AFSA01 Lecture 2: September 9th - Precolonial Civilization.docx
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September 9th, 2013 pre colonial civilizations: lake chad drying up has got about 1/10th of its original size, oral tradition good but tends to shape itself or be forgotten, primordial constructionist meaning identity is very ancient and unchanged, rate of change now and hundreds of years ago is different change is more globally oriented now in terms of technological change and movement of people (transportation), change is much faster, after was and is a harsh land in terms of climate and the environment, they"ve always struggled against forces of nature, they"ve adapted to their environments by developing particular ways of living, one of the problems for african societies has always been maintaining and building up population, places close to water were always more populated : river valleys such as the nile, also, green areas: areas with sufficient rainfall areas with the highlands (ethiopia, tanzania, kenya, another area, is around the significant lakes.
