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Main goal of Europeans in Africa
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economic, slave trade, missions (christian and islamic) colonization
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British colony in africa
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sudan, rohdesia, indirect colonization. racist
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belguim colony in africa
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south africa, extremely racist, the least fair of all the colonies
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heterogeneity
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is a group made up of very different parts. i.e., africa's population.
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triple heritage
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a concept developed by Ali Mazrie( million dollar professor)
-traditonal african - arab (islamic) -europenns (colonization) - no such ting as a typical african |
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conference of 1884
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all the world leaders come together in beeline to are up africa -Scrammble for africa |
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colony of portugues in africa
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began slavery in 1501
settled on the coasts and propagated the slave trade. |
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effects of slavery
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most skilled works sold into slavery,
radical divide due to racism slowed pop. growth |
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chibaro
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is the concept of debt bondage or forced labour
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Transhumance
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e action or practice of moving livestock from one grazing ground to another in a seasonal cycle, typically to lowlands in winter and highlands in summer. (Maasai)
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Awlad' Ali
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a beduin tribe of egypt that is resisting local government attempts to settle them and exert political control over them.
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aids
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began in 1940s
virgin soil epidemic started in Camaroon chimpanzee animal vector targets most economically active of of a society |
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Zulu Wars
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1879 N,Rhodesia in zambias, Rhodesia in Zimbabua Zulu warrios didn't want to to be control so the fought back and won. the british returned with the gatling gun and decimated the zulu. |
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reasons to study africa
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1, cradle of civilization
2, ancestral home of ⅛ of americans 3, important to world development (natural resources) 4, recent diaspra 5, diverse languages 6, art and music ` |
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Pastoralist
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branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock. It is animal husbandry: the care, tending and use of animals such as camels, goats, cattle, yaks, llamas, and sheep.
(Massai) |
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Zambia
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Ind. 1964
Rich, copper, gems, fertile the pres. (Kaanda) took a stand against white supremacy. trade blockade insued. |
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Jua Kali
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"working in the sun" blackmarket trade that adds to the informal economy of a state.
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Modern slave trade
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human trafficking
berbers 90,000 sudan debt bondage |
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anti slavery conference
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NYC 1995
first antislavery conf. in US in 20 years. |
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liberia
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connected to the united state,
a colony of freed slaves freed slaves formed the government stayed in power until 1980 |
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ethiopia
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a christian colony, remained independent because none could agree on who should take it.
Italy tried to take over in 1935 but failed (Abyssinia) |
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sudan
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former british colony
a war in the north and south rumors of the north selling the south into slavery. (Darfur) |
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head tax
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placed a tax on on the family not based on income but on each person.
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Purdah
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forced seclusion of women in islamic societies. Praticed by the Hausa in Nothern nigeria.
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three culture areas of Oceania
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Melanesia: black islands
Polynesia: many islands Micronesia: small islands |
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migration in oceania
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Melanesian: 40 kya
Micronesia: 3.5 kya Polynesia: 1.5 kya |
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captain john cook
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British naval officer that traveled the pacific claiming islands for the British empire, died in Hawaii.
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trade goods in oceanai
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SEA CUCUMBER TO ASIA
sandal wood to Asia copra (coconut oil) |
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three things all culture areas have in common
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agriculture and fishing economies, social systems based on kind-ships and villages, seagoing
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key details of Polynesia
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1) chiefdom, ranked, and stratified society
2) administrative bureaucracy 3) a pantion of gods, mana is good, tapu is bad 4) ex) Tahiti and the Maori |
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key details of micronesia
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1) low lying atolls
2) less political and economic stratification 3) many chiefdom 4) breadfruit and swamp taro 5) similar religion with polynesia + ghosts |
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key details of melanesia
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1) egalitarian
2) kin groups 3) society led by "big men" 4) slash burn 5) cargo cults, ghosts, magic and sorcery. |
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new caldonia
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french controlled colony, very rich in minerals. brought Asian workers to work the mines. the asians and french exert control over the Kankas by out numbering their votes.
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fiji
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English colony by choice, the original governor respected the locals and didn't allow them to sell their land and work on the sugar plantations. brought Indians to work the plantations. a coup every 10 years to topple the government to start over.
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tahiti
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controlled by the french and subject to nuclear testing 1966-96.
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