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| 5 stereotypes that Wainaina wrote about in "How to Write About Africa" |
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1. Either really rich or really poor
2. Always naked
3. Live in a jungle/eat exotic foods
4. Uneducated/illiterate
5. Illness/AIDS |
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What is a single story?
Who wrote about the single story? |
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Thinking one thing about a single story and applying it to all the people of a country.
Chimamanda Adichie |
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| Examples of single stories. |
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| When was the rise of scientific racism? |
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| 12 million sq. miles, 2nd largest continent |
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| How many people and languages does Africa have? |
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| 1.03 billion people AND 1000 languages |
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| How many people does Nigeria have? |
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| The highlands (like Colorado) are in what part of Africa? |
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| What part of Africa is Mediterranean (dry)? |
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| Extreme changes in temperature |
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| What does ITCZ stand for? |
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| Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone |
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| A group of clouds between 2 big winds. There is no wind along this itcz point on the equator. |
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| What were the 5 important modes of production in pre-colonial Africa? |
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| Hunting, Herding, Agriculture, Industry, Services |
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| Who were the main characters in Love in the Sahel? |
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Aissa Bar - girlfriend, lives in Diafarbe, Mali, 14 years old
Yero - boyfriend, pastoralist
Omar - farmer by the lake |
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| What was popular in Africa 20,000 years ago? |
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| Intensive fishing along the Nile |
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| Virtually all Africans south of the Sahara lived in small "pockets". No major kingdoms or central power. |
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State formation in great lakes.
Kongo and Oyo Kingdoms |
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| Great Zimbabwe and Zulu State |
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| What are some European ideas about Africa? |
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Negativity and mass generalization emerged. "
Africans wear no clothes, have no art, no marriage." |
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| What are some African ideas about Africa? |
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Emergence of pan-Africanism (1800s-1900s)
Slaves began thinking intellectually about Africa. |
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| Become a slave through war or by selling yourself |
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| How many slaves were taken from Africa? |
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| How many slaves died on ships? |
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| What were slaves needed for in America? |
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| Native Americans were being wiped out by diseases so demand for labor was high. (cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar, indigo, coffee) |
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| Consequences of the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade in Africa |
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1. Fall of older kingdoms (Used to trade across desert but when boats became successful, trade troutes developed along coast)
2. Kingdoms ascended along coast
3. Depopulation
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| When was the period of Colonialism? |
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| What happened at the Berlin Conference of 1885? |
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| Drafted an agreement about how to slipt up Africa |
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| When did colonies begin to become independent? |
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| Name one factor that contributed to the end of colonialism |
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| Global political shifts after WW2 (Countries were weak/vulnerable) |
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| Name another factor that contributed to the end of colonialism |
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Rise of africa's independence leaders
1. Kenyatta - kenya's 1st president
2. Nkrumah - Ghana's 1st president |
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| Describe armed resistance |
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1. Kenya (1952-1956) - Mau Mau Rebellion, 300,000 died
2. Algeria (1954-1962) - War of Indep. 700,000 died
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| When did Ghana gain independence? |
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| 1957 (Most countries gained in 1960s) |
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| When does Kenya gain independence? |
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1. People were mad about stolen lands, they went to go fight in WW2 and were promised land when they came back but it was gone.
2. Few wealthy Kenyans, majority poor |
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| Forced labor, used torture (whipping, electric shock, burnings) |
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| What is Authoritarianism? (1960s-1980s) |
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| Rulers get power through means other than competitive elections. |
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| Three types of authoritarianism |
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1. Monarchies - rulers come from same family
2. military dictatorship - rule by member/former member of military
3. civilian dictatorship - like that of Maathai |
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| EXCEPTIONS to authoritarianism |
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1. Democracies
2. Unstable democracies - flip back and forth (Nigeria) |
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| What is Democratization? (1990s-present) |
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Competitive elections are held.
25 countries are democracy in Africa. |
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