Chapter 12
Published on Dec 09, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
SECTION 4
BY. MARK, JOSEPH, AND EAMON
ARTISTIC & LITERARY TRADITIONS
BY. JOSEPH TAPIA
ARTS
AFRICAN ARTISTS CREATED WORKS IN IVORY, WOOD, AS WELL AS BRONZE.
ARTISANS WOVE AND DYED CLOTH, INSCRIBED, AND BOWLS.
THERE ART STRENGTHENED BOUNDS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
MUCH ART WAS TIED TO RELIGION.
MANY WOODEN MASKES WERE USED FOR RITUALS.
ONCE THE MASK WAS IN PLACE , BOTH THE THE WEARER AND VIEWERS
COULD FEEL THE PRESENCE OF THE SPIRITUAL FORCE IT REPRESENTED
LITERATURE
AFRICAN SOCIETIES PRESERVED THEIR HISTORIES AND VAULES THROUGH BOTH ORAL AND WRITTEN LITERATURE.
DOCUMENTS IN ORAL TRADITIONS DATE BACK TO MANY CENTURIES
IN WEST AFRICA , GRIOTS (PRO STORYTELLER) RECITED ANCIENT STORIES.
THEY PRESERVED BOTH HISTORIES AND TRADITIONAL FOLK TALES.
FOLK TALES TAUGHT MORAL LESSONS.
ORAL LITERATURE, LIKE RELIGION AND ART, THEREFORE
ENCOURAGED A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND COMMON VALUES
FORMS OF VILLAGE GOVERNMENT
BY EAMON
FARMERS HAD LIVED IN COMMUNITIES, AND EVERYONE HELPED OUT
EACH OTHER.
BOTH MEN AND WOMEN HAD PLANTED ALOT
AND WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR CROPS.
FAMILY PATTERNS
BY. MARK D
IN AFRIA, THE FAMILY
WAS A BASIC OF SOCIETY. PATTERNS OF FAMILY LIFE VARIED GREATLY.
THE NUCLEAR FAMILY
IN HUNTING-AND-GATHERING SOCIETIES, THE NUCLEAR FAMILY WAS TYPICAL-
-WITH PARENTS AND CHILDREN LIVING
AND WORKING TOGETHER AS A UNIT.
OTHER FAMILIES
LINES OF DECENT
SOME FAMILIES WERE PATRILINEAL. IN THESE FAMILIES IMPORTANT KINSHIP-
-TIES AND INHERITANCE WERE PASSED THOUGH THE FATHERS SIDE
OTHER WERE MATRILNEAL, WITH INHERITANCE TRACED THROUGH THE MOTHER'S SIDE
WINDER TIE
EACH FAMILY BELONGED TO A LINEAGE, OR GROUP OF HOUSE WHO CLAIMED A COMMON ANCENSTOR.
