Learning Goals Today you should be able to
Learning Goals Today you should be able to. . . explain the differences between an ethnic group and a religious group. Because. . . this will help you . . . understand the different aspects of Africa’s culture.
Learning Goals Today you should be able to. . . compare and contrast the different African ethnic & religious groups. Because. . . this will help you . . . understand the different aspects of Africa’s culture.
CULTURE Religion Ethnicity • • • Language/accent Dress/clothing Music Art Food Dance Stories/folktales/books Ancestors/history Holidays (non-religious) Manners Architecture Games/sports/hobbies/ recreation • • • Beliefs in god(s) Holy book/sacred text House of worship (building) Holy places (cities) Rules/laws/commandments Symbols Holidays Holy people/prophets Rituals/traditions/ ceremonies Prayer Leaders (ex. priest, pastor)
http: //www. adherents. com/Religions_By_Adherents. html
Major Religions of the World Ranked by Number of Adherents (Sizes shown are approximate estimates, and are here mainly for the purpose of ordering the groups, not providing a definitive number. This list is sociological/statistical in perspective. ) 1. Christianity: 2. 1 billion 2. Islam: 1. 5 billion 3. Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1. 1 billion 4. Hinduism: 900 million 5. Chinese traditional religion: 394 million 6. Buddhism: 376 million 7. primal-indigenous: 300 million 8. African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million 9. Sikhism: 23 million 10. Juche: 19 million 11. Spiritism: 15 million 12. Judaism: 14 million 13. Baha'i: 7 million 14. Jainism: 4. 2 million 15. Shinto: 4 million
Sooo, what ARE African traditional beliefs?
Africa’s traditional beliefs • vary from region to region • polytheistic • usually centered around the powers and spirits of nature and ancestors • indigenous to Africa • pre-date Christianity & Islam
SUPREME DEITIES gods A selection from different peoples ethnicities Peoples ethnicities Supreme Deity Location not ALL Akan speakers Nyama Ghana Luba Kalumba Congo Baganda Katonda Uganda Yoruba Oludmare (Olurun) Nigeria Zulu Nkulunkulu South Africa Fulani Dondari West Africa Igbo Chuikwu or Chukwu Nigeria Bashongo Bumba Zambia
How do the top maps explain the bottom maps?
What do you See? Think? Wonder?
Map Directions ETHNIC GROUPS 1. Use the reading “Africa’s Ethnic & Religious Groups” to determine where each of the ethnic groups is located. 2. Choose a color to represent each ethnic group. Add the colors/patterns to your key. 3. Color the areas on the map where each ethnic group can be found. RELIGIOUS GROUPS 1. Use the reading to determine which religion(s) each ethnic group practices. 2. Create a symbol to represent each religion. Add the symbols to your key. 3. Add the religion symbols to the areas of the map corresponding to the ethnic groups that practice it.
Arabs • North Africa - Egypt to Morocco • Sahara Desert • Sahel • East coast - Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zanzibar • Mediterranean coast • Countries along the Indian Ocean Ashanti • Ghana • Burkina Faso • Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivorie) • Togo Bantu • South of Sahara • Central & southern Africa • Southern tip of Africa Swahili • Coast of east Africa
KEY Ethnic Groups Arab Ashanti Bantu Swahili Religious Groups Islam Christianity Traditional beliefs
Bantu
Golden Stool
Location Arab Ashanti Swahili Bantu • • • North Africa - Egypt to Morocco Sahara Desert Sahel East coast - Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zanzibar Mediterranean coast Countries along the Indian Ocean Ghana Burkina Faso Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivorie) Togo Coast of east Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique • South of Sahara • Central & southern Africa • Southern tip of Africa Religion(s) • Islam • Trad. Beliefs • Islam • Christianity • Islam • Trad. Beliefs • Islam • Trad. Beliefs • Christianity
KEY Ethnic Groups Arab Ashanti Bantu Swahili Religious Groups Islam Christianity Traditional beliefs
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