"African and European Addresses" by Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr., often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States. As a politician, he was tasked with giving speeches not just in America but around the world. Some of his most important international addresses have been collected here for students of history and politics to appreciate.
Whether Africa is developed or not, depends on how and what one addresses. Development is relative. Nonetheless, the fact is: Africa developed Europe; and thereby became underdeveloped. Addressed academically, the notion of development creates many questions amongst which are: Development in what? Whose development? Development for whom? Who defines development? In this volume, the development dealt with is polygonal; and touches on politico-economic sequels which also affect the social aspect. No doubt. Africa is abundantly rich in terms of resource and culture. Paradoxically, however, Africa is less developed economically compared to Europe thanks to the history of unequal encounters, among other reasons. We cannot emphasise enough the fact that Africa’s underdevelopment is the price of the development of Europe which is based on historical realities gyrating around Europe’s criminal past wherein slavery and colonialism enabled Europe to spawn its future capital and investment. How can anyone quibble about Europe’s development resulting from perpetual plunderage of Africa with impunity committed by European treasure-hunting adventurers? This volume prescribes Africa’s restorative recompense as the only way forward for the duo and the world.
The Journey of Determination-The Story of a Village Boy in Liberia An inspiring autobiography about a young Liberian boy who, at the age of five, resettles in the village with his entire family following his father’s ill health. Unfortunately, the father passes on just a few days after the family returns to the village, and when life becomes hard, his mother comes in to support the whole family and even takes him to school. He struggles to attain education to change the lives of his family and the entire community. Will he achieve his dreams, or will the poverty in one of Africa’s developing countries prevent him from spreading his wings and becoming one of the most accomplished individuals in Liberia? Find out in The Journey of Determination-The Story of a Village Boy in Liberia This autobiography is a story of resilience, hard work, and attainable dreams. The author uses it to show everyone that everything is possible, but only if they dream and work hard. He writes the book not just to showcase his accomplishments as the ‘face’ of his employer who now travels the world but to reveal that in your situation, you can get support from people who will play a major role in your life to help you succeed. Moreover, he uses the opportunity to remind his readers that if they want to succeed in life, they must expect life to demand many qualities from them and be ready to experience a lot in the journey to success. Excellent for young people who need the inspiration to pursue their dreams. This book also features everyday challenges that young people go through in their quest for education, as well as the existing opportunities that can be pursued to get help with school fees. It also provides insights into making the right decisions, living in harmony with family, friends, and the community, and academic experiences in various institutions of higher learning. A great book for scholars.
A brilliant picture of a rich, exotic, complex and fascinating continent in the style of Bruce Chatwin. Verbal snapshots, images, anecdotes, legends, tales, gossip, illustrations, photographs, art and maps lend insight and depth to this multi-layered portrait of a continent. Into Africa uses the ancient empires and trading patterns of prehistory as the primary framework, to explain how Africa was and is today. The book does not ignore the calamities, the collapse of civil authority, the wars, the famines, the human misery, the environmental degradation. But it does record the triumphs, small and large. More important, Into Africa goes beyond politics and tourism, into history and legend, art and culture, both popular and profound.
The transatlantic slave trade forced millions of Africans into bondage. Until the early nineteenth century, African slaves came to the Americas in greater numbers than Europeans. In the Shadow of Slavery provides a startling new assessment of the Atlantic slave trade and upends conventional wisdom by shifting attention from the crops slaves were forced to produce to the foods they planted for their own nourishment. Many familiar foods—millet, sorghum, coffee, okra, watermelon, and the "Asian" long bean, for example—are native to Africa, while commercial products such as Coca Cola, Worcestershire Sauce, and Palmolive Soap rely on African plants that were brought to the Americas on slave ships as provisions, medicines, cordage, and bedding. In this exciting, original, and groundbreaking book, Judith A. Carney and Richard Nicholas Rosomoff draw on archaeological records, oral histories, and the accounts of slave ship captains to show how slaves' food plots—"botanical gardens of the dispossessed"—became the incubators of African survival in the Americas and Africanized the foodways of plantation societies.
This collection makes available rare sources on the aims, functions and effects of British administration in Africa. Topics examined include: land and urban administration, law and jurisprudence, taxation and administration of natural resources.
This collection makes available rare sources on the aims, functions and effects of British administration in Africa. Topics examined include: land and urban administration, law and jurisprudence, taxation and administration of natural resources.
EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.
