Africa: Culture, Issues, Tradition

AFRICA: Culture, Issues, Tradition

Ochilkhanov Abdujalolkhan

Some facts about Africa

Some facts about Africa

Some facts about Africa

Some facts about Africa

Culture: Family Descent

• Patrilineal  trace ancestors through fathers

Matrilineal  trace ancestors through mothers
20% of African societies are matrilineal today

Traditiona culture: Griots

• Griot  keeper of history via oral tradition in West Africa
• Poet, praise singer, & musician
• told tales of births, deaths, marriages, battles, hunts, and hundreds of other folklores via song

Religion

• Animism  the belief that spirits are present in natural objects
• Many Africans believed the spirits of their departed ancestors were present on Earth
• Ancestral spirits would be called upon for help in times of need/trouble

Religion: Islam

• Islam
• Spreads throughout North Africa
• Enters West Africa during the age of the trade empires
• West African Islam
• Many maintained traditional aspects of animistic religion
• Women were not veiled & interacted with men in public
• Mosques designed in traditional architecture

Multilingual continent

Science

Science

Issues of Africa

Today’s Issues in Africa

• European colonialism and it’s aftermath has left most of today’s independent African nations with economic, health, educational, and political problems.
• Compounding these problems is Africa’s challenging geography.

Europeans Exploited Africa

• European colonizers exploited Africa’s resources, people
• European colonies were set up only to benefit Europe.
• Land was mined, drilled; environment was ignored

Poor Africa

• African countries lack crucial infrastructure such as roads, airports, railroads, ports.
• Many people have little access computers or high technology

Health Care in Africa

• Epidemic diseases are killing Africa’s people in huge numbers.
• African nations and countries around the world are using a variety of methods, including education, to eradicate disease.

Cholera

Malaria

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