1. Africa history notes
Spring 2016

2. introduction

3. 1
Egyptians were the one’s who wrote African Literature

4. 2
Egypt was not the only civilization in Africa

5. 3
Meroe is the capital of Egypt and was the major producer of iron in the second century

6. Kushites were LEADERS in African Civilization
Kushites were LEADERS in African Civilization. They replaced the Egyptians.

7. matrilineal
Lineage is through the FEMALE rather than the male.
Women hold the power!
Kushites were MATRILINEAL.

8. Africa’s golden age

9. Ethiopia used to be a Rich kingdom of Aksum

10. Africa’s Golden Age was between A.D 300 and 1600
sculpture, music, metalwork, textile, and literature
Writing systems were developed

11. Old Ghana was formed by the Soninke after A
Old Ghana was formed by the Soninke after A.D 300 and lasted for more than one hundred years

12. Christianity is brought to AFRICA by the ROMAN people.

13. 495-496 Africa’s oral tradition

14. African traditions have been going on for more than 100 years

15. 2
TONAL language- The tone of a word can have more than one meaning. It depends on what tone you say it

16. 3
In the west Africa the tradition keepers of oral literature were the griots
Griot=storyteller