Ancient History Of Liberia
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Liberia was formed as the home for the freed slaves in the year 1822 by American colonization society after failing several times. They were first settled near the area of Monrovia. In the year 1847, the republic of Liberia was formed under the similar constitution as United States.
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Although Liberia had relations with United States earlier, in the 1870s Liberia traded mostly with the European countries especially with the countries like Germany, Great Britain and Netherlands. In the late 19th century, the British and French took control over the Liberian territory.More...
Sierra Leone got independence in the year 1961 from British. Sierra Leone was a colony of British since 1808. British were in this small African country in the west coast before 1808 and it used to trade slaves. In the year 1787, a small area of land where the freed slaves got settled was bought.More...
History Of Slavery In South Africa
The people from the other areas of Africa, India, Madagascar and East Asia were imported to South Africa to be domestic help or labors, but many turned out to be bricklayers and carpenters. Their skills were significant in developing Cape Colony quickly.More...
Sudan History
All through history Sudan had the Arab heritage in the north and African heritage in the south. Both the groups were divided based on the language, religion, economic class and race and this lead to ethnic clashes. As the southern part of the people in Sudan ate isolated geographically, they were unable to participate in the political, economical and social life of Sudan.More...
History Of Nigeria
By the year 2000 BC, almost all the parts of Nigeria were inhabited with people who knew the basics of growing food plants and herding animals. From the start of the 800 BC to 200 AD, the Jos plateau followed the Neolithic Nok culture. The people of the Nok culture made terra cotta sculptures and should have known about working with iron and tin.More...
Ancient Egypt History
Egyptian history dates back to 5000 years when a significant lifestyle or civilization was started on the banks of river Nile in Egypt. Egypt is situated between the Middle East and Africa. Its history is the world’s ancient history which has the mysterious pyramids, the sphinx and tombs which are still attracting the people from all over the world.More...
History Of Morocco
The span of the history of nation Morocco is more than 12 centuries and the first unification of the country happened in the year 780 AD by the Idrisid dynasty. This made Morocco the first African Islamic state that had no connections with the Arab empire.More...
History And Culture Of Congo
The republic of Congo now occupies the areas which were once in control of Bakongo, Teke and Loango Kingdoms. After the Portuguese came in the 15th century, the kingdoms in the coastal areas had many credits due to slave trades. After the French took over the control in the 19th century, which made the licensed private companies make use of the forced labor, and this scandalized the public of France, and Savorgnan de Brazza was appointed to investigate.More...
History Of South Africa Timeline
Most of the South Africans are the descendants of the people who were brought in as slaves in the period of 1653 to 1822. The Dutch East India Company was the first company to be established in South Africa in the year 1652. The Dutch were one of the first to colonize South Africa. In the same year they wanted to get into agriculture and requested for slaves.More...
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