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AFRICA REVIEW
BANTU MIGRATIONS (100-1000 AD)–
Herders/farmers – moved W to E and S.
Africa.
Brought common language (mixes with
Arabic – becomes Swahili)
Brought Iron, oral tradition (no writing),
and slavery.
Cultural diffusers – (see above) and add
use of cereal grains and terracing crops.
Sahalan Empires (West Africa)
Ghana – 300 A.D.- 1100 A.D.
“land of gold” in Sahel – savannah
grasslands south and west of the Sahara.
Ruled by a king. Mix of Muslims and
non-Muslims.
Arabs traded copper, horses, textiles and
figs for gold, honey, slaves, and ivory from
Ghana.
Sahalan - Mali
Mali – 1100 A.D.-1350.
Griots – professional oral historians,
keepers of traditions, advisors to kings.
More Muslim converts
Mansa Musa – devout Muslim – 1324
made pilgrimage to Mecca with much
gold (draws more traders to Africa).
Mali
Timbuktu – political, economic, and
cultural center of all West Africa
during this time period.
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On trans-Saharan trade route
exchanging gold from the south for salt
from the desert. Also traded ivory and
slaves. Islamic social structure with
many mosques and a center of Islamic
learning.
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Christianity in Africa
Egypt (Coptics) and Ethiopia.
Christians allowed to practice even
with the coming of Islam.
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