Africa

1
Africa

• The most diverse continent in the world!

2
Think About

• The Physical Geography
• Political Differences
• The Economic Differences
• The Social Cultural Differences

3
Political Map of Africa
4
Physical Map
5
4 Major Rivers of Africa

• The Nile
• The Niger
• The Congo (Zaire)
• The Zambezi

6
4 Major Bodies of Water that Surround Africa

• The Atlantic Ocean
• The Indian Ocean
• The Mediterranean Sea
• The Red Sea

7
The Sahara Desert
8
The Kalahari Desert
9
Savannas of Africa
10
Jungles of Africa
11
Highlands of Africa

• Mt. Kenya

• Mt. Kilimanjaro

12
Mt. Kilimanjaro
13
Snow on Mt. Kilimanjaro
14
Mt. Kilimanjaro
15
Natural Resources
16
Tribes of Africa
17
There are a vast of tribes in Africa!
18
Surma father with his children in Ethiopia
(Eastern Africa).
19
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.

20
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.

21
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.

22
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.

23

• 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.

24
The Ashanti Tribe
25
Some examples of extreme body piercings
26
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 its 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.
27
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.

28
(No Transcript)
29
(No Transcript)
30
More People of Africa
31
Transportation in Africa
32
Homes of Africa
33
Homes of Africa
34
Homes of Africa
35
Homes of Africa
36
Homes of Africa
37
Schools of Africa
38
Markets in Africa
39
Crisis in Africa

• Due to the Atlantic Slave Trade and the
  colonization of Africa, environmental
  conditions, the continent is suffering.

40
AIDS in Africa
41
Famine in Africa
42
Wars in Africa
43
Child Soldiers
44
Blood Diamonds
45
Genocide Rwanda Darfur