AFRICAN BRICKYARD WORDS

By: Maggie Rogers

ARAB ETHNIC GROUPS

They are found in

Northern Africa
They speak Arabic
They mostly practice
Islam

ASHANTI ETHNIC GROUPS

They live in the central

part of Ghana in Africa
They are a major ethnic
group of the Akan's in
Ghana

BANTU ETHNIC GROUPS

Christianity is their
religion
They are found east and
southward from central
Africa down to southern
Africa

SWAHILI ETHNIC GROUPS

Mainly in the eastern

parts of Africa
The Islamic religion has
effected greatly

NELSON MANDELA

He was a leader in South

Africa during the
Apartheid years
He was thrown in jail for 7
years
After he got out of jail he
was elected president and
worked toward abolishing
apartheid completely.

F.W. DE KLERK

He was the 7th and final

president in South Africa.
He worked toward the
apartheid movement
He worked toward it until
Nelson Mandela abolished
apartheid

PAN-AFRICA MOVEMENT
This was a worldwide
movement that was a
group of people of African
descent that wanted Africa
to be a homeland for them.
They also wanted Africa to
be free from British rule.

APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA

This is a form of
segregation that took place
in South Africa from about
the 1940s to the 1990s. It
was the separation
between the whites and
Africans.

SOUTH AFRICAS ECONOMY

Market Economy
75th freed in Africa
62.5 on the economic scale

NIGERIAS ECONOMY

Mixed Economy
129th freed in Africa
54.3 on economic scale

REPUBLICAN SYSTEM IN KENYA

This country is a constitutional republic but the states are

more tightly controlled by the government.
There are three branches in the government and the
president is in the executive branch
There was a presidential democracy then they agreed to
have a power sharing agreement with the president and
prime minister. Prime minister is the head of government
and the president is chief of state.
All citizens 18 and older can vote

REPUBLICAN SYSTEM IN SOUTH AFRICA

This country has a constitutional republic system

The national assembly is the legislature and they are the
ones to elect the president
Everyone 18 and older can vote

WHY DID SUDAN BECOME INDEPENDENT?

After Africas longest running civil war, that started because

of the broken peace treaty in 2005, there was a vote and a
huge amount of the South Sudanese wanted to become a
new country.

EDUCATION IN KENYA AND SUDAN

Kenya
Literacy

Girls: 90.6%
Boys: 84.2%

Sudan
Literacy

Rate:

Rate:

Boys- 80.7%
Girls- 63.2%

Overall both of these countries probably spend as much on

school for the girls because of cultural reasons. Some
countries may not be able to afford very good education fro
the people.

HIV/AIDS IN AFRICA

HIV prevention campaigns

Voluntary HIV/AIDS counseling and testing
Antiretroviral drugs to prevent mother to child transmission

NATIONALISM TO INDEPENDENCE IN
SOUTH AFRICA, NIGERIA AND KENYA

Most of the African people developed nationalism through

the Pan-Africanism movement during the times where
Europe was ruling Africa
They wanted their independence
In 1963 Brittan helped the Kenyans hold an election and
they elected a president
Most people thought that the only way for Nigerians to have
rights was to become free from Brittan

EUROPEAN RULE IN AFRICA

When Europe was dividing the territory they didnt think

about the religious conflicts that would happen throughout
the people.
The Africans were also mistreated by the Europeans that
had control over their country.
There were some wars and battles between the Africans
and Europeans, but because of Europes advanced
technology they almost always won.
But the Africans did get better health care, railroads and
farming techniques.

DISTRIBUTION OF AFRICAS RESOURCES

In a country like Nigeria the distribution of oil is very good

because that is a very oil rich country, and their economy is
helped by the GDP being high at around $3000 per capita.
Most countries in Africa are very rich in natural resources
and that helps their economy greatly
One downside to it is the war and conflict over some of the
resources. That definitely doesn't help their economies.