The African World
Published on Nov 26, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
ISLAM & CHRISTIANITY
- Origianlly indigenous religions; syncretic
- Islam in commercial centers
- The Fulani
- Christianity and The Antonian Movement
Photo by trazomfreak
MALI & MANSA MUSA
- North-south trade route
- Conversion to Islam
- Timbuktu
- Mansa Musa = most powerful leader
- Collapse = Songhay capture
SONGHAY EMPIRE
- Replaced Mali
- Askia Mohammed
- Continued expansion
- Growing merchant class and trade
KINGDOM OF KONGO
- Queen Nzinga came from long line of warriors
- Called "King" rather than "Queen"
- Expel Portuguese, then Dutch
- Failed due to her death
- Portuguese became first European colony in sub-Saharan
Photo by stausi
KINGDOM OF GHANA
- Ghana converted to Islam
- Relations from merchants and nomads
- Most important trading site-gold
- Ivory and slaves
Photo by Retlaw Snellac Photography
BANTU MIGRATIONS
- Agriculture and Iron Metallurgy
- "Stateless Society"
- Cheifdoms
- Kongo
Even though migrating, established agriculture instead of hunting-and-gathering.
Bananas changed diets.
Began using iron; either learned from others or learned by themselves.
Stateless society - mistaken that there was little/no government, but it was that there was no hierarchy of officials or a bureaucrat. Worked well in small scale communities.
Bantu became too large and resources were depleting=organize military forces=formal government structure.
Bananas changed diets.
Began using iron; either learned from others or learned by themselves.
Stateless society - mistaken that there was little/no government, but it was that there was no hierarchy of officials or a bureaucrat. Worked well in small scale communities.
Bantu became too large and resources were depleting=organize military forces=formal government structure.
Photo by EmsiProduction
AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE
- Slave raids in Kongo
- Islamic Slave Trade
- Triangular Trade
- The Middle Passage
- African-Americans
Photo by dualdflipflop
