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| developed countries lend money to developing countries; managed loans to Mobutu because of his support from Western supporters. |
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| Brazil, Russia, India, Cuba, S. Africa; Defenders and promoters of developing countries and a force of world peace. |
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| The Economic Community of West African State; A regional group of 15 west African countries to promote economic integration in all fields. |
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| Congolese prophet; leader of her own Christian movement Antonianism; believed she was a medium to St. Anthony which led to salvation of Kongo. Burned at the stake. |
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| controversial griot who was assassinated after he criticized the Malian society. |
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1. Indonesian colonization of Madagascar; large scale
2. voluntary migration via Indian Ocean trade routes
3. forced migration by European colonists for cheap labor.
Indians>East and South
Malaysians>South
Chinese>Central |
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| The Intertropical Convergence Zone, area encircling the earth near equator where trade winds collide. |
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So Long a Letter:
Marries her sugar daddy Moudou,, her mother was poor and a social climber, was an outcast |
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| South African Author, dedicated to challenging apartheid and criticizing South Africa's shortcomings. |
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Main character of "A man of the People"
school teacher
receives invitation fron Chief Nanga (Prime Minister former teacher) |
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AMOTP
Minister for Overseas trainging
fat jovial cohort of Nanga
Thinks his coffe has been poisoned
has max killed, max's wife kills him |
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SLAL
Rama's daughter
in a relationship with Iba, gets her pregnant and says he'll marry her |
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Ex-husband to Aissatou
polygamy because of Islam>Marries 1st cousin Nabou
has a child w/ 3rd wife
Marries Jacqueline (Christian) |
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SLAL
Rama's best friend, recipient of letter
divorced Maudo b/c of polygamy
divorce=new life and moves to US |
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Rama's husband
marries Binetou
Dies of heart attack |
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narrator/ widow
married to Modou for 25yrs, 12 kids
After he Modou takes on 2nd wife she distances herself and
rejects Dauda's proposal to her
Modou cuts financial ties
she grieves for 40 days when he dies
mix of tradition and modernity |
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Earliest Europeans in Central and S. Africa (Angloa,
Mozambique)
not a strong presence until 20th century
non-racist, willing to mingle
overseas colonies=vital source of taxes and royalties |
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| establishes minority rule through apartheid presence in Zimbabwe, Kenya, Zambia, and Malawi. |
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Setlled in Algeria
denied Africans and Arab identities
Algeria and West Africa
granted Morocco Independence |
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Began settlement in S. Africa and Cape of Good Hope
joined by French Huguenots
call Afrikaans |
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rainforest inhabitants, (said to have found refuge from Bantu
invaders)
smaller in stature
military service |
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Khoi-Khoi and Sau people live in Kalahari
important ethnic minority in Botswana
colored people of S. Africa
hunter-gatherers |
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African Union commission chai
Chinese and African blood
son of Chiese trader>Gabon |
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| 1st president of Congo, Chinese-African descent |
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| Pre-Colonial African States |
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structured along lineage lines
1 powerful ruler who maintained order with military and officials |
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World Trade Organization
org that intends to supervise and liberalize int'l trade |
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African Union
successor to OU
est a political and economic union
built on a model of the EU but w/ more gender equality |
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Organization of African Unity
peaceful settlement of all interstate disputes by negotiation,
mediation, and arbitration (conflict prevention/resolution)
weaknesses: lack of political will to provide resources, lack of commitment to pan-African solidarity |
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European Union
worked to control African immigration to Europe
Peacekeeping mission to Africa |
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| 3 Periods of Mobutu Regime |
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1. Military commander
2. party state under personal rule
3. economic crisis |
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President of the Congo
King like-rich
established navy security forces
IMF, World Bank, Paris Club
wanted to rid all colonial cultural influence |
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3rd president of Uganda
seized power from military coup
abused human rights, political repression, ethnic persecution, nepotism, and corruption
chairman of Org of African Unity |
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Nigerian church man and historian
history of the Yoruba
arranged independence of Ekiti |
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| African involved in British movement for abolition of the slave trade. Depicted horrors of slavery. |
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Jamaican
Pan-Africanism
Founded Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League.
wrote "African Fundamentalism" |
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American Scholar and Lecturer
1st academic to introduce a course on African history in a university at Howard University |
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Pan-Africanist, author, civil rights activist
organized pan-African congress
wrote "The Negro" |
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Historian and professor
oral history and tradition
Focuses on African societies before European colonization |
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Senegalese film director
"Father of African film" |
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| Nobel Prize winning writer |
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| Major weakness of oral tradition |
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| 4 major groups of settlers in Africa |
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| Dutch, French, British, Portuguese |
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| Type of people in the Horn of Africa |
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Central, East, Southern Africa
agriculture, mineral trade, fish
developed societies |
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| Non-Bantu blacks in Bantu Africa |
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| Pygmies, Khoisan, Swahilis |
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| Why did the slave trade end? |
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| 3 defining characteristics of colonialism as a system |
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Economic exploitation
Political repression
cultural oppression |
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| When was the 1st wave of the Spread of Islam? |
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| Following the death of the Prophet Muhammad. His followers went on to conquer N. Africa. |
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| How was the 2nd wave of Islam spread? |
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| The jihad, and various Muslim brotherhoods |
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| How was christianity brought to Africa? |
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| Evangelization of European missionaries. |
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| A movement which seeks to unify native Africans and members of the African diaspora into a "global African community". Calls for a politically united Africa |
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| Three largest oil producers |
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| Three challenges to African Urban Life |
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| Employment, Housing, Transportation |
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| 2 types of texts in oral tradition |
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| 3 basic methods of Economic exploitation |
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unequal exchange in colonial trade
concession companies
settler colonialism |
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| Military, Single Party, Presidential |
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| 3 methods of conflict resolution |
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| Outright military victory, peaceful resolution with African mediators, External intervention (EU, UN, AU, etc) |
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| What 4 African religions are in America? |
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| Black Atlantic, Candomble, Santeria, Palo Mayobe, Voodoo |
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| Senegalese writer, The writers duty to defend Africa's Precious Cultural Heritage. |
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| the first black African (Senegalese) elected to the French Parliament and was present at the first meeting of the Pan-African movement. |
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| 2nd largest river in Africa, known as the floating Marketplace |
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| Tuareg are known as what? |
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| Slaves from Africa to Americas, Agriculture from Americas to Europe, Goods from Europe to Africa. |
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| maintaining tradition even after removed from homelands |
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| Justification of European imperialism in Africa (3 C's) |
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| Christianity, Commerce, Civilization |
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| characteristics of the post colonial state |
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| Justification for slavery based on differences |
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| Pre colonial modes of production |
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| agriculture, hunting, fishing |
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| 3rd Longest river, political significance (freedom of it's navigation) |
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an extension of the European Alpine system. Run through
Northwest Africa from Morocco to Tunisia and constitute the historical divide between the African coastline and the Sahara. |
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| Mix of christianity and Native American beliefs |
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| Mythology and hierarchy of gods. Matriarchy (female power) |
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| Way of Saints (Yoruba gods, and Catholic Saints) |
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| Kongo Origin, spirit possession, faith healing |
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| African roots, Great Spirit, Now found in New Orleans |
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