AFSA01 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Islamist Uprising In Syria, Indirect Rule, Ethnic Group
21 Nov 2013
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Islamic uprising in north east sahara: movement against christianity and against. People feel that in that area westernization has failed because of extreme poverty. It is very close to lake chad: area of massive climate change. Africa has a deep history of kingdoms, empires, etc. There is also things like development of early industrial society like iron working. He points to the importance of cattle in the global economy. Oral cultures: many african people didn"t have writings so they were techniques used such as music, etc. Problem with oral tradition: if the population dies then you lose culture. Ethnic group of 20 million people is compared with another group and is said to be the same way. Implies ignorance: british had a system of indirect rule: ruling through existing african institutions and the existing african institutions that were there were tribes and chiefs. Chiefs evolved and have a history of their own.
