Vocab
Pan-African
Relating to all people of African Birth or Descent
What was a common art type in Ancient African Culture?
Traditional painted masks
Common music instruments in Ancient Africa?
What is the most popular African sport right now?
Soccer/football
Cultivation
The action of cultivating land, or the state of being cultivated
About how many languages/dialects were spoken in Ancient Bantu culture
~500
What were 2 main types of tools used in Ancient African agriculture?
Who are some of the most popular African Singers (current)
Burna Boy, Wizkid, Tems, Tyla
Paleolithic
The early phase of the Stone Age, lasting about 2.5 million years, when primitive stone implements were used.
In Bantu culture what were some commonly cultivated crops
Sorghum, millet, and yams
What do Ancient African masks generally represent?
ancestors
Most popular African Song 2023 (on spotify)
Water by: Tyla
Hittites of Anatolia
An ancient Indo-European people who established an empire in Anatolia, which is now modern-day Turkey, between 1600–1180 BCE
What technology did they create to make Iron usable
They smelted Iron to make it usable
Where were Bantu languages thought to be originated?
West and Central Africa
What clothing do Africans wear on a day to day basis?
Lightweight clothing that is very flowy and have geometric clothing.
Bantu
A group of Niger–Congo languages spoken in central and southern Africa, including Swahili, Xhosa, and Zulu.
What was the relationship between household member and a clan/lineage group called
Kinship
Where did Iron Smelting technology originate?
Nok Culture
Who are some popular african NBA players (current + retired)
Joel Embiid, Manute Bol, Hakeem Olajuwon, Dikembe Mutombo