PPT-EARLY SOCIETIES IN WEST AFRICA

History Alive The Medieval World and Beyond Chapter 12 A Long Unwritten Past People have lived in West Africa for 100s of thousands of years Due to only passing information orally for much of this time we do not have written records. Dr. Abdullahi Y. Shehu. Director General, GIABA. Presented to the Commissioners of the West Africa Commission on Drugs (WACD), Accra, Ghana. 29 April 2013. Presentation Overview. Regional Context – the facts. The area now covered by the Sahara desert is cooler and wetter than it is now, although at this date it is getting dryer. Farming peoples are slowly spreading along the north African coast, and down the fertile strip of land along the river Nile is already home to a dense population of . Decisions…Decisions…. What are the rules in your household?. What happens if you break them?. How do you know what the rules are. Who is in charge. ?. Setting the Stage. Peoples of Africa organized to by way of political, economic, and/or social needs. Prehistory. WHI.2. Differing Points of View. Evolution. Creation. Earth Forms. 4.6 Billion Years Ago. Jesus’ . Birth. 2000. Man Evolved. 3 Million Years Ago. Life Evolves. 3 Billion Years Ago. Evolutionist’s Time Line. Mike Robertson. G. SSA Gold Day. 31 March 2017. Copyright © The MSA Group. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means — electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise — without the permission of The MSA Group (Pty) Ltd. This document provides an outline of a presentation and is incomplete without the accompanying oral commentary and discussion.. Technological and Environmental. Transformations, to c. 600 B.C.E.. Key Concept 1.1. . Big Geography and the Peopling . of the Earth. Key . Concept 1.2. . The Neolithic Revolution and . Early Agricultural Societies. Department of History & Philosophy. Kennesaw State University. Opening remarks. I. Myth and Reality. Africa: A continent. Africa is a continent. the . second largest continent in the world. How many countries?. Brittany Williams , . DayshaiConway. , Aaron James ,. Ambre’el. . Veasley. Hunting and gathering societies. The oldest form of social organization in the world began in Africa.. Groups spread throughout Africa and they speak their own languages.. South . african. flag. The . meaning. . of. the flag. For example, in 2008 the KwaZulu-Natal Premier . Sibusiso. Ndebele attributed the following meanings in an official speech. :. black . = black, Indian and . Thesis. Through globalization from its origins in West Africa through to America, the Vodun religion has shifted and changed. This can be exemplified in the spirit . Legba. as he has transformed through the different cultures of West Africa, Haiti, and North America. Anthropological theory helps to deepen understanding both in the changes that took place (post-modernism) throughout . A Call to Action to Change our World. Version: 19 September 2017. Delivering the 2030 Agenda for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies. Developing the. SDG16 roadmap. The . Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies . CH. 18. I. Effects of Early African Migrations: Agriculture & Population Growth. Bananas. . - entered sea lanes by the Indian Ocean. . - Cultivation in Madagascar moved E. African mainland. . -Enabled Bantu to increase food supply, enrich diets, and expand. .. Sumner G. Hunnewell. Number of variety of hereditary societies. Based on.... descent of a single person (Charlemagne, Elder William Brewster). the qualities of a single person (Cincinnati, Colonial Cavaliers). West African Civilizations. 3 Empires emerge by dominating trade across the Sahara. - . Empire of Ghana. - Empire of Mali. - Empire of Songhai . Objectives. Understand why gold and salt were important in early Africa..