidnapped six of them were French, two of them were Cameroonians, one of them was Tunisian and one was Senegalese. None of the other crew members were harmed.
I believe this article is news worthy because these pirate attacks have been happening frequently throughout the past week. This is a good reason to publish this article because people want to know about what is going on and why it is happening. Since these pirate attacks have been going on for awhile now people will want to read about it in order to find out if it has been solved. In conclusion, I believe this article is news worthy because these pirate attacks have been happening more then once which means many people want to find out what is going on.

WEST AFRICA TODAY

West Africa is built up with many different ethnic groups but all with one problem. In West Africa there is the second largest country in Africa, Nigeria. Nigeria contains 95% of Africa's oil. It also has many rich resources. So why if Nigeria has so many rich resources is West Africa suffering? The reason is because of the so many ethnic groups. These groups have never been able to get along and now that they all have to it is very hard for them. This is what causes economic and political instability in West Africa.

WEST AFRICA - HISTORY

West Africa is full of different cultures. The slave trade hit West Africa very badly. This is because it was very easy to get to by many European countries. When slavery did end it had both a positive and negative effect on West Africa. The positive effect was that the European countries that conquered West Africa stayed and set up schools and transportation for the Africans. The negative effect was that many West Africans left their farms to work at factories and they were getting very low wages for it.

What people don’t realize about West Africa is that it is modern. Lots of people think that families still like in mud huts and some still do, but mostly lots of people live in houses of high-rise apartments. Also, the clothing that they wear is modernized. The material is still of African culture but the design is all very western. So as you can see, West Africa is a fairly modernized region.

SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA!

The Scramble for Africa was a simulation of several European countries scrambling to claim parts of Africa. All the different European countries wanted different things from Africa. My country, the Netherlands, wanted claim to the Suez Canal and raw materials like iron and zinc. Our strategy was to get claim over the Suez Canal. This is because once we got control over it all the area around it was where the raw materials that we needed were. Also, when we could 'battle' a country we chose to use negotiation as our first choice because this way we didn't have to worry about losing land. If the country declined our proposal only then we would 'battle' them. We were lucky because most European countries wanted the southern parts of Africa while we wanted the north part. Truthfully, I think the Netherlands won. This is because our strategy worked and we ended up conquering the Suez canal and most of the land around it where our raw materials were. Therefore, we were able to get everything we needed. I think the country that lost was Great Britain. This is because they wanted to conquer the Suez canal and failed to do it. This made it hard for them to get the resources they needed. All in all, this simulation was to help us understand what parts of Africa the European countries wanted to colonize.

Nigerian With 86 Wives

This article is about a Nigerian man who has 86 wives and is refusing to divorce any of them. The reason this is so significant is because there hasn't been a man who has had so many wives before and Mr.Abubakar is Muslim. In the Koran, the holy book for Muslims, it says that a man can marry up to 4 wives as long as he treats them all equally. There has been a huge controversy against this because Mr.Abubakar says that Mohammad spoke to him and told him to marry all these women and that in the Koran there is no punishment for a man that has more then four wives but, many Muslims believe that there should be.
I do believe this article is worthy for posting because it is very unique. Unique situations are worth posting because they tend to be fascinating. This means the more fascinating it is then more people will want to read it. Also, if an article is unique people will talk about it more and more making the story huge. In conclusion, I believe that this article is worth publishing because it is a very unique situation and people all over the world will find it interesting.

URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7725413.stm