3 Major Influences on Africa

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3 Major Influences on Africa
Indigenous - native to Africa Muslim - religion
from SW Asia Western - relating to the cultures
of the U.S.A./Europe

• For each slide, identify the location of the
  image on
• your map.
• Carefully examine the image.
• Then, record details of the image that
  illustrated
• each category in the corresponding space.

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Slide 1A In this slide we see women exchanging
goods in an open market in Cotonou, Benin, in
1991.
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Slide 1B In this slide we see people extracting
water from a well in the Sahara Desert in
northern Kordofan, Sudan in 1991.
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Slide 1C In this slide we see a busy street in
Accra, Ghana, in 1991. To the left and right we
see modern buildings, and the street is filled
with cars, which bring traffic and pollution.
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Slide 1D In this slide we see a large crowd of
people at a mosque on Friday in Kano, Nigeria, in
1981. Friday is a holy day in Islam, and Muslims
gather at the mosque to pray.
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Slide 1E In this slide we see construction of
the Inga Dam in Zaire in 1972.
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Slide 1F In this slide we see masked members of
the Dogon Dancers Society performing a ritual at
a funeral in Mali in 1973.
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Slide 1G In this slide we see a camel drivers
home near Giza in Cairo, Egypt, in 1985. The
driver and his children are watching television
outside of their house.
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Slide 1H In this slide we see people dancing at
a disco in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1982. The disco is
filled with people of diverse ethnic backgrounds.
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Slide 1I In this slide we see a fishing camp or
village on the edge of the Zaire River and
rainforest near Mbandaka, Zaire, in 1990. In the
foreground, we see a fisherman and his canoe on
the river. The rainforest rises behind the huts
in the background.
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Slide 1J In this slide we see a wealthy family
with their Mercedes-Benz in Zimbabwe in 1989.
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Slide 1K In this slide we see people studying at
the Algiers University library in Algeria in
1990. The women are dressed in both Muslim and
western styles, reflecting the influence of
diverse heritages typical in many African
countries.
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Slide 1L In this slide we see Kikuyu women
tilling soil in Kenya in 1980. Behind them
stretch vast grasslands.
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AFRICA Acrostic Assignment

• You will now write an acrostic poem describing
  what you have discovered about Africas
  diversity. Use your notes from student handout 1A
  to help you. Your poem must include these parts
• An appropriate title.
• Six short stanzas. Stanzas may vary in length
  some may be only one line, while others may be
  longer.
• The first letter of each of the poems six
  stanzas will be A, F, R, I, C, and A,
  respectively, to spell out AFRICA. The first word
  of stanza one must begin with the letter A, the
  first word of stanza 2 must begin with the letter
  F, and so forth.
• A reference to at least five of these types of
  diversity in Africa economy, architecture,
  social class, environment, clothing, technology,
  and religion.
• Type or write your final draft neatly in ink.
  Add visual support to give eye appeal!!!