African History – Colonization and Independence
Agadez mosque (Songhai, 1515, in Niger) Africa in 1500 AD Just before 1500 AD, Africa was suffering from a terrible drought probably caused by the Little Ice Age. All over [...]
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History of Mauretania – African History
Mauretania is mostly dry; a lot of it is desert. Where is Mauretania? Mauretania is on the Atlantic coast of West Africa. It's basically the western part of the Sahara [...]
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African Food and Colonization
Yuca plants after they're pulled up When Portuguese traders began to come to Africa around 1500 AD, they brought new foods with them from South America and Central America. They [...]
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African Economy – Early Modern
Early modern African economy: Guinea Cloth (Cotton) Early Modern African economy In the late 1400s AD, Portuguese traders figured out how to sail to West Africa instead of getting there [...]
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History of Angola – African History
Kingdom of Ndongo In 1500 AD, some of the people who lived in what is now Angola were Bantu and some were San. A Bantu man from Congo, Kiluanje, probably started the [...]
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History of Mozambique – African History
Chapel of Our Lady of Baluarte - the oldest European building south of the Equator (Isla de Mozambique, 1522, thanks to Jason Inslee) In 1500 AD, the Bantu Chikuyo Chisamarengu [...]
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History of Kenya – African History
Kenya history: Mombasa in the 1500s Portuguese conquer Mombasa In the early 1500s AD, Portuguese ships under the rule of Charles V managed to capture the important seaport of Mombasa [...]
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History of Ghana – African History
Ghana history: A village in Ghana Ashanti Empire At the end of the Middle Ages, most of Ghana was divided into small villages, whose people called themselves the Ashanti. Most [...]
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History of the Kongo
Mbanza Kongo, capital of the Kingdom of Kongo When did the Kingdom of Kongo form? By 1500 AD, the Kingdom of Kongo had been around for more than a hundred [...]
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African Clothing and Colonization
African clothing and colonization: this is Indian cotton cloth - ca. 1500 AD Africans imported cloth from India By 1500 AD, most people in Africa were making at least some [...]
