I believe the answer is C) both ruled over the Mali Empire in Africa
So, what happened was that those operas had a lot of commercials during the shows (for soup and detergent) directed at housewives that were thought to do the laundry during the show. The best answer is then this one:
<span> because they were targeted at housewives who did household chores</span>
first here's the definition of a Proxy War : A proxy war is an armed conflict between two states which act or on behalf of other parties that are not directly involved in the hostilities. so the US government aided Africa even though they were not directly involved in the war themselves.
