Chapter 19: States and Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa

Chp. 18 (Week 5) | Chp. 19 (Week 6) | Chp. 20 (Week 7) |
Chp. 21 (Week 8) | Chp. 22 (Week 9)

Bantu Africans migrated from west Africa near modern day Nigeria to Eastern and Southern Africa as early as 2000 B.C.E. By 1000 C.E. most of Sub-Saharan Africa was occupied by the Bantu.

Homework

• Read Chapter 19.
• Answer Big Picture Questions: Chapter 19.
• Complete Chapter 19 study Guide
• Chapter 19: Practice Quiz.
• Doing World History: African Civilization.
• Enrichment: Read this excellent one page overview of Early African History.

Effects of Early African Migrations

• Reason and Effects of Bantu Migrations.
• Agriculture and Population Growth
• African Political Organization

Islamic Kingdoms and Empires

• Trans-Saharan Trade and Islamic States in West Africa
  • Primary Sources:
    • Timbukto: Description of Timbuktu (1526)
    • Benin: Richard Eden's Decades of the New World (1555)
• The Indian Ocean Trade and Islamic States in East Africa

African Society and Cultural Development

• Social Classes
  • Gender Roles
  • What is a Griot?
  • Age Grades
• African Proverbs
• African Religion
  • Creator God
    • Creation Myths by Tribe.
  • African Diviners
• The Arrival of Christianity and Islam

Links

• Smithsonian Natural History: African Voices.
• Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport – Ancient Africa: http://www.mrdowling.com/609ancafr.html
• Mali Empire: http://www.africana.com/Utilities/Content.html?&../cgi-bin/banner.pl?banner=Blackworld&../Articles/tt_318.htm.
• The Empire of Mali: http://loki.stockton.edu/~gilmorew/consorti/1pafric.htm
• Africa 7000 B.C.E. – 200 C.E.: http://www.gpc.peachnet.edu/~pcolbens/TELCORS/Africa.htm
• African Science – A linkage of Languages: http://whyfiles.org/134africa_sci/4.html
• Images of Power and Identity: http://www.nmafa.si.edu/exhibits/ipi/ipi.htm
• Mystery of Great Zimbabwe: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/israel/zimbabwe.html
• Great Zimbabwe: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/zimb/hd_zimb.htm
• Ibn Battuta - the great traveller: http://www.ummah.net/history/scholars/ibn_battuta/
• Ibn Battuta and His Saharan Travels: http://www.manntaylor.com/battuta.html
• Mali Empire and Djenne Figures: http://www.nmafa.si.edu/educ/mali/
• Ancinet African Empire: The following page has several sites on the Ancient Empires of Africa.