WHERE HISTORY LIVES

Lesson 4 – African Islamic Civilizations

TIMBUKTU
❑ An important city by 15th & 16th centuries and the
cultural center of Mali and the Sahel region.
❑ It became wealthy from the gold trade of the 14th

century.
Djingarey Ber Mosque
❑ It was originally built in 1327. When Mansa Musa

went to hajj in Mecca, He brought back a famous

architect to design the mosque.
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❑ Mansa Musa ruled Mali between
about 1337-1312. He was the great
Nephew of Mari Jata (Sunjata).
❑ Mansa Musa was famous for his

long caravan expedition across the

Sahara to Cairo.
❑ He took with him great amounts of

gold from the rich gold fields of

West Africa. MANSA MUSA
 Lesson 4 – African Islamic Civilizations
MANSA MUSA
❑ Mansa Musa visited Cairo
and spent so much of gold
that the value of gold fell
throughout Egypt.
❑ One of the famous visitors

was the traveler, IBN

BATTUTA, who wrote about
his visit to the cities.
IBN BATTUTA
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DJENNĔ
❑ Each year these
traditional mosques are
refreshed.
❑ With the community

effort, teams of builders

bring fresh mud plaster to
reinforce the walls of the
structure.
Lesson 5 – Africa from Colonialism to Independence

Some European languages are widely spoken in

Africa:
❑ English

❑ French

❑ Spanish

❑ Portuguese

❑ Afrikaans
Lesson 5 – Africa from Colonialism to Independence

EUROPEAN COLONIALISM IN AFRICA

❑ As Europeans explored more areas outside of

Europe in the 1600’s, they found Africa, a land rich

in natural resources.
❑ Some European powers saw the African continent

as a way to increase their natural resources and a

way to give economic opportunities to people in
their own countries.
Lesson 5 – Africa from Colonialism to Independence

EUROPEAN COLONIALISM IN AFRICA

❑ The meeting called the Berlin Conference is a

diplomatic conference the countries agreed to

divide the continent of Africa among themselves to
be ruled as colonies.
❑ A colony is a place far away from one country yet

ruled as a part of that country. Usually, the laws in

a colony are based on the laws of the ruling
country.
Lesson 5 – Africa from Colonialism to Independence

NEW COUNTRIES IN AFRICA:

❑ The European colonial powers withdrew from

African colonies. In some cases the colonies

became too expensive or difficult to manage.
❑ Only Liberia and Ethiopia were not colonized.

❑ Egypt was formed in 1922

❑ Most of the rest of Africa received independence

after 1956.
Lesson 5 – Africa from Colonialism to Independence

❑ Nelson Mandela was the

first black person in African
country to be President.
❑ His famous for his political
system called Apartheid, in
which black Africans had little
rights.
❑ He used his time as president
to get people in his country to
work together in peace.
Lesson 5 – Africa from Colonialism to Independence

❑ Haile Selassie, the leader

of one of the African
countries which was not
colonized – Ethiopia.
❑ He ruled the country from

1930 to 1974 during the

period when many African
countries were forming.
Lesson 5 – Africa from Colonialism to Independence

❑ Patrice Lumumba, was

the first Prime Minister of
the country which was
formerly called the Belgian
Congo. (Democratic
Republic of Congo)
❑ He served from June to

September of 1960.
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