AFA 2000 Lecture 2: AFA2000 Module 2 Lecture

• School: University of Florida
• Department: African-American Studies
• Course: AFA 2000
• Professor: Vincent E Adejumo

Document Summary

Africa is the continent from which humankind first arose more than three million years ago thanks to the discovery in ethiopia of the fossil remains of. Significance shows evidence of small skull capacity like aps and walked upright. The continent of africa has about two thousand languages, which can be classified into four different linguistic groups: Slavery existed from the earliest known history of africa. Slavery throughout africa comprised of a range of statues and experiences: Chattel slavery - servitude relationship where the slave is treated like a property of the owner, can be trade or treated in whatever way, practice in north africa, valley egypt, and near the nile river. Dependent family membership - treated as family members. Rulers and political elites used slaves in a variety of capacities: African merchants purchased slaves for carrying goods on trade. African merchants purchased slaves for carrying goods on trade vans.