Regional Africa

East Africa

Countries in East Africa

• Burundi• Comoros • Djibouti • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Kenya • Madagascar • Malawi • Mauritius • Mayotte

• Mozambique • Reunion • Rwanda • Seychelles • Somalia • Tanzania, United

Republic of • Uganda • Zambia • Zimbabwe

People of East Africa

• United by the common language Swahili.• Hunter-gatherers, fishing and pastoralists • Embrace diverse life styles, economic and

aesthetic practices, religions and ideologies.

• East Africa was known for the extensive trade networks that penetrated the region and linked together people of various backgrounds

Clothing of East Africa

• Traditional western clothing mixed with african styles

• Kanga: Piece of printed cloth that is wrapped around women

• Brightly colored, very detailed work

• Clothes are cotton which is cool and comfortable

• Sea shell collars, glass-beaded necklaces and decorated goatskin clothing.

Geography of East Africa

• The two highest mountains in Africa are located here: – Mount Kilimanjaro– Mount Kenya

• The River Nile the longest river in Africa

• Lake Victoria. • Game reserves located at

the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater

River Nile

The Ethiopian Highlands

Lake Victoria

The Great Rift Valley

West Africa

Countries in West Africa

• Benin • Burkina Faso • Cape Verde • Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory

Coast) • Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau

• Mali • Mauritania • Niger • Nigeria • Saint Helena • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Togo • Liberia

People of West Africa

• So many different influences

• Mostly Black Africans

• French and Catholicism

• Farther north is more Muslim

• Many farmers

Clothing of West Africa

• Boubou: flowing wide sleeved robe worn by men

• Wrapper• Bamako jackets• Toga Style outfits• Women across West

Africa commonly tie a long wrap around the waist, accompanied by a wide sash, a matching blouse, and a head wrap.

Geography of West Africa

• Deserts• Niger River• Tropical Rain forests

Central Africa

Countries in Central Africa

• Angola• Cameroon• Central African

Republic • Chad• Congo (Brazzaville)

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

• Equatorial Guinea • Gabon• Sao Tome and

Principe

People of Central Africa

• Remarkable displays of song and dance

• People make crafts, jewellrey, tools

• Share history through tales and stories

• Soccer is a very popular past time as well as basketball and rugby

• Mass communications through radio mostly

Clothing of Central Africa

• More traditional outfits are made of skin of animals and bark cloth.

• button up shirts, t-shirts, shorts, and slacks for the men • colourful robes, headscarves, and bright jewellery for the

women

Geography of Central Africa

• Tropical Rainforest and woodlands• Congo River Valley• Central Africa includes the south part of the

Sahara Desert, and the west part of the Great Rift Valley. It also sits on the equator and is drained largely by the Congo River. 

• The many plateaus in the region show a huge range in altitude

• This includes elephants, lions, hippopotamuses, warthogs, forest hogs, okapis, and mountain gorillas on the volcanic slopes of the reserve

Congo River

Tropical Rainforests

South Africa

Countries in South Africa

• Botswana

• Lesotho

• Namibia

• South Africa

• Swaziland

People of South Africa

• Mixture of Black African at 79.2%,

• White at 8.9% from Dutch, German and French

• Indian or Asian at 2.5%

• other at 8.9%

Clothing of South Africa

• Very loose and flowing dresses

• Colourful • Head pieces

Geography of South Africa

• From dry deserts, to snowy mountains, there is just about any climate in this region

• Rich mineral resources

• Zambezi River, Victoria Falls

Deserts

• The Karoo plateau and the Kalahari Desert temperature are exceptionally dry and very hot in the summers and chilling in winters.

Zambezi River, Victoria Falls

North Africa

Countries in North Africa

• Algeria • Egypt • Libyan Arab

Jamahiriya • Morroco

• South Sudan • Sudan • Tunisia • Western Sahara

People of North Africa

• Cut off by the Sahara desert to other parts of Africa

• Seafaring civilizations

• High Islamic influences

Clothing of North Africa

• Islamic influcences• BouBou• Tuareg

Tuareg

Geography of North Africa

• Mostly deserts• The Atlas Mountains

trap the moist air creating the Sahara Desert conditions.

• Valleys are used to grow many crops, especially citrus, olives, tomatoes, eggplants and lettuce

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