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							    Africa


The most diverse continent in
         the world!
        Think About:

• The Physical Geography
• Political Differences
• The Economic Differences
• The Social & Cultural
  Differences
Political Map of Africa
Physical Map
       4 Major Rivers of Africa
•   The Nile
•   The Niger
•   The Congo (Zaire)
•   The Zambezi
    4 Major Bodies of Water that
          Surround Africa
• The Atlantic Ocean
• The Indian Ocean
• The Mediterranean
  Sea
• The Red Sea
The Sahara Desert
The Kalahari Desert
Savannas of Africa
Jungles of Africa
   Highlands of Africa



• Mt. Kenya   • Mt. Kilimanjaro
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Snow on Mt. Kilimanjaro
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Natural Resources
Tribes of Africa
There are a vast # of tribes in
           Africa!
Surma father with his children in
   Ethiopia (Eastern Africa).
Ndebele tribe in South Africa.
               • On her legs, the young
                 child wears beaded
                 hoops called golwani.
                 On her waist there are
                 matching hoops which
                 are called lighabi.
                 Lighabi are worn by
                 both sexes but are
                 usually found on girls.
                 As the child grows, the
                 lighabi is replaced by
                 larger versions, and is
                 finally discarded after
                 her initiation into
                 womanhood.
Himba mother and child, taken in Namibia
          (southern Africa).

                    • The Himba baby wears
                      a leather necklace
                      which is supposed to
                      keep away evil spirits.
                      Also for beauty and
                      protection the child
                      and mother are
                      covered with a mixture
                      of red ocher from the
                      earth and animal fat
                      when the child is only a
                      few days old.
Surma Girl, in Ethiopia

            • The Surma girl is
              watching a stick fight
              to see who her
              husband will be. In this
              tribe the decision of
              whom they will marry is
              made by the women.
              In most cases it is which
              ever made wins the
              stick fight.
The Krobo Tribe of Ghana

            • The Krobo tribe holds a
              ceremony for girls
              entering womanhood.
              During the ceremony
              the women are
              presented to the
              community including
              future husbands, family
              & the chief.
• This picture is from the
  same ceremony as the
  last. The girls celebrate
  three stages in their
  ceremony. At the end
  of the first week the girls
  put on Dipo-pe straw
  hats and perform a
  klama dance.
The Ashanti Tribe
Some examples of extreme body
         piercings
                            Lip Plates
                                     • To explain the picture before, “Lip
                                       Plates” are very common in many
                                       African tribes. At a very young age
                                       children would have these “plates”,
                                       which are made out of bone, inserted
                                       into their bottom lip to create a large
                                       gap. They keep this in until they gap is
                                       as large as they desire and then they
                                       change the plates every so often.
                                       Once these plates are inserted, the lip
                                       cannot ever be shrunken back to it’s
                                       normal size. These plates can range
                                       from any shape and size




This is a picture of a Surma woman with her lip plate taken out.
Turkana
    • The women in this
      picture is a Turkana
      single woman. Her tribe
      is located in Kenya. The
      Turkana men believe
      that, "It's the things a
      woman wears that
      make her beautiful." A
      multi layered beaded
      necklace with three
      back pendants
      indicates this girl's
      availability for
      marriage.
More People of Africa
Transportation in Africa
Homes of Africa
Homes of Africa
Homes of Africa
Homes of Africa
Homes of Africa
Schools of Africa
Markets in Africa
      Crisis in Africa

Due to the Atlantic
Slave Trade and the
colonization of Africa, &
environmental
conditions, the continent
is suffering.
AIDS in Africa
Famine in Africa
Wars in Africa
Child Soldiers
Blood Diamonds
Genocide: Rwanda & Darfur