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Jan 10, 2015 · The first recorded evidence of marriage contracts and ceremonies dates to 4,000 years ago, in Mesopotamia. In the ancient world, marriage served primarily as a means of preserving power, with...
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Of course, researching and writing African history is challenging in many ways. There are far fewer written sources than for Christian western Europe or the Islamic world, for instance. That’s partly because many African societies didn’t feel the need to produce their own written archives, so in many regions historians have to work with written doc...
This really was a golden era of great civilisations. For instance, during the Middle Ages, Mogadishu (now capital of the modern state of Somalia) was far removed from the complicated, war-ravaged city it is today; instead it was a peaceful settlement of trade, characterised by relationships between people of different religions and ethnic backgroun...
These are just a few of the stories of medieval Africa; there are many more that I could have introduced, both here and in my book. My aim is to explore the many dimensions of African history, the different sources and approaches, and to invite other historians to write other stories – and also for readers to read more about them. Even now, with Af...
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Love, Courtship, and Marriage in Africa. A Companion to African History, First Edition Edited by William H Worger, Charles Ambler, and Nwando Achebe 19 John Wiley Sons Ltd Published 19 by John Wiley Sons Ltd. In the 2015 Columbia Pictures film Concussion, the love interest of Will Smith’s character, Dr. Bennet Omalu, is a Kenyan nurse, Prema ...
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Feb 10, 2022 · According to the medieval church, marriage was an inherently virtuous sacrament that was a sign of God’s love and grace, with marital sex being the ultimate symbol of human union with the divine. The church communicated its ideas about marital sanctity with its laypeople. However, how much they were followed is unclear.
Dec 6, 2023 · Africa historical overview: from the 1600s to the present. by Dr. Christa Clarke. Figure: Seated Portuguese Male, 18th century, Nigeria, Court of Benin, Edo peoples, brass, 12.7 x 5.1 x 6 cm ( The Metropolitan Museum of Art) Western trade with Africa was not limited to material goods such as copper, cloth, and beads.
To the south of the savanna lies the tropical rainforest, Africa’s third major environment alongside the desert and the savanna. Relative to the Sahara, the African rainforest covers a far smaller geographic footprint: some two million square miles, or roughly 10 percent of the continent’s total landmass.
Jun 22, 2022 · This article discusses the challenges which the institution of marriage faces within the African indigenous societies. Marriage is understood to be one of the most vital mechanisms in maintaining ...
