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Main goal of Europeans in Africa
economic, slave trade, missions (christian and islamic) colonization
British colony in africa
sudan, rohdesia, indirect colonization. racist
belguim colony in africa
south africa, extremely racist, the least fair of all the colonies
heterogeneity
is a group made up of very different parts. i.e., africa's population.
triple heritage
a concept developed by Ali Mazrie( million dollar professor)

-traditonal african


- arab (islamic)


-europenns (colonization)


- no such ting as a typical african

conference of 1884





all the world leaders come together in beeline to are up africa

-Scrammble for africa
colony of portugues in africa
began slavery in 1501

settled on the coasts and propagated the slave trade.

effects of slavery
most skilled works sold into slavery,

radical divide due to racism


slowed pop. growth





chibaro
is the concept of debt bondage or forced labour
Transhumance
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)
Awlad' Ali
a beduin tribe of egypt that is resisting local government attempts to settle them and exert political control over them.
aids
began in 1940s

virgin soil epidemic


started in Camaroon


chimpanzee animal vector


targets most economically active of of a society





Zulu Wars



1879

N,Rhodesia in zambia

s, 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.

reasons to study africa
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
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)



Zambia
Ind. 1964

Rich, copper, gems, fertile


the pres. (Kaanda) took a stand against white supremacy. trade blockade insued.



Jua Kali
"working in the sun" blackmarket trade that adds to the informal economy of a state.


Modern slave trade
human trafficking

berbers 90,000


sudan


debt bondage

anti slavery conference
NYC 1995

first antislavery conf. in US in 20 years.

liberia
connected to the united state,

a colony of freed slaves


freed slaves formed the government


stayed in power until 1980



ethiopia
a christian colony, remained independent because none could agree on who should take it.

Italy tried to take over in 1935 but failed (Abyssinia)

sudan
former british colony

a war in the north and south


rumors of the north selling the south into slavery.


(Darfur)

head tax
placed a tax on on the family not based on income but on each person.
Purdah
forced seclusion of women in islamic societies. Praticed by the Hausa in Nothern nigeria.
three culture areas of Oceania
Melanesia: black islands

Polynesia: many islands


Micronesia: small islands

migration in oceania
Melanesian: 40 kya

Micronesia: 3.5 kya


Polynesia: 1.5 kya

captain john cook
British naval officer that traveled the pacific claiming islands for the British empire, died in Hawaii.
trade goods in oceanai
SEA CUCUMBER TO ASIA

sandal wood to Asia


copra (coconut oil)

three things all culture areas have in common
agriculture and fishing economies, social systems based on kind-ships and villages, seagoing
key details of Polynesia
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

key details of micronesia
1) low lying atolls

2) less political and economic stratification


3) many chiefdom


4) breadfruit and swamp taro


5) similar religion with polynesia + ghosts

key details of melanesia
1) egalitarian

2) kin groups


3) society led by "big men"


4) slash burn


5) cargo cults, ghosts, magic and sorcery.



new caldonia
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.
fiji
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.
tahiti
controlled by the french and subject to nuclear testing 1966-96.