PPT-Gold Potential of West Africa

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. 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. A Changing World. Marco Polo’s stories from 1296 inspired people 200 years later. Trade makes countries wealthy, people desired Asian spices, silk, tea. Focus on . classical . works: Ancient Greek and Roman. Left Side. On your map of Africa:. Draw in . the Nile . River and . Niger River. Color the Sahara desert. Niger River. Nile River. The Big Questions. What were the major civilizations of Africa during the post-classical era?. (pp. 112-117). . . THINKING FOCUS. What effect did trade have on the people of Ghana?. KEY TERMS. Matrilineal. Patrilineal. (Mom & Pop). A New Trade Center. . Between the 700s and 1500s, large trading empires flourished in West Africa. . Ghana, Mali and Songhai. 7.4.1, 7.4.3, 7.3.5. Ghana: Chapter 6, Section 1 . Rise . of Ghana. One of three great civilizations that arose along the . Niger River . Ghana was located . between salt and gold . 6. th Grade UBD - Unit 8 - Growth of African Empires. Essential Question. How did trade influence the politics and culture of African Empires?. Preview. Empires Rise. -. In West Africa, there were three great empires. They gained power by controlling the gold and salt trades. These three empires controlled the Sahel region of West Africa for more than 900 years.. The West Africans. Why It Matters: . While American Indian cultures developed in the Americas and Europeans experienced the Renaissance, rich and varied cultures emerged in West Africa.. The interaction between European and West African cultures in the 1400s helped set the stage for the transatlantic system of slavery.. Africa in the Early . Colonial Period. Songhai. Political . Portuguese dominated first, till about 1630.. Dutch take El Mina in 1630, taking over the Indian Sea trade network from the Portuguese.. English take over the slave trade in 1660’s.. Kingdoms, Diffusion, and Change. The Importance of a Desert. Not just physically, but also culturally and politically, Africa is divided by the Sahara desert. The Sahara is the world’s largest desert. Empire . of . Ghana. Trade was vital to the societies of West Africa. That region produced valuable resources—notably . gold. —that brought high prices. By the 800s, rulers of Ghana had used the wealth from these products to create a huge, powerful empire.. 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.. On your map of Africa:. Draw in the Nile River and Niger River. Color the Sahara desert. Niger River. Nile River. The Big Questions. What were the major civilizations of Africa during the post-classical era?. Post-Classi cal Afric a Mapping Bantu Migration Bantu tribes migrated across southern Africa, spreading agriculture, ironworking, language and culture to those areas. Bantu groups migrated to East African coast and interacted with Arab traders, resulting in Swahili city-states Strayer. : Ways of the World. Commercial Beginnings in West Africa . trans-African trade was also based on environmental . variation. North Africa manufactured . goods. Sahara had copper and salt deposits, .