Africa Flashcards
Escarpments
An elevation close to the coast
Ex. Mountain as soon as getting in
Slash and burn
Clear away forests to make farm land but end up burning soil
Desertification
Deserts expanding
Government instability
Conflict among tribes, religion, etc.
Tribalism
Many tribes
“A person without kin is good as dead”
Rites of passage
Ceremonies at different parts of a person’s life
Phases of rites of passage
1: removed from normal life
2: some sort of challenge
3: if successful become someone else
Bantu
Agricultural society
One if most influential groups
Migration= 2 waves
Chiefdoms
One powerful ruler passed through heredity
Terrace farming
Farming on side of mountains
Timbuktu
Center of trade
African diaspora
Scattering of Africans
Triangular trade legs
1: Europeans go to Africa trade weapons for slaves
2: bring African slaves to America
3: African slaves produce goods products get sent to Europe and Europe uses products to go back to Africa and get more slaves
Impact of slave trade
Gender, political, economic
Imbalance of men and women (gender)
Increased violence among tribes (political)
Places that relied on slave trade economy plummeted when it was no longer legal (economic)
Liberia and Ethiopia
Only countries not controlled by Europe