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39 Cards in this Set
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Ancient africa time period |
8000 BCE - 700 CE |
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Medieval Africa time period |
700 CE - 19th century |
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Colonial africa time period |
19th-21st centuries |
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Saharan culture |
Ancient africa 8000bce -700CE |
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Nilotic (egypt and kush/nubia) |
Ancient africa, 8000bce - 700ce |
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Nok culture |
Ancient africa, 8000bce - 700ce |
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Islamic culture |
Medieval, 700ce - 19th century |
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Ife culture |
Medieval African, 700ce - 19th century |
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Benin culture |
Medieval African, 700ce - 19th century |
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Asante (Ashanti) culture |
Colonial, 19th-21st |
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Yoruba culture |
Colonial 19th-21st |
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Senufo culture |
Colonial africa, 19th-21st |
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Dogon culture |
Colonial, 19th-21st |
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Kongo culture |
Colonial, 19th-21st |
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Luba culture |
Colonial, 19th-21st |
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Western vs non western |
Western cultures are European or of European descent. Non western is everyone else. |
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Concept of primitivism |
Other cultures are either savage barbarians or innocent animalistic peoples. The "noble savage" |
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Ethnocentrism |
Your race is inherently better |
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Casting as the other |
Completely unable to relate to them. Sometimes even dehumanizing. |
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White mans burden |
Excuse white people made to colonize other people. |
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3 things traditional african art is |
1 its functional. It instructs, is used for religious reasons, or shows social status. 2 it emphasizes combinations/variations to express meaning 3 it emphasizes what is essential to meaning |
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Ka statue |
Egyptian statue where the ka (soul) can reside if something happens to the mummy after death. |
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Pharaoh Tutankhamun |
Child pharaoh who died young. Well preserved tomb which gave much information about Egyptian burials. |
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Pyramid |
Giant tomb of the pharaohs Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure. |
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Pyramidion |
Structure on top of an obelisk. |
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Pharaoh |
Egyptian king |
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Khamerernebty |
Powerful wife of Menkaure. Portrayed nearly at the same importance he was. |
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Queen Tiy |
Mother of Akhenaten. |
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Akhenaten |
Son of Tiy. Brought a new era to egyptian art. Everything was more curvilinear. Made a new religion only to Ra. |
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Nefertiti |
Likely white or of white ancestry. Wife of Akhenaten. Most beautiful woman. |
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Amarna period |
Period when Akhenaten was in rule, and changed so much about egyptian culture. |
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Who had the pyramid built |
Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure |
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Akua'ba |
Fertility ritual dolls from asanti culture |
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Sphink |
Head of a pharaoh body of a lion. |
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Ile-ife |
Capital city of the ife culture |
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The oni |
King of the ife |
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Taharqa |
King of the Nubian culture - sphinx |
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Ere ibeji |
Twin statues from Yoruba culture |
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Menkaure and khamerernebty, nilotic culture |
