NEW150Y1 Lecture Notes - Swahili Coast, Yoruba People, Staple Food
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Last week, suggested that africans began to develop communities north, East and cetnral africa (esp ethiopia) were the places. East africa we know today is not the east africa that was then. East african kingdoms- kingdom of kush (sudan) aksum (ethiopia), and. Nubians, the swahili coast and the people on islands. East africans opened africa up for trade trade roots developed along east african coast. As a result of trade , modern cities emerged along east african coast. Most of east africans lived in cities whereas most west africans lived in rural communities. Gold , spices in exchange for salt and other goods from asia. Indias where very good at textiles pre colonial. Indigenous peoples of western africa are mostly bantus (predominant, Yorubas,(nigeria) akan,(ghana) mande, and bambara(mali to senaegal and gambia)) afro- asians and nilo saharans. West african region is very spread out of groups. Afro- asiatic (hausa in nigeria)- linguistically different from yorubas and.
