Cultures and Lifestyles of Africa South of The Sahara Chapter21Section 3

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Cultures and Lifestyles of Africa South of The
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Key Terms

• Mass culture popular culture
• lingua franca universal language
• oral historythe legends passed down orally from
  generation to generation
• Clan large groups of people related to each
  other

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Languages

• Africans speak more than 800 languages and
  dialects.
• Most originated from Africa while others were
  brought in by Arab and European traders
• Swahili is a mixture of many languages.
• 3 families of languageAfrican, Afro-Asiatic, and
  Malayo-Polynesian

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Religion

• The two main religions are Islam and
  Christianity.
• Most Muslims are found along the Swahili coast.

• Christianity first arrived in Ethiopia in 300
  A.D.
• New churches blend African Traditional
  Religions and Christianity

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The Arts

• The forced migration of enslaved Africans to
  other parts of the world have caused the
  different styles of art to be diffused throughout
  the Americas, the Caribbean, parts of Europe and
  Asia.
• African masks, sculptures, and weavings are
  popular and are seen in a lot in museums. Pablo
  Picasso was a famous artist who drew inspiration
  from the abstract masks of the Yoruba of Nigeria.

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Music and Literature

• Africans traditionally use music to bring order
  to life and to express themselves spiritually.
  Many say it relieves the hard work they do such
  as planting, hoeing, or harvesting.
• Jazz and blues are two kinds of music brought to
  the United States by enslaved Africans.
• Sting, Paul Simon, and David Byrne are artists
  who have looked to Africa for inspiration.
• Most history has been preserved in oral histor.
• Two Africans have claimed the Nobel Prize in
  literature.

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Varied Lifestyles

• Nairobipeople usually wear clothes similar to
  those in the
• people wear loose fitted clothing and
  brilliant jewelry
• Africans still value extended families, however,
  has lowered the number.
• In some places, families are organized into ,
  which are in charge of passing ethnic traditions
  from one generation to the next.

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Looking Ahead

• More children are attending public school,
  causing the literacy rate to rise.
• Low standard of living is a major obstacle that
  stands in the way of education.
• Literacy rates in sub-Saharan Africa are the
  lowest in the world.
• Television is the regions most effective way of
  teaching.