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Number of Countries (and islands) |
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number of African languages |
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Number of ethnic groups or "cultures" |
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Three different types of terrains |
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Sahel (grassland) Sahara (deserts) Rainforest |
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Sole gatherers and hunters were there til around _____ |
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There were stateless societies til: _____ |
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Effects of Arab invasion: |
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introduction of islam and arabic culture, trading |
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Date of European invasion: |
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First European invaders were _____ |
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Effects of European invasion (3): |
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1. changes in socio-cultural/ reliogious practices (with environment and each other) 2. slavery 3. Emergence of triple heritage |
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1. Atlantic slave trade (larger) 2. Indian ocean slave trade |
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1. commonly shared and dependent upon society 2. learned 3. adaptive 4. varies according to time and place 5. mostly integrated 6. dynamic and always changing 7. often taken for granted |
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3 dimensions for viewing culture: |
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1. historical dimension 2. transactional dimension 3. spiritual diemension |
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Effects of the Berlin conference: |
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Partitioning of africa 1. formation of african countries/ colonies 2. division of ethnic groups 3. unification of different ethnic groups 4. "unified" european invasion of africa 5. official start of european colonial rule over africa |
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10 african languages with over 2 million speakers |
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Amharic, Berber, Fula, Hausa, Manding, Swahili, Wolof, Yoruba, Zulu |
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Three critical issues with regards to african languages: |
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1. mutual intelligibility: language vs. dialect 2. language splitters vs. language lumpers 3. language death |
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language of communication between 2 groups of people who speak different languages |
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language of ethnic identity |
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first language you acquire |
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government authorized, long-term effort to alter a language's function in a society wtih the purpose of solving communication problems. |
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largest phylum in Africa and world (at least 1500 languages) |
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5 factors affecting choice of national language: |
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1. nationalism vs. nationism 2. vertical integration 3. population 4. acceptability 5. language development |
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