ancient kingdoms ghana – 700 ad – gold for salt – capital kumbi mali – center was timbuktu...
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Ancient Kingdoms
• Ghana– 700 AD– Gold for salt– Capital Kumbi
• Mali– Center was Timbuktu– Mansa Musa
• Songhai
European Colonization
• 1200s– Trade: word spread about wealth of African
kingdoms to Europe• Slave Trade
– System already in place before 800s• Kingdoms trade slaves• Arab traders bought and sold slaves• 1500-1800s: European Slave trade
• Where did most slaves go?
• Effect of slave trade– 1.– 2.
Scramble for Africa1885-1914
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Colonization• Continent = ATM machine
– Source for raw materials– Market for manufactured
goods • Problems
– Boundaries– Religion
• Disrupt traditional way of life
– Change local economies• Plantation economies
• Independence:– Post World War
II– Ethiopia – Liberia
• Always Ind.
Independence
• Most gain independence post 1945• Challenges:
– New identities– Old eco system: meet Europe’s needs, not country– No model for democracy
• Rival ethnic groups struggle for power
• What other legacy?– Language– Infrastructure