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The Winston-Salem Chronicle
April 5, 1975
African Spotlight
Sudanese States
Have Fertile Land
The Sudanese States flourished in the savannah region of
West Africa. The areas of the Sudan is a fertile agricultural
region growing varieties of food crops and thus providing
sufficient food for large populations.
This area supported the growth of such important states as
Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Kano, and such large cities as Timbuktu
and Jenne. The rich grassland, also provided pasture for good
livestock, horses, cattle, goats, pigs, and sheep.
Agricultural wealth was a fundamental factor in the rise and
growth of these Sudanese states.
These states grew up in the valleys of the River Niger and
Lake Chad and their tributaries. Water so necessary for the
existence of men and domestic livestock, was everywhere.
What the Nile was for Egypt and the Tigris-Euphrates to
Mesopotamia, the River Niger and Lake Chad were to these
Sudanese States.
The Sudanese regions were blessed with a lot of mineral
wealth. Gold and salt were probably the most important and the
most sought after. It was also gold that was responsible for the
important and the most sought after. It was also gold that was
responsible for the important trade connections between the
Sudanese states and the north African states.
Both the Arabs and Jews came to the Sudanese states seeking
to benefit from the profitable trade.
Salt was highly valued in those days. Salt was mined in some
states of the Sudanes empire and transported over-land to many
parts of north Africa.
There was iron ore too. The existence of iron provided the
metal for weapons with which the rulers and peoples of the
Sudanese regions extended their conquest and powerful
dominion over some weak areas.
The Sudanese regions had industries too. The cloth-weaving
industry was probably the most wealth producing industry of
this period. So too the famous leather industry of the Sudanese
regions.
Export goods were produced as well as goods for local
markets. All aspects of economic wealth were present in these
regions making them an area where one can find both the
money and the products to support a. highly efficient economy.
No geographical barriers existed in thils part of Africa.
Communication was unimpeded in all directions. The Niger
River, for example, flows through the Sudan for most of its
course and provides a na .ural link for those who lived along it as
the Nile did for the people who lived in ancient Egypt.
Long before other areas of the globe were known to man, the
regions of Sudan developed a sophisticated system of
government and trade that attracted the attention of the rest of
the world. Many travellers came to these regions to see the
splendor of their cities and the efficient government that existed
here.
There were caravan routes from the Sudanese regions to
many parts of north Africa. New and progressive insights came
to Sudan by way of north Africa and among the people who were
attracted to Sudan by her wealth.
In the Business World - Carlos Alexander and Sandra W. Jones are on the rise in the comorate
structure at R.J. Reynolds. Both' received MBA degrees through the Consortium for Graduate
Study in Management to which Reynoids contributes.
RJR’s Aid Benefits Minorities
R. J. Reynolds Industries,
Inc. continued its support of
the Consortium for Graduate
Study in Management with a
recent contribution of $8,000.
R. J. Reynolds h^s been a
major contributor to the
consortium, which provides
funds to black and other
minority students seeking
masters degrees in business,
since the program’s early
beginnings. To date, the
corporation has contributed
nearly $50,000.
Commenting on the corpor
ation’s continuing support,
Marshall B. Bass, corporate
manager, personnel develop
ment, calls it a “sound
investment toward the vital
task of building our future
business leaders.’’ “The
consortium,’’ Bass says, “is
one of the best programs we
know of for putting minorities
on the road to a successful
business career.’’
Sandra Jones and Carlos
Alexander who are now
among the middle manage
ment ranks at R. J. Reynolds
typify Bass’ statement.
Jones, 26, is a supervisor in
transportation accounting for
R. J. Reynolds’ shipping and
containerized freight subsid
iary, Sea-Land Service, Inc.
After majoring in account
ing at A&T State University,
the Florida native received her
MBA degree from the
University of Wisconsin with
help from the consortium.
Alexander, 27, is manager
of financial planning analysis
for RJR Foods, Inc., another
RJR subsidiary.
The Cleveland native re
ceived his degree in account
ing from the University of
Dayton and through the
consortium program earned
his MBA from Washington
University, St. Louis.
Both Jones and Alexander
share Bass’ view that the
consortium is an excellent
program for building . busi
ness leadership and helping
minority students make a
successful entry into the
business world.
“I definitely feel it has
benefited me substantially,’’
says Jones, “and the program
is well worth the time
involved.’’
Jones and Alexander cau
tion, however, that while
students are financed by the
consortium success in the
program is up to the students
themselves.
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