West Africa
Essays

Much of Sharman's Tenants of East Harlem depicts the strife and poverty that the largely-immigrant population in this neighborhood of New York City face on a daily basis. The predominantly Latino area has more than its…

D.T. Niane's Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali offers a significant amount of information about life in 13th century West Africa, particular that which pertains to the culture of the Mali people.

The idea of entrepreneurship seems to many of us intrinsically Western, bound up in all those ideas of Adam Smith's about how work redeems people as good (white) Christians and helps them to claim their proper role in…

The discovery of the New World opened new markets for European colonizers, as well as new sources wealth. In the Americas, the rich and abundant land meant much wealth could be generated through industries such as…

The temple complex at Angkor Wat in Cambodia is an excellent example of non-western monumental architecture. What is interesting about Angkor Wat specifically is that its motivation for being built was religious, but it…

In ancient era, West Africa was known to conduct business activities and trade amongst them. The trade was among the empires within the region. States introduced their own currencies that are usually measured in relation to the American dollar. States formed economic corporations such as ECOWAS to help promote the level of trade and business activities within the West African region. The common currency in the region is factor that must be looked into to promote the economic status of the countries involved. West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) has in place plans for the development of a single currency.

In the contemporary, the world is experiencing an oil crisis. For almost three years now, the oil price has declined by more than 40 percent since 2014. At that point in time, the price of a barrel stood at $115,…