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PRE-COLONIAL MODES OF PRODUCTION
PRE-COLONIAL MODES OF PRODUCTION
People in pre-colonial Africa were engaged in hunting and gathering, agriculture, mining and simple manufacturing. Agriculture involved most people, so the chapter...
FEUDAL MODE OF PRODUCTION (FEUDALISM)
FEUDAL MODE OF PRODUCTION
Feudalism was the second mode of production which was based on the exploitation of man by man.
In this mode of production...
SLAVE MODE OF PRODUCTION (SLAVERY)
SLAVE MODE OF PRODUCTION (SLAVERY)
This is the second mode of production in human history/development but the first exploitative mode in which slaves were the...
COMMUNAL MODE OF PRODUCTION (COMMUNALISM
COMMUNAL MODE OF PRODUCTION (COMMUNALISM)
Primitive communalism is first mode of production in which basic means of life are owned and shared by all members of the...
THE CAUSES AND IMPACTS OF NGONI MIGRATION
THE CAUSES AND IMPACTS OF NGONI MIGRATION
Ngoni people originated in Kwazulu land and Natal region in the sent by the public of South Africa....
FACTORS FOR INTERACTIONS AMONG THE PEOPLE OF AFRICA
FACTORS FOR INTERACTIONS AMONG THE PEOPLE OF AFRICA
Interaction was the way in which people from a given community came into contact with another community. Or
Interaction was a...
CENTRALIZED STATES IN CENTRAL AFRICA
CENTRALIZED STATES IN CENTRAL AFRICA
A: KONGO EMPIRE
It was founded in the 14th C. The head of the kingdom took the title of Manikongo or...
FACTORS FOR THE RISE AND DECLINE OF FOREST STATES
FACTORS FOR THE RISE AND DECLINE OF FOREST STATES
A: THE BENIN EMPIRE
Benin Empire was a very small state with the Edo speaking people.
The highest...
THE RISE AND DECLINE OF THE WESTERN SUDANIC STATES
THE RISE AND DECLINE OF THE WESTERN SUDANIC STATES
The area known as the western Sudan encompasses the broad expanse of savanna that stretches between...
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SYSTEM IN PRE COLONIAL AFRICA
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SYSTEM IN PRE COLONIAL AFRICA
Before the coming of colonialist, Africans had their own social and political system of administration, African administration...
METHODS OF OBTAINING SALT
METHODS OF OBTAINING SALT
Salt production is one of the oldest chemical practices performed by man. Although salt is produced naturally when seawater evaporates, the...
TRANS SAHARAN TRADE AS LONG DISTANCE TRADE
TRANS SAHARAN TRADE AS LONG DISTANCE TRADE
Long distance trade was the trade carried out long distance as people/traders had to move for long distance...
DEVELOPMENT OF THE IRON AGE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE IRON AGE
Before the Iron age came the Stone Age and Bronze Age. These milestones in human history cover different ancient civilizations...
DEVELOPMENT OF STONE AGE
DEVELOPMENT OF STONE AGE
What was the Stone Age?
The Stone Age is the name given to the time in history which is the earliest period...
SOURCES OF OBTAINING HISTORICAL INFORMATION
SOURCES OF OBTAINING HISTORICAL INFORMATION
History is the study of man and his activities in different times.
These activities enable man to obtain his basic needs....
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF Anthropology
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF Anthropology
This is concerned with the study of existing social institutions and their relationships.
An anthropologist is a person who studies the...
WAYS OF DATING HISTORICAL EVENTS
WAYS OF DATING HISTORICAL EVENTS
Dating Historical Events is the process of attributing to an object or event a date in the past, allowing such...
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF LINGUISTICS AS A SOURCE OF HISTORICAL INFORMATION
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF LINGUISTICS AS A SOURCE OF HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Linguistics is the scientific study and analysis of language. It includes study of sound,...
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES WRITTEN RECORDS
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES WRITTEN RECORDS
Written records are the documents which comprise written historical information.
This includes books, letters, maps, magazines, journal, newspaper, minutes of meetings...
ADVANTAGES AND FUNCTIONS OF MUSEUMS
ADVANTAGES AND FUNCTIONS OF MUSEUMS
Museums are places or buildings where information and objects are preserved. It involves all terms which shows culture, political economic...
