POL301Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bantu Languages, Ali Mazrui, Swahili Coast
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Lecture notes: pol301 the making of africa and africans. May 18, 2017: most important form of african self-identity is kinship. Well-known kingdoms: ghana (750-1076, mali (1235-1610, songhay (1464-1612, great zimbabwe (11th-15th c. e. , swahili coast (12th-15th c. e. , professor highlighted how far behind many european societies were compared to african societies during this time (i. e. the sophistication of. Linguistic diversity: family of this category, ~200 languages: there are 1500-2000 languages spoken on the african continent, six main language families native to the continent, 1. Afro-asiatic spoken in north africa, semitic languages are a sub: 2. Niger-congo blacks, bantu language family, 1000+ languages with: 3. Nilo-sahara blacks, non-bantu (i. e. sudan, sahara), ~140: 4. 200 million speakers languages with 11 million speakers: 5. Austresian spoken mainly in madagascar, originating from: 6. Official languages of most nations today were prescribed through colonialism and reflect whom the colonial rulers of these countries were: francophonie much more oriented towards culture promotion (whereas.
