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

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

5. famine
poor
colourful
dangerous
exciting
hot
happy
dirty
sad
beautiful
sunny
hungry
lions
war

6. …like in The Lion King and Madagascar.
Often when people think of Africa, they think of wild animals like elephants, lions and giraffe …
…like in The Lion King and Madagascar.
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7. They might also think of people living in poverty…
… and charities like UNICEF and Comic Relief.
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8. 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!

9. But all of these people live in Africa too!
Sometimes the pictures we see of people in Africa make us think everyone looks either like this …
or like this …
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By Helen Zille (Helen Zille, Democratic Alliance, South Africa) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
By Linda Adiele from Port Harcourt, Nigeria (DSC01045) [CC BY 2.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons
© Village-to-Village Tanzania

10. But you can also see houses like these in Africa too!
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© Ruth Le Breton, Stone Town, Zanzibar, 2005
People often think that everyone who lives in Africa lives in a mud hut!
But you can also see houses like these in Africa too!
Or maybe in a house made from grass…
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© Ruth Le Breton, Tanzania, 2007
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© Ruth Le Breton, Ifakara, Tanzania 2005

11. Dumela mma/rra (to woman/man)
Did you know there are 54 different countries in Africa with around 2,000 ethnic groups - each with their own language!
Hello
Language
Country
Salaam aleikum
Arabic
Morocco
Dumela mma/rra (to woman/man)
Setswana
Botswana
Jambo
Swahili
Kenya
Bah-oh
Yoruba
Nigeria
Moni
Chichewa
Malawi

12. By Matthew Grollnek (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4. 0 (http://creativecommons
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
Did you know there are snow covered mountains and hot sandy deserts, beautiful beaches and lush green forests, modern cities and magnificent old buildings?
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© Ruth Le Breton, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania 2007
© Ruth Le Breton, Mshiri, Tanzania 2007

13. 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?

14. He was respected around the world for his wisdom and kindness.
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.

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Didier Drogba,
plays football for Chelsea.
Born in the Ivory Coast.
Here are some other famous people you might know who were born in Africa. Do you know their names?
Alek Wek, model.
Born in Sudan.
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John Sentamu,
Archbishop of York,
Born in Uganda.

16. 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?

17. 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

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

19. 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

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