1. African Adventure

2. Guess how many languages are spoken in Africa….
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Guess how many languages are spoken in Africa….

3. History Early Africans lived as hunter-gatherers
African rulers enslaved prisoners –> increased slave trade
European rule and colonization
Nationalism – desire to rule themselves
South Africa & Apartheid – separated ethnic groups and limited rights of black South Africans

4. Language 2,000 – 3,000 different languages spoken {Just a few}
Swahili, Hausa, Yoruba, French, Dutch, English, Arabic, Bantu, Pidgin

5. Culture & Lifestyle Family ties are very important
Extended family households of generations
Rural villages in “compounds” (group of houses surrounded by walls): farming
City life – homes range from crowded communities on edge of cities to luxury apts & single family homes: industry, commerce, manufacturing

6. Economy Small plots of subsistence farming
Cacao, coffee, tea, bananas, cassava/yuca, potatoes, corn, grains, sisal (plant fiber used to make rope)
Industries of copper, tin, diamonds, oil, manganese, uranium, timber, salt