Africa's Amazing Facts
This continent is the second-largest in the world and the place where humans first began!
What is Africa?
This country in Africa has more than 50 other countries on the continent, and many powerful ancient kingdoms started here.
What is Africa? (trick easy one—home to ancient empires like Mali and Egypt!)
This fun music style from Jamaica mixes fast beats and often talks about peace and justice!
What is reggae?
This secret network helped many enslaved Black people escape to freedom in Canada long ago.
What is the Underground Railroad?
Many Black Canadians have family roots in these sunny islands or directly from Africa!
What are the Caribbean islands (and Africa)?
Africa is home to the world's longest river, which flows through many countries and is super important for life there.
What is the Nile River?
This ancient African kingdom was famous for its gold and great ruler Mansa Musa, one of the richest people ever!
What is the Empire of Mali?
Many people in the Caribbean have ancestors who came from Africa and created amazing foods like this spicy Jamaican dish with chicken.
What is jerk chicken?
This brave Nova Scotia woman refused to move to the back of a bus in 1946 and helped fight against unfair rules.
Who is Viola Desmond?
Foods like plantains, rice and beans, and spicy flavors came to Canada from African and Caribbean traditions.
What is Caribbean or African food influence?
This famous mountain in Tanzania is the highest in Africa and is covered in snow even though it's near the equator!
What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
This South African leader spent 27 years in prison but became president and worked for peace after apartheid.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This island nation in the Caribbean gained independence and is famous for its beautiful beaches and Bob Marley!
What is Jamaica?
The first known Black person in Canada (around 1604) was this interpreter who helped early explorers.
Who is Mathieu Da Costa?
This festival celebrates Black culture and history every February in Canada (and many places!).
What is Black History Month?
Africa has the world's largest hot desert, called this, which covers much of North Africa.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This great West African city was a center of learning with a famous university in ancient times.
What is Timbuktu? (in Mali)
In 1838, slavery finally ended in the British Caribbean after brave rebellions by enslaved people.
What is emancipation? (freedom from slavery)
This Black Canadian became the first to play in the NHL in 1958 and broke barriers in hockey!
Who is Willie O'Ree?
Many stories of strength from enslaved people in the Caribbean inspired freedom seekers who came to Canada.
What are slave rebellions / fights for freedom?
This ancient African invention from long ago (found in what is now Congo) shows early people doing math with notches on a bone about 20,000+ years ago!
What is the Ishango Bone? (one of the earliest math tools)
Humans' closest relatives, like gorillas and chimpanzees, still live in forests in this continent's central and eastern parts.
What is Africa? (cradle of humankind!)
This Haitian leader led a successful revolution that made Haiti the first Black-led independent country in the Americas in 1804.
Who is Toussaint Louverture? (or Jean-Jacques Dessalines helped finish it!)
Thousands of Black people came to Canada as Black Loyalists after this war, settling in places like Nova Scotia
What is the American Revolutionary War? (or War of Independence)
People of African descent from Africa, the Caribbean, and other places have helped build Canada's music, sports, and communities for over 400 years!
What is Black Canadian history/contributions?