Early Kingdoms
Meaning literally "people of the coast" this term refers to both people and language of East African coast.
Swahili
Served as the last Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974.
Haile Selassie
This agricultural crop served as the core of the Igbo economy and diet.
Yams
What Madison diaspora leader from The Gambia was the first African immigrant to be elected to the Wisconsin State Legislature.
Samba Baldeh
This streaming service has invested heavily in African film production and distribution in the last decade.
Netflix
This king of Mali has been called the "richest man to have ever lived on earth" because of his control of West African gold and was made famous for his pilgramage to Mecca.
Mansa Musa
Ethiopian legend says that this woman was sent to the royal court of King Solomon and begat a a son, Menilek, who would later serve as the KMing of Ethiopia.
The Queen of Sheeba
This stimulant nut is broken open symbolically in Igbo culture to signal that an important conversation is about to take place.
Kola Nuts
What is the name of the non-profit established by Linda Vakunta to support education in Sierra Leone?
Bright Start Africa
The author of The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears.
Dinaw Mengestu
This ancient East African Kingdom likely pre-dates Egypt and is known for its cattle herding culture.
Nubia
What is the earlier name of the society that became known as Ethiopia
Aksum
These small figures are used to represent the personal spirits associated with individuals.
Chi
What is the name of the ecological reserve near Cape Town where Denisha Anand works to connect marginalized communities with green spaces?
Princess Vlei Conservation Area
This Senagalese director is often considered the father of post-independence African film.
Ousmane Sembéne
In addition to gold what other commodity dominated the trans-Saharan trade?
Like the famous Egyptian Rosetta Stone, the Ethiopian stone tablet is written in 3 languages (Ancient Greek, Ge’ez, and Sabaean) and helped break the code of reading ancient Ethiopian script.
The Ezana Stone
This form of communal governance places specific roles on people during various stages of their life and puts elders in a special role of decision-making importance.
Age Sets
In John Peck’s guest lecture on energy and economics in Africa he described how foreign powers use development projects to integrate African economies into their world economic systems. In his example of nuclear power development, what country is sponsoring the development of 6 nuclear power reactors in Africa?
Russia
Known as the "poet president" this author became the first president of Senegal.
Léopold Sédar Senghor
This West African Kingdom was known for its bronze casting sculptures, that were pillaged by British soldiers in 1897 and brought to Europe.
Benin
Italy attempted to invade Ethiopia in 1896 but was defeated in what battle that later became a symbol of African resistance to colonialism?
The Battle of Adwa
The title of the book, "Things Fall Apart" references a poem by what European author?
William Butler Yeats
What is the name of the museum in Kenya that is dedicated to restoring community peace and harmony following massacres during the Mau Mau uprising?
Lari Memorial Peace Museum
This short film by Mansour Sora Wade uses the tale of a bird whose mother has left him alone in the nest, while a crocodile lies in wait down below, to represent the struggles of an orphan boy to find dignity in the face of poverty.
Picc Mi (Little Bird)