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Traditional African Society. MAYO. 1000 different languages; 1000+ different tribes. An African’s “Search for Identity”. 1. Nuclear Family. 2. Extended Family. 3. Age-Set. 4. Clan. 5. Lineage (ancestry). TRIBE (communal living). Mask With Headcloth, Zaire (19c). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Traditional African Society
MAYO
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1000 different languages; 1000+ different tribes
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An African’s “Search for Identity”
1. Nuclear Family2. Extended Family3. Age-Set
4. Clan
5. Lineage (ancestry)
TRIBE (communal living)
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Mask With Headcloth, Zaire (19c)
Tribal Mark scarification
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Kisokolo Initiation Costume,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Kisokolo Initiates, Democratic Republic of
the Congo, 1990
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Woman & Child, Kongo
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Family Group, Tanzania
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Problems of Tribalism Today
1. The tribe is more important than the nation.2. Communication problems.
3. Inter-tribal warfare civil wars.
4. Tribal favorites for government jobs: Nepotism Urbanization:
Breaks down tribal traditions.Tribal intermingling on the job.
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Traditional African ReligionANIMISM
1. Belief in one remote Supreme Being.
3. Ancestor veneration.
4. Belief in magic, charms, and fetishes.
5. Diviner mediator between the tribe and God.
2. A world of spirits (good & bad) in all things.
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African Diviner (Shaman)
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Ancestors
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Fetishes
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Fetishes
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Rubbing Oracle, wood
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Other Religions in Africa
ISLAM 25% * Nigeria largest sub-Saharan Muslim countries.
CHRISTIANITY 20%
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Common Traits or Characteristics of Traditional
African Tribal Life1. The good of the group comes ahead of the
good of the individual.
2. All land is owned by the group.
3. Strong feeling of loyalty to the group.
4. Important ceremonies at different parts of a person’s life.
5. Special age and work associations.
6. Deep respect for ancestors.
7. Religion is an important part of everyday life.
8. Government is in the hands of the chiefs [kings].
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West Africa
• West African Forest Region– Senegambia, Benin
• Significant contributions to New World population via transatlantic slave trade
• Small self-supporting agricultural villages
• High value placed on land cultivation
• Yams, plantains, bananas, beans … fish oysters … monkeys, rabbits
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African Kingdoms … this map indicates major kingdoms but certainly not all tribes, cultures, or language groups.
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Sudan
• Songhay
• Niger region … western/central
• Islam … greater centralization
• Muhammad Toure– Leader who enhanced economic prosperity– Abundant food supply– Large canoe fleet - trade with Timbuktu
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Ethiopia
• East African Christian Kingdom
• Muslim state of Adal began invasions in 1500s
• Muslims forced conversion to Islam and destroyed Christian art, Ehtiopian cultural treasures, etc.
• Portuguese … re-conquest under Roman Catholicism
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Ethiopia
• More invasions form central Africa
• Eventually Jesuit missionaries
• European Christianity vs. Coptic Christianity
• Ethiopia very much split among various Christian sects, Muslims, Anamists, etc.