MMW 13 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bantu Languages, Atlantic Slave Trade, Sharia
14 Apr 2017
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Mmw 13 lecture 5 trade networks in east africa. View that africa had always been that way and there was nothing there to begin with. Only the entry of other civilizations pulled africa out of its. Primitive" past: adopting islam allowed africa to enter history. Colonial bias that africa did not have much of a role in the world still persists today: by 19th century, much of africa had been reduced to economic wasteland with political problems. Not due to the africans, but european intervention/colonialism and the effects of the atlantic slave trade. Need historical redress of africa"s role before european colonialism. Swahili" geographic location: coastal region of east africa spanning over 1200 miles, included roughly 40 trading towns. Some inland cities along the zendezi river. Kiswahili" as cultural designation: striking degree of cultural coherence, language, lifestyle, architecture, religion. Islam as shared religion: spread of islam through immigration and conversion.
