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What you may not know ?

Africa. What you may not know ?. When you think of Africa you usually think of…. But there is a lot more to Africans than what they show on “Feed the Children”…. Africa is not a country!. “I just visited the country of Africa” –George Bush

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What you may not know ?

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  1. Africa What you may not know?

  2. When you think of Africa you usually think of….

  3. But there is a lot more to Africans than what they show on “Feed the Children”…

  4. Africa is not a country! “I just visited the country of Africa” –George Bush Fact: Africa is a continent, like Europe, with a lot of diversity.

  5. Did you know? • Africa is the second largest continent. • The earliest evidence of human beings comes from Africa. Many great cultures developed here.

  6. It would be wrong to assume that… • Everyone in Africa speaks the same language. Fact: There are over 2,000 languages currently spoken in Africa. • Traditional Africa is uneducated and uncivilized. Fact: One of the first universities was located in Timbuktu where they taught in Arabic. Greeks and Romans came to the west and north Africa to get an education also. • Africa is a poor continent. Fact: Africa is THE richest continent in terms of natural resources containing gold, diamonds, petroleum, cooper, cobalt, and zinc (colonialism and exploitation has left them ill-equipped to compete in the global market).

  7. Geography • Most of Africa lies in the tropics warm temperature • Has three natural regions • Savannas (50% of continent) • savannas: vast stretches of dry grasslands with very fertile soil • Deserts (40% of continent) • Sahara Desert is the largest desert in the world • Tropical Rain Forests (10% of continent) • areas that receive more than 100 inches of rain a year (hot and wet) • included jungles

  8. Geography • Much of Africa consists of rivers • most of the rivers are blocked by rapids (due to plateaus) • these obstacles protected Africans from outsiders • unfortunately, also made trade and communicationharder (prevented unity)

  9. Climate diversity

  10. African Kingdoms • Almost all African kingdoms were located on trading routes • especially the Trans-Saharan trade routes • developed extensive trade in gold, ivory and salt

  11. Africa washome tomany greatkingdomsprior to thearrival of theEuropeans.

  12. Cultural Diversity

  13. Patterns of Life during Early Africa • Most early Africans lived in small, independence villages farming, fishing and trading • Unlike other civilizations, women were the head farmers (sign of power) • African economies were based on agriculture and trade • African were known for trading • Societies in Africa were very matrilineal • matrilineal: people traced their heritage and inherited property through mothers

  14. African Religion/Family Relations • African religion believed in animism and ancestor worship (very religious) • animism: belief that spirits inhabit everything, living and nonliving • similar to Shintoism in Japan • family was stressed in Africa (filial piety) • Identity was determined by membership in an extended family or lineage group.

  15. Modern Day Religions

  16. Please take a few moments to define the key terms on page 236. • Please read the section on Community Education and Initiation on pages 237 to 238, then continue on with the section on Slavery. • After you have read these pages please summarize each section with a minimum of three sentences. • Then complete the Religious Expression web on page 241. • Please turn in the assignment when finished.

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