AFAMAST 1122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bantu Expansion, Subsistence Agriculture, Tropical Climate

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: African American & African Std
• Course: AFAMAST 1122
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Frederick cooper describes gatekeeper state a person in power holds onto this far longer than they should. Attempt to use the power they have over a state to enrich themselves. The private sector doesn"t have enough money for a past person in governmental power to stay wealthy. Geography is destiny geography of the area shapes the future of the society. Sahara desert limits trade from the north of the desert and the south. Tropical climate in central area plays a role in the diseases and living conditions in that vast area. Poor soil very dry and lacking in nutrients. This causes subsistence agriculture which means they grow to live off the resources themselves, and not to trade. Exception africa"s great lakes region (uganda, kenya, tanzania, burundi) Ancient rocks/minerals gold, copper, cobalt, oil, etc. Very impressive mineral deposits that bring other people to the continent. Disease vectors large dispersion of disease such as malaria.