I think that my group did well compared to the other groups in this activity, but compared to real life i think we did horrible because we were supposed to get alot more land that we ended up getting. The Berlin conference affected Africa in real life because first it took away some Africans dignity because they couldnt do anything to stop these people from coming in and taking their land whether they liked it or not it seemed. Also, it created more wars and battles between nations because they made fake borders that forced them to live with their enemies

scramble

When i think about the scramble for Africa i think about the Europeans and how they all fought to get the African land and to try to take it all for themselves.

Do now

I think that Europeans became interested in Africa because they figured out that all of the people there are lower than them in some way in their mind, so they figured they can get all of the resources from the land there, and use it for their benefit. They also wanted to use the people as slaves to work on their land for them, so they could gain profit. They were also more avanced in terms of weapons, but not necissaraly in terms of their education.

roots

The elements of culture that stand out to me are the fact that the woman had to give birth to the baby without having any medicine or anything to soothe her with. Also, kunta kente had to become a man by going through a series of steps that included wrestling a man and finding a bird that was alive and bringing it back to the village. The importance to society is that without it you will  not learn how to become a man in the society

Story

The story was about how a monkey became unlikely friends with a shark, and shared fruit with the shark. One day the monkey invited the shark to his house and then the shark invited the monkey to his house. Halfway in the water the shark told the monkey that they were actually about to kill the monkey and use its heart. The monkey said he left it in his tree and so they went back to get it. The monkey quickly climbed up the tree and never came down again. It was included because they showed that the good people and the smart people usually prevail over the bad and stupid. That the shark actually fell for that kind of deception. It taught people in Africa not to steal, and also if you deceive someone, then karma will come back to haunt you and you in the end will be deceived. I would learn not to deceive any of my friends so as not to lose the friendship between us

moodle assignment

Without the river niger then the agriculture in that area would not be where it is at today. honestly in most cases thats what some people only know what to do so its very important resource. I also thought the black pharoahs were interesting because it showed how powerful traders and kings started in Africa. Great Zimbabwe was another place of interest because of how many people it held back then in its capital. Also the modern Zimbabwe got its name from the Great Zimbabwe

Africa

What comes to mind when i think about africa is about animals such as zebras and lions, also about plenty of land that is wide open and able t be used for cultivating. I also think about culture and all of the different languages that people speak and that make them who they are today. I also think of Nelson Mandela because he was the main reason for South Africa to gain independence so i think he is very important person.