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How to Install a Southern Security System Go to Goodwill and buy a pair of size 14 or 16 men’s work boots. Place them on your front porch, along with a copy of Guns & Ammo magazine. Put four giant dog dishes next to the boots and magazines.

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  1. How to Install a Southern Security System Go to Goodwill and buy a pair of size 14 or 16 men’s work boots. Place them on your front porch, along with a copy of Guns & Ammo magazine. Put four giant dog dishes next to the boots and magazines. Leave a note on your door that reads:Bubba,Me and Marcel, Donnie Ray and Jimmy Earl went for more ammo and beer. Be back in a bit. Don’t mess with the pit bulls. They got the mailman this morning and messed him up really bad. I don’t think Killer took part but it was hard to tell from all the blood and everything. Anyway, I locked all four of ‘em in the house. Better wait outside. Be right back.Cooter FrontPage: Turn in your letter to the back box. The Last Word: No homework

  2. FrontPage: Name one way that traditional African values are different from American values. The Last Word: No homework

  3. Chapter 4, Section 2 Traditional Africa: Patterns of Life

  4. African culture • Because cultures vary so greatly across the continent, we have to be careful to not generalize about how people in Africa live(d). • And although patterns of life differ depending on the climate, geography and land, we can find some shared values and beliefs amongst many of the people of Africa both then and now.

  5. Family Ties • What members of the family often lived together or in the same African village? • Extended family, including relatives • Shared common living area • How were families linked together? What did this provide to members?  • By ties of kinship and lineage; feel very strong connection

  6. Patterns of Government • How were decisions made in a village? • Community coming together and discussing the issue • What did leaders try to reach when making a decision? • Consensus, agreement between all members

  7. Economic Organization • What was the most common occupation of members of African society? • Subsistencefarming and herding • How did members of the community view land they lived on? • As community property, owned by all for the good of all

  8. Lives of Women • Describe the status of women in traditional African society. • Work same as everyone else • Status of women varied • Some could be leaders, others Become property of husbands • What was bride wealth? Why was it important? • Gift given to bride’s family to make up for lost labor when daughter leaves for marriage • Shows respect for family of bride

  9. The Age-Grade System • To what groups were children also loyal? • Besides family, Age-group – born in same year • What did they do as part of this group? • Basically, grew up together; participated in all rites of passage

  10. African Religions • How were most African religions similar? • Though beliefs and practices vary, most were monotheistic • Stories, dancing and music also usually played a part • How did Africans feel about their ancestors? What about physical objects on earth? • Ancestors could impact their lives on Earth; directly linked to living • All physical objects are filled with a living spirit • What role did diviners and healers play in African society? • Diviners – interpreters between world of living and dead • Healers sought the cause of illness and attempted to heal the person • Often used herbal medicines • In what areas have Christianity and Judaism existed in Africa? • Christianity mostly in East Africa; Judaism in Ethiopia as well

  11. African Folktales - Background • African history and art is primarily oral and notwritten • Storytelling is thus an important way for Africans to pass down their culture from one generation to the next • “Orature”, not “literature” • Lack of written languages in ancient Africa – becomes necessary to pass down the social values and history of the group through spoken language • African storytelling is a participatory event, in which the storyteller and the audience together perform certain parts • “Call and response”; also music and dancing are integrated

  12. Elements of African folktales • Importance placed on nature/wildlife • Animals were a part of the environment, thus became part of the story • Attributed human characteristics, desires, motives, values to the animals • Attempts to describe how a certain animal came to look a certain way • Explain an historic event or aspect of the physical world • Record the history of the people or group the story belongs to • Can explain the origin of the world, or of a certain physical feature • Contain moral instruction • Teach principles of life and morality, provide some explanation of their origin • Entertainment value • Stories told to pass time, provide leisure, amuse or divert   • Provide Common Identity • Give a sense of belonging and shared values to the people of the group

  13. FrontPage: Describe 1 element or purpose of African folktales. The Last Word: No homework Chairs that forgot how to chair

  14. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears

  15. A Story, A Story

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