Objectives: 1. Give some quick facts about Africa 2. Cite the African inventions 3. Discuss the Key Figures of Africa 4. Discuss the Controversies beyond Africa

1. AFRICAAFRICA
PREPARED BY:
ERWIN P. MENECIO

2. SECOND LARGEST CONTINENT IN THE WORLD
ETIMATED POPULATION IS 877 MILLION PEOPLE
CAIRO, EGYPT WAS THE LARGEST CITY
ALGERIA WAS THE LARGEST COUNTRY
THE LONGEST RIVER WAS NILE
VICTORIA WAS THE LARGEST LAKE
THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN WAS KILIMANJARO IN
TANZANIA
CONSIDERED TO BE THE OLDEST INHABITED
TERRITORY ON EARTH
QUICK FACTS ABOUT
AFRICA

3. AFRICAN INVENTIONS
MATHEMATICS
MEDICINE
SPEECH
NAVIGATION
LAW & RELIGION
ASTRONOMY
ARCHITECTURE & ENGINEERING
MINING OF MINERALS
METALLURGY OF TOOLS
PHILOSOPHY
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ART

4. NELSON MANDELA (1918-2013)
-He was first democratically elected President of South Africa in 1994.
-He was an active member of the fight against apartheid in South Africa.
HAILE SELASSIE (1892-1975)
-Inspirational figure in the movement for African independence for the wayhe
resisted the Italian invasion of Ethiopia during 1930s.
KWAME NKRUMAH (1909-1972)
-A leading advocate of Pan-Africanism & African Independence.

5. CLEOPATRA VII (70 BC- 30 BC)
-She was the queen of Egypt & she sought to defend Egypt from the Roman
Empire.
OLAUDAH EQUINO (1945-1797)
-The first black African slave to write about his experience as a slave.
-His book “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano”
ANWAR SADAT (1918-1981)
-He was the 3rd President of Egypt & he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in
1978 for his role in peace talks with Israel.

6. RACISM & CULTURE
TOWARD THE LIBERATION OF
AFRICA
SLAVERY
• Slavery had long been
practiced in Africa between
the 7th and 20th centuries.
• Slave-trading
• Anti-Slavery Legislation
COLONIALISM & the
“Scramble for Africa”
• Independence struggles
• In the late 19th century, the
European Imperial powers
engaged in a major
territorial scramble and
occupied most of the
continent, creating many
colonial territories and
leaving two fully
independent states:
Ethiopia known as Abyssinia
and Liberia.

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