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1890 1914

1890 1914. Early Civilizations. Early Man Early hominids: 2,000,000 years ago 10,000 civilizations began to develop Economy Farming Trade: Romans, Arabia, & India Prospered because of iron & gold supplies Society Village community: center of life

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1890 1914

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  1. 1890 1914

  2. Early Civilizations Early Man Early hominids: 2,000,000 years ago 10,000 civilizations began to develop Economy • Farming • Trade: Romans, Arabia, & India • Prospered because of iron & gold supplies Society • Village community: center of life • Women subordinate to men, different roles • Slavery practiced Religion • Christianity became official religion in 324 A.D. • Faced conflict with Muslims starting in 12th c. Culture • Early African arts served religious purposes • African music & dance had significant & lasting influence • Oral tradition

  3. Source for Raw Materials EuropeanNationalism MissionaryActivity Industrial Revolution “Scramble for Africa” 1881-1914 European Motives For Colonization Markets forFinishedGoods Military& NavalBases SocialDarwinism EuropeanRacism Places toDumpUnwanted/Excess Popul. HumanitarianReasons Soc. & Eco.Opportunities “WhiteMan’sBurden”

  4. Berlin Conference 1884 • Boundaries produced at the conference took little stock of realities on the ground and laid the framework for more than a century of civil strife • Combined peoples of differing ethnic groups, religions, culture • Grazing rights, water rights, and land rights become issues of conflict, as well as access to political power, education, and jobs

  5. 1890 1914

  6. Africa Culture Regions Today…Does it match current country borders?

  7. Apartheid in South Africa • 1948-1994: Apartheid (legal segregation) enforced by the white/British (Afrikaner) gov’t in South Africa

  8. Nelson Mandela jailed for 27 years in his fight against apartheid…

  9. Lived to vote in the first racially democratic election….1994

  10. And become president of South Africa… South African President Nelson Mandela, center, flanked by his two deputy presidents, Thabo Mbeki, left and F.W. de Klerk, right, celebrate the new constitution, May 8, 1996.

  11. South Africa post-Apartheid • Apartheid has ended but inequalities remain. • Whites enjoy a standard of living similar to that of the most developed countries. • Unemployment, AIDS, lack of housing, poverty and crime are the major problems today.

  12. Nigeria’s Oil Industry • Oil found here in 1950’s • Government corruption, civil war • Oil $$ goes to the gov’t, not the infrastructure or the people of the country. • Nigerian regulations are weak – foreign-owned oil companies self-regulate. • Criticized for not protecting the various ethnic groups/tribes & the wildlife. • Oil spills common

  13. Republic of South Sudan • Sudan in civil war since 1965. • South became independent: July 9, 2011 (last summer!) • Conflicts still exist • Contested boundary lines (Abyei – see video link) • S. Sudan gained billions of dollars worth of oil http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/01/15/world/africa/1248069566895/southern-sudan-s-referendum.html

  14. Rwanda Hutu-Tutsi Genocide • Belgian colonists favored Tutsi tribe. Divided into tribes based on looks. • Tutsi believed to be of European descent (lighter skin, taller, larger skulls) • Tutsi hold key jobs, Hutu treated poorly • Belgians left Rwanda in 1961; Hutu fought back for the years of Belgian/Tutsi repression. • April 1994 - July 1994 Hutu killed Tutsi • Goal: Eliminate all of the Tutsi (genocide) – Seen as a Civil War by the world, nothing was done to stop the Hutu • 100 days – Over 1 million people dead/ 20% of the country’s population (men, women, children)

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