AFRICA: The Dark Continent

AFRICA
 called the Dark
Continent
 last of the continents
to feel the influence of
Western civilization
 considered as a
backward continent
 as large as the US,
Western Europe, India,
and China put together
AFRICA
 has 1/5 of the entire land
surface of the globe
 contains 98% of the diamond
mines and 55% of the gold
mines in the world
 produces 2/3 of the world’s
supply cocoa and 3/5 of palm oil
 has immense reserve of water
power
NATIONAL PARKS
IN AFRICA
 National parks are places where wild animals roam
around freely without wires or cages and people have
to remain safely enclosed in cars and trucks.
 The parks are very extensive, some over forty square
miles.
 There are two rules to follow when in national parks:
1. Never get out of your car.
2. Never use, fire off, discharge, or explode any kind
of fire arm
NATIONAL PARK OUTSIDE NAIROBI
 located five miles outside the city
 contains about 14, 000 wild animals
ALBERT NATIONAL PARK IN CONGO
AFRICAN ART
 closely associated
with religion
 very primitive in
nature
 closely associated
with superstition
AFRICAN MUSIC
 bound up with religious
ceremony
 composed as a prayer for rain
and for success in hunting and
in war
 the force in African music is
the drum
 the invention of the drum is
related to the ritual of driving
the spirits of the dead away
AFRICAN
LITERATURE
often oral in nature, may be prose or poetry
 uses call and response technique
 praise singers are also known as griots
 Poetry types include narrative epic, occupational
verse, ritual verse, and praise poems for rulers or
prominent people.
 Also recited but most often sung are love songs,
work songs, children’s songs, epigrams, and riddles.