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Africa and the Bantu

Africa and the Bantu. Members : Diego Banegas Juan Carlos P. Africa´s Physical Geography. Much of Africa is savanna . They have hot , moist climate . Africa´s lions , zebras , and elephants live mainly on the savannas .

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Africa and the Bantu

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  1. Africaand theBantu

  2. Members: Diego Banegas Juan Carlos P.

  3. Africa´sPhysicalGeography • Much of Africaissavanna. Theyhavehot, moistclimate. • Africa´slions, zebras, and elephantslivemainlyonthesavannas. • Desertsstrechnorth and south of thesavannas. • Thesaharaisthedesertstretchingacrossmost of northAfrica.

  4. TheSahara • Thesaharaistheworld´slargestdesert,is a hotdry place of sand, dunes and rockymountains. • A band of lakes , deepvalleys and ruggedmountainsrunsnorthtosouthtrough East africa.

  5. Africa´sphysicalgeography has affecteditspeopleways of life. • Forexample: • Thereislittlefarming in Africa´sdesertsbecauseistoolittlewater . • Peopleherdcattleonthesavannas ,butcattlecannotsurvive in the rain forests . Flies and otherpests in the rain forest causes diseasesthat are deadlyforcattle.

  6. TheBantumigrations Thephysicalbarrierformedbylakes, forest, mountains and riversdidnot stop themovement of peopleacrossAfrica. Bantumigrationscontinuedfor more than 1000 years. They are amongthelargestpopulationmovements in all of human history.

  7. Thehistory of sub-saharanAfrica • Thesouthof the Sahara iscalledsub-saharanAfrica. Untilmodern times, the Sahara cut off thislargerpast of AfricafromEurope. • Historianshavefounditdifficulttostudy sub-saharanAfrica. Today, scientists and historians are workingtopiecetogetherthehistory of thisarea. In manyways, itislikesolving a puzzle.

  8. Onereasonthispuzzleisdifficultisthatthewood and claythatmanyafricanpeoplesusedforbuildinghavedisintegrated • Storiestoldbytraditionalafricanstorytellershaveledto new areas of exploration.

  9. TheBantu • TheBantu-speakingpeoples moved slowlyfromtheirtraditionalhomelands. Eachgeneration moved a fairly short distance in theirsearchforbetterfarmland and bettergrazing.|

  10. Religion In Africa • Africa encompasses a wide variety of traditional beliefs. Although religious customs are sometimes shared by many local societies, they are usually unique to specific populations or geographic regions.

  11. The majority of Africans are adherents of Christianity or Islam. African people often combine the practice of their traditional belief with the practice of Abrahamic religions. Islam

  12. Bantu culture • Oftenbantupeople moved intoareaswhereotherpeoplealreadylived. Whenthishappened, theysometimesjoinedthegroups living there. Theolder cultures thenusuallyadaptedtoBantu culture.

  13. As theBantumigrated, theyalsocarried a knowledge of metalworkingwiththem. IrontoolsgavetheBantu more control overtheirenviormentthanother cultures had.

  14. Ancientafrica: Mostimportantcities

  15. GHANA  is a country in West Africa. Twenty-three million people live there; its capital is Accra. It is in Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Côte d'Ivoire and Togo.

  16. TIMBUKTU is an actual city in the African country of Mali. Timbuktu was founded by nomads in the twelfth century and it rapidly became a major trading depot for the caravans of the Sahara Desert.

  17. KARANGA Wasanother trading center in westAfrica.

  18. AncientAfrica: importantrulers

  19. Sundiata was the founder of the Mali Empire and celebrated as a hero of the Mandinka people in the semi-historical Epic of Sundiata, which is primarily known through oral tradition, transmitted by generations of Mandinkagriots.

  20. Samanguru Samanguru was a warrior that managed to conquer a great deal of West Africa once Ghana was weakened. Samanguru was hostile to the Mandinka people who lived in the region. His taxes were high, he felt it was his privilege to carry off Mandinkawomen, and he failed to maintain law and order along the trade routes.

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