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Changing Images of Africa

Changing Images of Africa. Trade routes across the Sahara. Bartolomeu Dias, rounding the Cape of Good Hope, 1488. Vasco da Gama’s trip, 1497. The Portuguese Empire, 1502-1577. Hans Burgkmair, People of Africa and India (1511). Map of Gulf of Guinea by Hamann Ebert, 1743. Africa Savagery

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Changing Images of Africa

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  1. Changing Images of Africa

  2. Trade routes across the Sahara

  3. Bartolomeu Dias, rounding the Cape of Good Hope, 1488

  4. Vasco da Gama’s trip, 1497

  5. The Portuguese Empire, 1502-1577

  6. Hans Burgkmair, People of Africa and India (1511)

  7. Map of Gulf of Guinea by Hamann Ebert, 1743

  8. Africa Savagery Slavery Nature Wild land Feminine Europe Civilization Free labor Culture and reason Cultivated agriculture Masculine European Eyes on Africa:A Set of Contrasts

  9. German philosopher, Arthur Schopenhauer, Parerga and Paralipomena (1851) “The highest civilization and culture, apart from the ancient Hindus and Egyptians, are found exclusively among the white races; and even with many dark peoples, the ruling caste or race is fairer in color than the rest and has, therefore, evidently immigrated, for example, the Brahmins, the Incas, and the rulers of the South Sea islands.” Because of the climate.

  10. Namibia

  11. Ota Benga at the Bronx Zoo, 1906

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