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