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Hello! I’m Teefa and my mum comes from Nigeria, a country in Africa. In this lesson we will be learning about Africa.

What words come into your head when you think of Africa?

Often when people think of Africa, they think of wild animals like elephants, lions and giraffe … …like in The Lion King and Madagascar. By Thomas Crenshaw (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.0 ( via Flickrhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ By Evelyn Lim [CC BY 2.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons By Brian Snelson [CC BY 2.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons By Tambako the Jaguar ( [CC BY 2.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons By Luca Galuzzi (Lucag) [CC BY-SA 2.5 ( via Wikimedia Commons

They might also think of people living in poverty… … and charities like UNICEF and Comic Relief. By The Co-operative [CC BY 2.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons By Steve Evans from Citizen of the World (West Africa Uploaded by russavia) [CC BY 2.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons

It is true that there is a lot of poverty in Africa, and there are some big animals but that’s not the whole story! Let me take you on a tour of Africa and share some secrets with you!

© Michal Bednarek | Dreamstime.comMichal BednarekDreamstime.com Sometimes the pictures we see of people in Africa make us think everyone looks either like this … or like this … But all of these people live in Africa too! © Atm2003 | Dreamstime.comAtm2003Dreamstime.com © Hecke01 | Dreamstime.comHecke01Dreamstime.com By Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia (Berhan, Ethiopia Uploaded by russavia) [CC BY-SA 2.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons By Linda Adiele from Port Harcourt, Nigeria (DSC01045) [CC BY 2.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons © DiversityStudio1 | Dreamstime.comDiversityStudio1Dreamstime.com © Village-to-Village Tanzania By Helen Zille (Helen Zille, Democratic Alliance, South Africa) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

People often think that everyone who lives in Africa lives in a mud hut! Or maybe in a house made from grass… But you can also see houses like these in Africa too! © Ruth Le Breton, Tanzania, 2007 By Charles Roffey ( [GFDL ( or CC-BY-SA-3.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons By MauritsV / Maurits Vermeulen from Cape Town, South Africa (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons © Ruth Le Breton, Stone Town, Zanzibar, 2005 © Ruth Le Breton, Ifakara, Tanzania 2005 By Meganbeckett27 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons

Did you know there are 54 different countries in Africa with around 2,000 ethnic groups - each with their own language! HelloLanguageCountry Salaam aleikumArabicMorocco Dumela mma/rra (to woman/man) SetswanaBotswana JamboSwahiliKenya Bah-ohYorubaNigeria MoniChichewaMalawi

Did you know there are snow covered mountains and hot sandy deserts, beautiful beaches and lush green forests, modern cities and magnificent old buildings? By Thomas Schoch [GFDL ( or CC BY-SA 3.0 ( sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons © Ruth Le Breton, Zanzibar 2014 © Ruth Le Breton, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania 2007 © Ruth Le Breton, Mshiri, Tanzania 2007 By Matthew Grollnek (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons By Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia [CC BY-SA 2.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons

Now let me introduce you to someone who was not just famous in Africa but admired by the whole world… Can you guess who it is?

Nelson Mandela was born in 1918 in South Africa where laws limited the rights of black people. When he grew up, Nelson Mandela became their voice. He was sent to prison by the white South African government and spent twenty-seven years on a lonely island. After his release from prison, Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first black president. He was respected around the world for his wisdom and kindness. No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

Didier Drogba, plays football for Chelsea. Born in the Ivory Coast. John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, Born in Uganda. Alek Wek, model. Born in Sudan. Here are some other famous people you might know who were born in Africa. Do you know their names? By The Heart Truth [CC BY-SA 2.0 ( y-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons By rayand ( [CC BY 2.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons By York Minster (Flickr) [CC BY-SA 2.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons

Teefa’s Teasers. Why do you think that lots of people only imagine poverty and wild animals when they think about Africa? If you came from an African country how would you feel about the images we see in the media?

What do you think this boy is looking at? Click to complete the picture! By Jennyelliott (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons

What do you think is happening in this picture? Click to find out! © James Lewis, Mshiri, Tanzania 2007

Glossary poverty - poor ethnic group – people who come from the same place and share the same customs. images – pictures, cartoons and photographs media – the way we get news eg. newspapers, TV, the internet, radio

Activities to complete this lesson include : video clips on life in Kenya how to play the game ‘Oware’ discussion notes