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AFRICA
AFRICA
Scientists and historians mostly believe
that Africa is the birthplace of mankind.
Writing was said to have been
invented in Northeast Africa
specifically in Egypt.
During the Middle Ages, the Arabs
came to Egypt and conquered them.
AFRICA
When the Arabs came, they spread
Islam to North Africa and
converted everyone there.
They were advanced in terms of
culture and government
AFRICA
After 8oo AD, Northern Africa
organized kingdoms:
GHANA (a kingdom rich with
gold)
IFE of Southwest Nigeria
(teracotta sculptures and bronze
statues)
AFRICA
BENIN
MALI (its people traded gold,
slaves, horses, salt)
Songhai
Kanem-Bornu (traded metal)
AFRICA
When the EUROPEANS
colonized parts of Africa in the 16th
Century, the slave trade began to
happen
The AFRICANS traded their
fellowmen for slaves
AFRICA
By 1975, the last two countries,
MOZAMBIQUE and ANGOLA
had gained independence
 GREAT PEOPLE OF AFRICA
NELSON MANDELA
a citizen who fiercely
fought for Africa’s
independence
and became the
first black
elected president
of South Africa
GREAT PEOPLE OF AFRICA
DESMOND TUTU
the first black
South African
bishop of
Cape Town
 GREAT PEOPLE OF AFRICA
CHARLIZE THERON
the first South African who
has acted in many blockbuster
films in Hollywood and has
won countless of awards
 “AMISTAD” (film, 1997)
Directed and produced by:
Steven Spielberg
The year is 1839. A group of 53 Africans
held captive on the slave ship La Amistad
break free of their shackles, arm themselves
and forcibly take control of the ship. They
want to go back to Africa, but find that they
are tricked when they are captured again by
an American naval ship off Long Island. The
Africans are then imprisoned on the charge
of murder and piracy. Defended at first by
Baldwin, and then ultimately before the
Supreme Court by John Quincy Adams, the
Africans reclaim their freedom. The fight is
hard and long. Even worse, the language
barrier retards their lawyer’s efforts for quite
some time. Once that barrier is eliminated,
progress begins.