african society/cultural development Flashcards
subsaharan soccer structure
ruling elite+ religious authorities
- kinships, age, gender
- extended families determined social position
gender relationships
women: domestic chores
men: hard labor- clearing land and preparing it
both: plant/ harvest crops
women in subsaharan africa
more opportunities
- aristocratic women could influence public affairs
- merchants traded at markets in long and local trade
islam effect on society
little effect because it wasn’t popular at first
-women still could talk with men and do other stuff
(unlike in other places like Arabia and SW Asia)
age in society
they had age sects
- groups of similar ages
- and formed social bonds
where did age sects come from
-rose from early cultural society in the Sudan
effect of age sects
establish social ties that crossed the lines of family and kinship
-helped each other with problems, marriage..etc
where did slaves come from in sub-Saharan africa
- captives of war
- ranks of debtors
- suspect witches
- criminals
what did slaves do
agricultural laborers
-construction laborers
miners
porters
why were slaves important
-important form of personal wealth
-the more slaves, the higher the agriculture production and
enhances position in society
slave trade
started when india, sw asia, persia, mediterranean basin demanded slaves but E europe didn’t have enough
-so they came to subsaharan africa
slave raids
where large empires warred with smaller states to take the slaves for N slave markets.
what happened that showed how important slavery was
the 14 year zanj revolt
where was the zanj revolts
s mediterranean
-with black slaves from swahili coast
why did the Zanj slaves revolt
they were in harsh conditions
- sugarcane plantations
- clearing salt deposits for cultivation
