People of Africa

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People of Africa

• I can analyze the people of Africa

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• In Africa there are over 3,000 ethnic groups

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• In Africa there are over
• 800 different languages

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• Arabs populate the majority of
• Northern Africa
• (Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco)

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• Africa south of the Sahara is made up of large
  groups of black indigenous tribes and countries

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Senufo

• Live in northern Cote d'Ivoire and Mali.
• Excellent farmers
• Made up of a number of different groups who moved
  south to Mali and Cote d'Ivoire in the 15 and
  16th centuries.

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• Follow a strict caste-like system, in which the
  farmer is at the top and the musicians are on the
  bottom rung of the society.
• A very communal society people will often take
  turns working on each others lands and trading
  off and on.
• Men ages 15-35 work in fields and with what they
  are given provide a huge festival during the dry
  season for the village.
• One of the great honors for a Senefou male is to
  become the sambali, or champion cultivator.
• Another society for Senefou males is the poro or
  a school for young men found in the forest. Much
  sculptured work is made in the poro this is where
  much of the wood carvings, brass sculptures, and
  masks are made.
• The greatest achievement for a Senefou woman is
  the ability to cook well. If a girl or woman
  cannot cook well it is a great shame to the
  family, especially the mother.
• A very animistic society the Senefou believe that
  everything is a result of the ancestor spirits.
  If a ritual is not performed correctly then the
  spirit will cause draught, infertility, or
  prolonged illness.

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Afar

• The Afar people live primarily in Ethiopia and
  the areas of Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia in
  the Horn of Africa. Their land is mainly rocky
  and desert terrain. The Afar people also live in
  the Awash Valley and the forests located in
  northern Djibouti. There are approximately 3
  million people that make up the Afar culture.
• There are only two hospitals in the region
  available to the Afar. The Afar people in this
  area are usually found to be malnourished. Their
  diets consist mainly of bread and milk. There is
  no natural source of water for the Afar people.
  Water must be tanked in and as a result it is
  relatively expensive. Many of the Afar people
  have anemia and malaria, because of their
  inadequate diets.
• The Afar nomads daily life consists of tending to
  livestock including goats, camels, and a few
  cattle located in this region. Religion is also a
  part of the Afar way of life as the majority
  studies the Muslim religion. There is although a
  small percentage that practices Orthodoxy

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Hutu and the Tutsi
RWANDA
BURUNDI
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Conflict Amongst Ethnicities

• Hutu
• Farmers by tradition
• Considered common or almost slaves to Tutsi under
  European rule
• 1960 overthrew the Tutsi King, sending 200,000
  Tutsi into exile
• Rwanda controlled by Hutu

• Tutsi
• Warriors and cattle owners
• European rule favored the Tutsi over the Hutu
• Burundi controlled by Tutsi
• 1994 Tutsi forces gained power in Rwanda.

Since the 1960s, more than a million Hutu and
Tutsi men, women, and children have lost their
lives. Millions more have been driven from their
homes in a cycle of violence.
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