AWS Community Day CPH - Three problems of Terraform
Africa: Week 2
1. Class Objective
Students will examine,
comprehend and synthesis the
historical importance of African
geography and culture and the
significance of the Egyptian
Empire on world history.
6. Africa’s Size
4600 MILES
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# Second largest continent 11,700,000 sq. mi.
# 10% of the world’s population.
# 2 ½ times the size of the U. S.
7. Mediterranean Sea
Bodies
Nile River
Of L. Chad-->
Water
L. Albert-->
L. Victoria
L. Tanganyika-> Indian Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Zambezi River
Limpopo River
Orange River
Pacific Ocean
9. The Congo River Basin
# Covers 12% of the
continent.
# Extends over 9
countries.
# 2,720 miles long.
# 99% of the country
of Zaire is in the
Congo River basin.
10. The Niger River Basin
# Covers 7.5% of the continent.
# Extends over 10 countries.
# 2,600 miles long.
19. African Rain Forest
# Annual rainfall of up to 17 ft.
# Rapid decomposition (very humid).
# Covers 37 countries.
# 15% of the land surface of Africa.
21. Mediterranean Sea
Libyan Desert
The
Tropic of Cancer 20 N
Sahara Desert
Complete
Sahel Nile River
L. Chad-->
Topography Equator 0
L. Albert-->
Δ Mt. Kenya
L. Victoria
Δ Mt. Kilimanjaro
Of L. Tanganyika-> Indian
Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
AFRICA
Zambezi River
Tropic of Capricorn Limpopo River
20 S
Orange River
Pacific Ocean
25. Social Darwinism, 19th Century
Intellectual
Black and
Liberals
Argued that
Egypt as a
positive in
racial
arguments.
26. Afrocentricists
• The Egypt was a black civilization
• Linked to other African Civilizations In the
South
• Important Impact on the Mediterranean Sea,
especially Greek and Rome
• Thus, promoted philosophy and science which
is the basis for Western Civilization.
27. Traditionalists
• Modern racial categories has no
relevance to the ancient Egypt
• Ancient Greece is the father of
empirical science and ideas about
individual freedom
• Egypt did make huge contributions in
religion, commerce and art.
76. An African’s “Search for
Identity”
1. Nuclear Family
2. Extended Family
3. Age-Set
4. Clan
5. Lineage (ancestry)
TRIBE (communal living)
77. Traditional Family
Structures
C C
Nuclear Family: C W H W
C C
U
GP Cs
C C
Extended Family: C W H W
C C
GP
Cs
A
78. Traditional African
Religion
ANIMISM
1. Belief in one remote Supreme Being.
2. A world of spirits (good & bad) in all
things.
3. Ancestor veneration.
4. Belief in magic, charms, and fetishes.
5. Diviner mediator between the tribe
and God.
79. Other Religions in
Africa
ISLAM 25%
* Nigeria
largest sub-Saharan
Muslim countries.
CHRISTIANITY 20%
80. Common Traits or Characteristics
of Traditional African Tribal Life
1. The good of the group comes ahead of the good
of the individual.
2. All land is owned by the group.
3. Strong feeling of loyalty to the group.
4. Important ceremonies at different parts of a
person’s life.
5. Special age and work associations.
6. Deep respect for ancestors.
7. Religion is an important part of everyday life.
8. Government is in the hands of the chiefs [kings].
81.
82.
83. What is
a Griot
?
Musician Genealogist
(Troubadour)
Storyteller Tribal
“Historian”
