Jamaica and African

colonies
Luka Taslak, Matija Gavranović, Filip Kušnjer, Petar Čanić, Borna Mesarić
 Jamaica
• Island country
• Around 11,000 km² with a population of around 3 million
• It’s located in the Carabbean sea in North America
• The capital city is Kingston
• They got their political independance on the 5th of August 1962
• A British colony for over 300 years
Jamaica under Great Britain

• It was called The Crown Colony of Jamaica and Dependencies

• English colony from 1655 until 1962
• It was captured by the English Protectorate from the Spanish Empire
• It became a British colony in 1707
• In 1866 it became a Crown colony
• It was primarily colonised for its well known sugarcane production
Jamaican culture
• Jamaican Standard English is the official language
• The largest religion is Christianity
• A special religion that developed in Jamaica around 1930s is called
Rastafari but it is considered to be a part of Christianity
• They have a special kind of music called Reggae
• Jamaican food ia a mixture of Spanish, English, Indian and African recepies
• The most recognized Jamaican food is jerk chicken
 Eswatini
• South Africa
• 17,000 km² with a population of around a milion people
• Mbabane and Lobamba
• The native - The Swazis and they settled in Swaziland around 1740s
• They gained their independance from Great Britain in 1968
Eswatinis culture
• The most popular religion - Christianity
• Two main cultural events are the Inclawa
and the Umhlanga
• Inclawa-complex ritual of renewing and
strengthening the kingship
• Umhlanga- they cut reeds for the annual
repair to the windbreaks
 Uganda
• East Africa
• 240 000 km²
• Population of around 46 milion
• The capital city is Kampala
• Became a Republic in 1963
• Gained full independance in 1995
Uganda under Britain and Ugandas culture
• Protectorate of the British Empire 1894 to 1962
• Official language-English
• Over 90% of people are Catholic
• Matoke – special food
• Exports food, mostly fish, corn, coffee and tea
• Lakes, rivers and swamps cover over 20%
of land surface
 Sudan
• Third largest country in Africa ​
• Historically interconnected with Egypt​
• Khartoum is the capital, Omdurman is 
the largest city​
• Arabic and English​
• 48 million people​
• Full independnce- 1 of January 1956 
Sudan under the Crown
• It was mainly a settler and
plantation based colony
• The British displaced the
Christians and the animists to
the south away from the
Muslims
• The country was ruled by Omar
Al-Bashir as a dictatorship until
2019
• In political transition
Sudanese culture
• Various peoples and cultures​
• Over 70 recognized languages​
• Despite it being compulsory, 40% of the
population do not recieve primary education
• Dignity (Karama)
• Honour (Sharaf)
• Duty (Al-wajib)
• Generosity (Karim)
• Humility (Tawadae)
South Sudan
• The world’s youngest recognised
country (9 of july 2011)
• Juba is the capital and the largest city
• English is the lone official language
• 13 million people
• Half of the population is under 19
years old
• Luo, Bari, Azande, Anuak, Kakwa,
Mandari, Murle, Ndogom Lndi…
 South Africa
• It is the southernmost country
on the mainland of the Old
World.
• It’s the second-most populous
country located entirely south
of the equator, after Tanzania.
• They gained their
independence on May 31.
1961. after 166 years of being
under british rule.
South African culture
• It may be suggested that there is no single
South African culture because of its ethnic
diversity.
• Food is mostly meat-based and South Africa has
also developed into a big wine maker.
• South Africa is the only country of Africa with a
significant ethnic European population and
influence
• The vast majority of people in South Africa are
Christians
 Zimbabwe
•  Zimbabwe is also known by its old name
of Rhodesia.
• Capital is Harare.
• The country is landlocked and its mostly
savanna.
• The economy is currently in a bad situation.
• Unique-unified Zimbabwean English
 Malawi
• The capital of Malawi is Lilongwe and the
spoken languages are English and Chichewa
• During colonization by the UK it was called
Nyasaland.
• "The Warm Heart of Africa„
• One of the smallest and poorest countries in
Africa.
• Lake Malawi takes 1/3 of Malawi’s area.
 Rwanda
• Population of over 12.6 million and is the most
densely populated mainland African country
• Capital is Kigali
• The largest faith in Rwanda is Christianity and
The country's principal language is
Kinyarwanda. 
• More than one in five children died before their
fifth birthday, often from malaria.
• Genocide against Tusi people – 1.000.000
deaths
 Nigeria
• The Federal Republic of Nigeria is country in West Africa 
• It covers the area of 923769 km2
• It is the most populous country in Africa with over 225 million people 
• The capital city is Abuja
• It become the formally independent federation on 1 October 1960
 Nigeria under Great Britian and after
• It was colonized in 1807 by Britian 
• Britain intervened in the Lagos kingship power struggle by
bombarding Lagos in 1851 
• In 1914 Lagos, Southern Nigeria and Northern Nigeria united to form
Nigeria 
• There were many coups after the World War II. 
 Nigeria’s culture
• The official language is English 
• They ensure the freedom of any religion
• Their feasts are colorful and lavish 
• Football is the most popular sport
• Nollywood 
 Ghana
• The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa 
• It covers the area of 238535 km2
• It has 32 million people 
• The capital city is Accra
• Ghana became independent on 6 March 1957
 Ghana under Great Britian and after
• Britian established control in 1847
• There were few civil wars after the 1950
• The first president was Kwame Nkrumah
 Ghana’s culture
• The official language is English 
• They ensure the freedom of any religion 
• They mostly eat healthy food like fruit and vegetables
• goje fiddle, akan drum and koloko lute  
Cameroon

• Yaoundé , Douala
• franc – official currency
• Bantu
• Christianity, Islam and
animisam
• 21.1 million inhabitans
 • exports oil, wood,
Cameroon culture aluminium, cocoa, cotton
and coffee
• imports technology and
food
• first colonised in 1500`s by
Portugal
• colonised by Germany then
by France and Great Britan
• complete independence in
1961.
 Madagascar

• malagasy – official language

• Antananarivo – capital city
• inhabited since the 1500’s
• „pirate nest”
• Colonised in 1896. by France - independence in 1960.
Madagascars culture
• 21.8 million inhabitants
• traditional beliefs (42 %),
protestants (27 %),
Catholics (20 %), Muslim
(2 %), else (9%)
• one of 20 poorest
counties in the world
• 5 % of world’s animal and
plant species
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