Mali
Mali
What is Mali’s major crop?
o Primary export
o 1/3 of population
o US subsidies = price
drop
Cotton!
• June 4, 1915 - May 16, 1977
• First president (1960-68)
• Descendant of Sundiata Keita
• Tried to unite francophone Africa
• Overthrown in bloodless coup
Modibo Keita
Child
ren’s
Books
Web Resources for Teaching Mali
• Interactive photo albumhttp://www.ruf.rice.edu/~anth/arch/mali-interactive/
• The Achievements and Challenges of Malihttp://www.worldtrek.org/odyssey/teachers/malilessons.html
• Resources for Malihttp://www.sasupenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Mali.html
Webliography
• Mudcloth information: www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/m/mud_cloth_bogolanfini.aspx
• Title slide mudcloth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Traditional_mud_cloth.jpg
• Children’s Books mudcloth http://africandesertcrafts.com/shop/images/uploads/2-8-10Shoot/O-Fabric-MaliMudCloth12-09-5.jpg
• Arts and life mudcloth http://www.eshopafrica.com/acatalog/texmud16.jpg
Webliography
Geography• http://www.maliexpeditions.com• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm
ons/thumb/6/6a/Hand_der_Fatima.jpg/380px-Hand_der_Fatima.jpg
• http://traveltips.usatoday.com/DM-Resize/photos.demandstudios.com/20/97/fotolia_3757509_XS.jpg?w=560&h=560&keep_ratio=1
• http://abagond.wordpress.com/2011/07/
WebliographyCotton:• People & the Planet:
http://www.peopleandplanet.net/29305/gallery/cotton-farmer-mali.html
• Economy Watch: http://www.economywatch.com/world_economy/mali/export-import.html
• “United States’ Last Chance to Save Cotton Subsidies,” Illinois Business Law Journal: http://www.law.illinois.edu/bljournal/post/2012/02/02/United-States-Last-Option-in-Cotton-Dispute.aspx
• “Pricing Farmers Out of Cotton: The Cost of World Bank Reform in Mali,” Oxfam Briefing Paper: http://www.oxfamamerica.org/files/pricing-farmers-out-of-cotton.pdf
Webliography
Religion:www.patheos.com/Library/Country-Profiles/Africa/Mali.html http://kk.org/ct2/dogon_country3.jpghttp://www.sampler.isr.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Two-statuettes-with-necklaces-1024x995.jpgKeita:• Encyclopedia Britannica:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/314244/Modibo-Keita
Webliography
Timbuktu• Timbuktu Educational Foundation:
http://www.timbuktufoundation.org/history.html
• “The ‘End Times’ for Timbuktu?” New York Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/opinion/the-end-times-for-timbuktu.html?_r=0