MC_A Concise History of Africa

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farmland, 46 , 67 Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone, 69 Franco-Prussian War of 1870, 58 French colonialism, 20, 56–59, 62–63, 65, 69 G Gao, 34, 35 Gezo of Dahomey, 73 Ghana: Ashanti States, 38; fishing village in Axim, 73 ; independence of, 72, 75; Islam, spread of, 13; Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, Accra,, 74 ; Larabanga Mosque, Larabanga, 33 Ghana Empire, 32–33 A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Traveling (Battuta), 20 goats, 10–11 Gold Coast. See Ghana Great Mosque, Kairouan, Tunisia, 17 Great Mosque, Sousse, Tunisia, 58 Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt, 12 H Habib Bourguiba Mausoleum portico, Monastir, Tunisia, 16 haji, 20, 34 Hausa City State, 35–36 history. See colonialism; pre-colonial history Hodgson, Frederick, 38 Houphouët-Boigny, Félix, 74, 75 Houphouët-Boigny, Marie-Thérèse, 75 houses, 34 , 53 , 66 I independence, overview of, 66, 74–76 Inland Africa, 46–51 Islam, spread of, 13, 16, 20, 30, 33, 36 Ismail, Moulay, 23 J jihads, 30, 36 Johannesburg, South Africa, 70–71 K Kalahari Desert, 52, 53 Kasbah of the Udayas, Rabat, Morocco, 59 Keïta, Sundiata, 34 Kennedy, Jacqueline, 75 Kennedy, John F., 75 Kenya, 12, 17, 66, 68, 74, 75 Kenyatta, Jomo, 74, 75 Khoikhoi people, 54 Kilwa Kisiwani, 42–43, 43 King Béhanzin, 36 King Béhanzin statue, Abomey, Benin, 37 gold trade, 33, 34, 38, 42, 52 “Golden Stool” legend, 38 Gorée Island, Dakar, Senegal, 63

In this index, page number in bold italic font indicate photos or illustrations. A Abolitionist movement, 40–41 Abomey, Benin, 37, 37 ACS. See American Colonization Society (ACS) agriculture: Ashanti States and, 38; Bantu people and, 47; farmer depiction, 54 ; Sahara Desert, 13; Ugandan farmland, 46 , 67 , 68; White Highlands, 66 Ahmed, Muhammad, 30 Algeria: Basilique Notre Dame d’Afrique, 57 ; The Bombardment of Algiers, August 27, 1816 (Chambers), 21 ; cities of, 20 , 22 , 23, 56 ; colonialism, 17, 56; independence of, 20, 62; St. Augustine, 19; Tassili N’Ajjer, 24 . See also Maghreb Algerian Wars, 20, 23, 57 Algiers, Algeria, 21 , 22 , 23 , 56 al-Hasan, Ali, 42 Ali, Muhammad, 30 al-Qaddafi, Muammar, 20 American Colonization Society (ACS), 66 Amin, Idi, 51 Anglo-Zulu War, 55 Aswan, Egypt, 29, 29 Aswan High Dam, 30 Atlantic slave trade, 37, 39–41, 39 . See also American Colonization Society (ACS) Atlas Mountains, 60–61 Axim, Ghana, 73 Axum, Kingdom of, 31 B Bantu people, 46–47, 49–51, 52, 53, 54 Barbary Coast, 21–23 A Barbary Pirate (Mola), 21 Barbary Wars, 23, 24 Basilique Notre Dame d’Afrique, 57 Battuta, Ibn, 20 Bedouin people, 19 Benin, 36–37, 37 Berber people, 18, 18 , 19 boats, 32 , 59 . See also ships Boers, 54–55 The Bombardment of Algiers, August 27, 1816 (Chambers), 21 Bou Regreg River, 59 British colonialism: administration and, 59, 68, 69; North Africa, 30; overview of, 63–66, 70; Ankole Watusi cattle, 50, 50 Antananarivo, Madagascar, 62 Arab Maghreb Union, 20 Arab slave trade, 43 Ashanti States, 38 Ashanti Yam Ceremony, 72 Askia the Great, 35

Southern Africa, 54; West Africa, 36, 39, 41; White Highlands, 66, 68. See also European slave trade

Buganda, 47, 49, 50–51 Bunyoro State, 49–50 Burton, Richard, 17 C

Cabral, Pedro Ávares, 43, 43 camel caravans, 13, 19 , 25, 33 Chefchaouen, Morocco, 13 Christianity, spread of, 13, 19, 31, 56 civilization origins, 12–17 climate change, 13, 24 colonialism: East Africa, 43; economics of, 66, 68; independence from, 74–76; North Africa, 20; overview of, 10–11, 56–59, 62–66, 68–70, 72– 73; West Africa, 38. See also European slave trade; specific colonialism Constantine, Algeria, 20 cotton, 68, 68 “Cradle of Civilization,” 12–17 cricket, 70 Cullinan Diamond Mine, South Africa, 65 Cwezi people, 49, 50 D da Gama, Vasco, 16 deserts. See Sahara Desert discrimination, 70. See also European superiority attitude; slave trade diseases, 11, 17 Djenné market, Mali, 35 Djeser-Djeseru “Holy of Holies,” 14–15 Dogon people, 34 D’Oliveira, Basil, 70 Dutch colonialism, 54–55 E East Africa, 12, 42–45, 76 education, 63, 64, 69 Egypt: Aswan High Dam, 30 ; “Cradle of Civilization,” 12, 13; Great Pyramid of Giza, 12 ; Lake Nasser, 29–30; Muhammad Ali and, 30; Nile River area and tributaries and, 28–31, 28 , 29 ; Shali Fortress, 25 ; temples, 14–15 , 29 elephants, 8–9

El-Hamid, Abd, II, 30 Emperor Menelik II, 31 ergs, 25–26 Ethiopia, 12, 13, 31, 76

European slave trade, 21–23, 39–40 European superiority attitude, 11, 58 Ewuare, Oba, 37 F Faidherbe, Louis-Léon-César, 69 farmer depiction, 54

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