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Africa in a Day
Mr. OrnsteinWillow Canyon High School
World Cultures
Continent of Africa
•Africa is a continent not a country.
•Africa is a continent made up of many countries.
The Map of Africa
•The Current Map of Africa is based on European Colonial Borders and Not African Tribes.
•Current Borders Conflict with Traditional African Tribal Borders and Leads to Much Conflict
Ask???
•What does Someone from Africa look like?
Who is African???
Rivers in Africa
•The Nile•The Congo•Zambezi
Rainforests
•Africa has many tropical rainforests.
Irregular Coastline
•Lack of Natural Harbors•Harder to Explore with the
Interior of Africa•Limits Trade and Cultural
Diffusion.•North Africa Has More Trade
and Contact
African Resources
• Diamonds• Gold• Minerals• Cultural Diversity• Salt
Ask???
•Which Resource do you think is most valuable???
Salt
•One of the most important minerals in history.
•Basis of much of the trade in Africa.
Geographic Features of Africa
•The Savanna- Fertile African Grass Lands
•Similar to the Steppes of Central Asia and the Pampas of South America
Geographic Areas of Africa
•Sahara- World’s Largest Desert
•Divides Africa•Sub-Sahara Africa refers to
portion of Africa below the Sahara Desert.
Tribalism
•Loyalty to Your Tribe•Tribe is Most Important
Traditional Family Unit in Africa
•Creates Cultural Diversity•Conflicts with Loyalty towards
country.
Bantu Migration
• 3000 BC• People and
Language Migration across Africa.
• New farming and metal working methods allowed Bantu speaking people to migrate across Africa.
Early Kingdoms of Africa
• Axum• Kush• Nubia• Ghana• Songhai• Mali
West African Trading Kingdoms
•Songhai, Mali, Ghana•Rich from Trade of salt, gold,
slaves
Timbuktu
•Great City of Old Africa
•Religious, Trade, Cultural, and Educational Center
Islam Expands to Africa
•Around 700 Islam Expands to North Africa
•After 800 Islam expands into Western Africa.
•Connects Parts of Africa to Islamic Trade Networks.
Mansa Musa
• Powerful King of Mali• One of the Most Powerful African
Rulers• Muslim• Famous Hajj to Mecca• 60,000 People, 12,000 slaves, 80
camels carrying 300lbs of gold each
East African Trading Ports
• Swahilil and Bantu Speaking• Islamic• East Coast of Africa: Mogadishu,
Sofala, Barawa• Trade with India, Middle East,
and China
The Great Zimbabwe
• South Eastern Africa• Traded with China• Buildings so monumental and
advanced that Europeans did not believe they were built by Africans.
• Traded Gold with Middle East and China.