Geography of Africa An Introduction * * * Note rift

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Geography of Africa

• An Introduction

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Rift Valley, Kenya
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Virunga Mountains, Rwanda
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Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)
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Savannah
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The Sahel
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Somalia
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Sahara Desert
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History of People in Africa

• A Very Short Introduction
• with African Kingdoms next week

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Western Desert of Egypt

• Domesticated cattle, 8000 BC
• Domestication of wheat and storage of grains,
  7000 BC
• Storage pits, 6000 BC
• Domestication of sheep and goats, 5000 BC
• Once you have storage of grains, you have social
  hierarchy.

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Kampala, Uganda
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Bus station in Kampala, Uganda
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Nairobi, Kenya
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Abidjan, Cote dIvoire
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Downtown Lagos, Nigeria
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Traffic in Lagos, Nigeria