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| Number of Countries (and islands) |
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| number of African languages |
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| Number of ethnic groups or "cultures" |
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| Three different types of terrains |
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Sahel (grassland)
Sahara (deserts)
Rainforest |
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| Sole gatherers and hunters were there til around _____ |
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| There were stateless societies til: _____ |
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| Effects of Arab invasion: |
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| introduction of islam and arabic culture, trading |
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| Date of European invasion: |
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| First European invaders were _____ |
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| Effects of European invasion (3): |
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1. changes in socio-cultural/ reliogious practices (with environment and each other)
2. slavery
3. Emergence of triple heritage |
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1. Atlantic slave trade (larger)
2. Indian ocean slave trade |
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1. commonly shared and dependent upon society
2. learned
3. adaptive
4. varies according to time and place
5. mostly integrated
6. dynamic and always changing
7. often taken for granted |
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| 3 dimensions for viewing culture: |
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1. historical dimension
2. transactional dimension
3. spiritual diemension |
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| Effects of the Berlin conference: |
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Partitioning of africa
1. formation of african countries/ colonies
2. division of ethnic groups
3. unification of different ethnic groups
4. "unified" european invasion of africa
5. official start of european colonial rule over africa |
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| 10 african languages with over 2 million speakers |
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| Amharic, Berber, Fula, Hausa, Manding, Swahili, Wolof, Yoruba, Zulu |
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| Three critical issues with regards to african languages: |
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1. mutual intelligibility: language vs. dialect
2. language splitters vs. language lumpers
3. language death |
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| language of communication between 2 groups of people who speak different languages |
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| language of ethnic identity |
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| first language you acquire |
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| government authorized, long-term effort to alter a language's function in a society wtih the purpose of solving communication problems. |
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| largest phylum in Africa and world (at least 1500 languages) |
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| 5 factors affecting choice of national language: |
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1. nationalism vs. nationism
2. vertical integration
3. population
4. acceptability
5. language development |
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