From Africa with Love

By Mae Ella Wright

This book was written to expose the suffering, pain, and devastation the African people are subjected to by their political leaders, who were elected to office under questionable circumstances and by a rigged election and who subjects the people to horrific human rights violations while leaving a country that is ravaged by war and depleted of its rich natural resources.

Proceeds of this book will go to water wells in Africa and to the hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa to maintain sanitation and sterilization and to aid in the eradication of the Ebola virus and all contagions of that nature.

Like a tree planted by rivers of water, that bears fruit in its season, whose leaves never wither, whatever I do prospers (Ps. 1:3).

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 5, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524525156

Mae Ella Wright

Mae Ella Wright has been a registered nurse for thirty-four years and is the mother of two, Felicia and Jeremiah, and the grandmother of two, Alexi and Ajayen. She is the author of three books, the first being From Slavery to Freedom, a book and screenplay written for the United States Air Force while serving a four-year tour of duty. This is taken from the famous poem by Langston Hughes. A black history presentation, the second book is The Silent Scream, a book about her take on elder abuse. It is related to her many diverse experiences in the nursing field in her thirty-four-year career. The third book is titled From Africa with Love.

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Contents

Preface Why Africa? A Continent Unlike Any Other

African Culture, Visual Art, Song, And Dance

African Sports

African Economy And Demographics

Demographics

Mining In The Congo

Rwandan/Ugandan Invasion

Pre-Independence Rwanda

Formation Of The Rpf

The Guerrilla War

Aftermath

The Road Less Travelled

Zaire (1971–1997)

Ethnic Cleansing (Genocide)

North Africa

West Africa

Central Africa

Prehistory

Borau Empire

Shiluk Kingdom

Cholera Outbreak

Ghana

East Africa

Fair Trade Empowers South Africa

South Africa

Law

Democratic Republic Of The Congo Independence

China Trade And Investments In Africa (Negative Influence)

African Water Supply And Sanitation In Sub-Saharan Africa

Flooding In Nigeria Causes Widespread Devastation

Flooding In Senegal

South Sudan Food And Water Crisis

Somalia’s Last Famine

Air Strikes In Somalia

The Cry Of The Children

African Dictators

Omar-Al-Bashir

Robert Gabriel Mugabe

Idi Amin

Muammar Gaddafi

Jacob Zuma

Nelson Mandela

Apartheid

Great Mineral Wealth In Africa

Civil Wars And Border Wars

Aids In Africa

Ebola

Prevention

Un And Medical Group Make Appeals For Ebola Aid

Still I Rise

Ancient Egypt

History

Land Surface

Climate

Government

Art And Literature

Popular Culture, Songs, And Dances

African Land Surface And Wildlife

Natural Regions

Bibliography

PREFACE

WHY AFRICA? A CONTINENT UNLIKE ANY OTHER

Why is there so much suffering, pain, anarchy, death, and destruction? The continent has vast beauty and wealth unsurpassed by any other, yet its people benefit little or not at all by its splendor and riches. The people are plagued by famine, drought, hunger, contamination, war, unrest, pain, and devastation. The continent is plagued with corruption and violence.

Africa is the second-largest continent in the world after Asia. It has abundant natural resources, yet it remains the poorest and most underdeveloped continent in the world due to many factors. One such factor is the spread of deadly disease and viruses, notably HIV/AIDS, malaria, and Ebola. Corrupt governments have committed ghastly human rights violations, illiteracy, civil war, poverty, and malnutrition.

One of the leading factors in Africa’s past state of stagnation and regression has been the political system of apartheid that embraced the fascists of colonialism that prevented the black majority from inclusion in the wealth and abundance of their homeland, keeping its people in a slavelike state of existence separated from the wealth and economic opportunities of their country, leaving the black majority doomed to a life of disease, poverty, and death.

The international community has provided little assistance to Africa in its time of crisis. This little assistance comes with a high price. It requires access to natural resources in exchange for contaminated, cancerous, genetically engineered grain provided by political leaders and governmental agencies intent on changing the economic framework of Africa by channeling the economic wealth out of Africa into personal bank accounts.

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PICTURED: Map of Africa of 1890

AFRICAN CULTURE, VISUAL ART, SONG, AND DANCE

The African culture is a manifesto of diversities of the African population divided into many ethnic cultures. The developmental part of Africa’s cultural existence has been emphasized at every phase.

During the colonial colonization period, the Europeans did not affirm or accept the African culture and looked on it as uncivilized and unworthy of recognition. The French accepted Africans as French if they would not acknowledge their African history or culture and would adopt the French way of life instead. The Europeans always maintained an air of superiority due to their belief that people living in a jungle environment carrying spears and following traditional values and beliefs not industrialized were indeed uncivilized and unworthy of a cultural identity.

African arts and crafts embrace a history of spiritualism and divination, wood carvings, bronze and gold artwork, and masks. Masks are often made with elaborate designs that represent religious symbolism and mythological spirits. Masks are used in religious ceremonies.

Jewelry is another facet of African culture. Rings, bracelets, beads, earrings, nose rings, and ankle bracelets are part of a combined cultural practice that span throughout Africa onto the Mediterranean coast through the Middle East.

Folklore and religion are interwoven in African culture. Storytelling is a part of African culture used to enlighten, support, protect, and educate the hearer to help overcome life’s obstacles and encourage endurance.

Drums and other musical instruments were used to relay messages in the way of warning of pending danger and also to celebrate, uplift, entertain, and motivate.

Today African culture is embarrassed by its people, those who live in metropolitan cities or as tribesmen from the bush.

The African view of their cultural history is that culture is a warm, secure place that helps us form who we are, a ladder by which we climb to our highest high that leads us to our destiny. Culture is how people honor their