Ghana's subequatorial climate is warm and humid, with distinct alternations between rainy summer and dry winters. The duration and amount of rainfall decreases toward the north, resulting in a broad differentiation between two regions— southern rain forest and northern savanna—which form distinct en...
During medieval times, northern Nigeria had contact with the large kingdoms of the western Sudan (Ghana, Mali, and Songhai) and with countries of the Mediterranean across the Sahara. Islamic influence was firmly established by the end of the 15th century, and Kano was famous not only as a ...
Kofi Annan Ghana physics Eric A. Cornell U.S. achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms; early fundamental studies of the properties of the condensates Wolfgang Ketterle Germany achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms; early fundam...
Those who enter the sex industry as prostitutes are exposed to inhumane and potentially fatal conditions, especially with the prevalence of HIV/AIDS. Additionally, some countries, including India, Nepal, and Ghana, have a form of human trafficking known as ritual (religion-based) slavery, in ...
Throughout the piece, Green makes a good case for fundamental change in Africa. The problem is that he mistakenly thinks that this change can occur via the states that are currently in place in Africa. He mistakenly thinks that Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, or Angola, to name some of the more...
With the collaboration of the World Bank and Pole de Dakar, the project now includes five new countries in Southern and Eastern Africa: the Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Rwanda. unesdoc.unesco.org 这个项目联合了 世界银行和达喀尔分部,目前新增了非洲南部及东 部的五个国家:冈比亚、加纳、肯尼亚...
Both the head of state and governor are killed. 1966 (August 1): Lt. Col Yakubu Gowon a fairly junior officer from the north became the new head of state. 1967 (January 4): Nigeria's military leaders travelled to Aburi in Ghana to find a solution to problems facing the country ...
After beating the Portuguese at Fort Elmina (Ghana) in 1636, the Dutch became one of the leading suppliers of slaves in the entire world. For many slaves the abominable journey across the ocean ended at Curacao. The Spanish, Portuguese, British, French, Danish and American plantation holders ...
Migration has been a significant feature of African history for centuries. Forced migration in Africa can be traced back to antiquity, and was a central feature of the consolidation of the Bafour, Ghana, Benin and Lunda empires (Khapoya, 1994). Intercommunal conflict, especially resulting from...
of living was actually lower than it had been when they were colonies. All the modernistic and socialistic rhetoric of the original leaders of African independence, like Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972) in Ghana, had turned out to be nothing but a mask for incompetence, corruption, and naked power...