Friday, August 30, 2013

African American History

Classification:
Freshmen
Major:
Physical Education in Coaching.
Future Plans:
 In my future I would love to be a penitential Captain on the Football team .In long term my dream for awhile no has been to become a Head High school football Coach.
Dr.Bethune:
  • Born on July 10, 1875, in Mayesville, South Carolina, Mrs.Mary Mcleod Bethune was one of the first in her family that was born into Freedom. 
  • She graduated from the Scotia Seminary for Girls in 1893. 
African Slavery:
  • Slavery in Africa has existed throughout the continent for many centuries, and continues in the current day. 
  • In most African societies where slavery was prevalent, the enslaved people were largely treated as indentured servants and not treated as chattel slaves.
Current Africa:
  • The M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has said it will stop fighting, following days of clashes with UN-backed forces. 
 Congolese M23 rebels carry their weapons as they patrol near Rushuru in the Democratic Republic of Congo in this 3 August, 2013 file photo.
  • Gold miners in South Africa have called a strike over their wage demands, to start on Tuesday, mine-owners say.
 Members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) take part in a strike in the central business district area of Johannesburg, August 27, 2013.
Timbuktu:
  • After a shift in trading routes, Timbuktu flourished from the trade in salt, gold, ivory and slaves.
  • A limited number of manuscripts in Timbuktu in Mali were damaged or stolen by Islamist extremists last week before they fled the fabled desert city, a South Africa
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Mansa Musa:

  • Mansa Musa captured the attention of the Arab world when he left his home in the West African kingdom of Mali to make a pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324
  • Unlike his grandfather Sundiata, Mansa Musa was a devout Muslim. A Muslim is a person who practices Islam.
  • Famous Pilgramage to Meca