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Countries in East Africa
• Burundi• Comoros • Djibouti • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Kenya • Madagascar • Malawi • Mauritius • Mayotte
• Mozambique • Reunion • Rwanda • Seychelles • Somalia • Tanzania, United
Republic of • Uganda • Zambia • Zimbabwe
People of East Africa
• United by the common language Swahili.• Hunter-gatherers, fishing and pastoralists • Embrace diverse life styles, economic and
aesthetic practices, religions and ideologies.
• East Africa was known for the extensive trade networks that penetrated the region and linked together people of various backgrounds
Clothing of East Africa
• Traditional western clothing mixed with african styles
• Kanga: Piece of printed cloth that is wrapped around women
• Brightly colored, very detailed work
• Clothes are cotton which is cool and comfortable
• Sea shell collars, glass-beaded necklaces and decorated goatskin clothing.
Geography of East Africa
• The two highest mountains in Africa are located here: – Mount Kilimanjaro– Mount Kenya
• The River Nile the longest river in Africa
• Lake Victoria. • Game reserves located at
the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater
Countries in West Africa
• Benin • Burkina Faso • Cape Verde • Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory
Coast) • Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau
• Mali • Mauritania • Niger • Nigeria • Saint Helena • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Togo • Liberia
People of West Africa
• So many different influences
• Mostly Black Africans
• French and Catholicism
• Farther north is more Muslim
• Many farmers
Clothing of West Africa
• Boubou: flowing wide sleeved robe worn by men
• Wrapper• Bamako jackets• Toga Style outfits• Women across West
Africa commonly tie a long wrap around the waist, accompanied by a wide sash, a matching blouse, and a head wrap.
Countries in Central Africa
• Angola• Cameroon• Central African
Republic • Chad• Congo (Brazzaville)
• Congo, Democratic Republic of the
• Equatorial Guinea • Gabon• Sao Tome and
Principe
People of Central Africa
• Remarkable displays of song and dance
• People make crafts, jewellrey, tools
• Share history through tales and stories
• Soccer is a very popular past time as well as basketball and rugby
• Mass communications through radio mostly
Clothing of Central Africa
• More traditional outfits are made of skin of animals and bark cloth.
• button up shirts, t-shirts, shorts, and slacks for the men • colourful robes, headscarves, and bright jewellery for the
women
Geography of Central Africa
• Tropical Rainforest and woodlands• Congo River Valley• Central Africa includes the south part of the
Sahara Desert, and the west part of the Great Rift Valley. It also sits on the equator and is drained largely by the Congo River.
• The many plateaus in the region show a huge range in altitude
• This includes elephants, lions, hippopotamuses, warthogs, forest hogs, okapis, and mountain gorillas on the volcanic slopes of the reserve
Countries in South Africa
• Botswana
• Lesotho
• Namibia
• South Africa
• Swaziland
People of South Africa
• Mixture of Black African at 79.2%,
• White at 8.9% from Dutch, German and French
• Indian or Asian at 2.5%
• other at 8.9%
Geography of South Africa
• From dry deserts, to snowy mountains, there is just about any climate in this region
• Rich mineral resources
• Zambezi River, Victoria Falls
Deserts
• The Karoo plateau and the Kalahari Desert temperature are exceptionally dry and very hot in the summers and chilling in winters.
Countries in North Africa
• Algeria • Egypt • Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya • Morroco
• South Sudan • Sudan • Tunisia • Western Sahara
People of North Africa
• Cut off by the Sahara desert to other parts of Africa
• Seafaring civilizations
• High Islamic influences
Geography of North Africa
• Mostly deserts• The Atlas Mountains
trap the moist air creating the Sahara Desert conditions.
• Valleys are used to grow many crops, especially citrus, olives, tomatoes, eggplants and lettuce
References:• http://www.ipacc.org.za/eng/regional_eastafrica.asp• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanga_(African_garment)• http://www.atlas-westafrica.org/culture-and-religion-in-west-africa.ph
p• http://www.africanculturalcenter.org/1_3west.html• http://www.africastyles.com/blackhistory/history_clothing.html• http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/students/curriculum/m16/
activity1.php• http://therealstoriesofafrica.weebly.com/central-africa.html• http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/102152/Central-African-
Republic/214025/The-arts-and-cultural-institutions