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STUDYING THE RELIGIONS AND DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES OF AFRICA

STUDYING THE RELIGIONS AND DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES OF AFRICA. 7 th grade Social Studies. Who are the Bantu?.

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STUDYING THE RELIGIONS AND DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES OF AFRICA

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  1. STUDYING THE RELIGIONS AND DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES OF AFRICA 7th grade Social Studies

  2. Who are the Bantu? • The Bantu-speaking people of Africa migrated in many different waves from the region just south of the Sahara Desert to the central and southern parts of the continent beginning over 2,000 years ago.

  3. 2. Why do people think the Bantu migrated? • The desert was spreading • The population was growing • One of the largest movements of people in African history.

  4. 3. What happened to the Bantu culture as a result of the migration? • The Bantu intermarried with other people such as the Pygmies. • Bantu culture became widespread throughout Africa. • Today over 60 million people speak Bantu-based languages and share some part of the Bantu culture.

  5. Who are the Ashanti? • The Ashanti people are found in the modern country of Ghana. • The Ashanti believe that their kingdom was founded in 1701 with the help of a holy man who produced a Golden Stool form the heavens and gave to the first Ashanti king.

  6. Ashanti Religion • Monotheistic – belief in one god, Nayme. • Nayme’s children, the Abosom, represent all the naturalpowers and forces in the world. • The traditional Ashanti believe that all living things have souls. • They also believe that witches, demon spirits, and fairies have powers in the lives of men. • Ancestors are given great respect, and there are a number of family rituals associated with the birth, coming of age, marriage, and death.

  7. What other religions are practiced in Africa? • Christianity – was introduced by Europeans and American missionaries beginning in the 1800s. • Islam – Arab Muslims began to spread to North Africa in the late 600s AD, when the first Muslim armies arrived in Egypt. • Arab armies, traders, and scholars spread across the northern Africa all the way to Morrocco. • Wherever the Arabs went, they took Islam and the Arabic language with them.

  8. Arab + Bantu = SWAHILI The Swahili community developed along the coast of East Africa when Arab and Persian (Iran) traders looking for profitable markets began to settle and intermarry with the local Bantu-speaking population.

  9. ANIMIST RELIGIONS • Animists believe that spirits are found in natural objects and surroundings. They may feel a spiritual presence in rocks, trees, a waterfall or particularly beautiful place in the forest.

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