After Asia, africa is the largest continent. Its nearly 5000s long from the mediterranean sea in the north to that cape of good hope in the south. Africa is nearly completely surrounded by two oceans and two seas. Africa's mediterranean coast is mostly mountainous, south of the mountains lies earth's largest desert, the sahara. It stretches from the atlantic to the indian ocean. Far east there is very different terrain of snow capped mountains, upland plateaus, and lakes. Savannas exist on both north
Religions of Africa Africa is made up of more than fifty countries and is home to just over a billion people. Africa is not only diverse in its landscape and animals but the people are also extremely diverse. There are hundreds of different ethnic communities that, together, speak over 1000 languages. With this much diversity among the different communities, it is not surprising that there is much diversity in the religions in Africa. In Africa, there are many groups of people who follow different
Religions in Africa span far beyond the common confines accepted within the western barriers in terms of religion. While Western religion is often separated, overpowering, or distinct within its own borders, African religion may be versatile, as well as varying and abundant. Many different factors go into the religious practices of African people, and this specific location is well known for their diversity and deep dedication to their specific religious practices. There are also specific distinctions
Mbiti observed in 1969 that Africa people are “notoriously religious” consciously or unconsciously, and is still true of a large majority of people, urban or rural, educated or less educated (Moyo 2013). No matter the time or what decade it is, religion will still dominate the world and especially Africa. Over the years’ religions from all over the world have formed and people from all over the world have taken up and practiced those religions, making some religions well known while others most people
THE PROBLEM IS THE NEED FOR FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN SOUTH AFRICA 1 BRIEF BACKGROUND OF HUMAN RIGHT COUNCIL AND FREEDOM OF RELIGION Human right council is one of the united nation’s intergovernmental body that is responsible for protecting and promoting the exercised of human rights around the world. Its primary responsibility is to ensure that countries understand the seriousness of human rights violation and that they know that they know the consequence that comes with human right violation. This
indigenous African religions. Africa is a mainland that has long been shrouded in a cover of misjudging and stigma. The general misguided judgments about Africans are boundless and strike almost every part of African society and social orders incorporating religion. Many of the religions do not write and document everything but rather add more importance to oral history and rituals. Colonization and philosophers like Emile Durkheim have consciously or subconsciously stripped these religions of their value
African indigenous religion(s). The first perception is that the religions have common features, religious philosophy and thought forms. The latter identifies Africa’s numerous cultures, different ethnic nationalities, and varying practices. The indigenous people (the first inhabitants) of southern Africa can be categorised into two groups, the San hunter-gatherers and the traditional African farmers. Whereas historians tend to emphasize the changing nature of cultures and religions, the conceptualisation
The Intersection of Religion and Politics in 17th-19th Century Africa The stories of Dona Beatriz, Uthman dan Fodio, and Guimba the Tyrant present three cases in which religion and politics overlapped in different ways and to varying degrees. These three individuals lived in distinct historical contexts and had unique religious trainings, sources of spiritual power, track records as religious and political authorities, goals for reshaping the religious and political landscape of their regions
Africa was isolated geographically by the Sahara Desert. The isolation made by the Sahara Desert has affected trade, religion, and trade within Africa. Trade in Africa was impacted by the Sahara Desert because it prevented goods from civilizations residing under the Sahara Desert to reach North Africa. Religion was affected by Africa's isolation because new religious ideas could not reach part of Africa due to the Sahara Desert. The impact made by the affect on transportation was that it had caused
Islam, the advancements of civilization in Africa up until the 15th century were remarkable and alone disprove the “Dark Continent” myth. Religion assisted in many of the crucial societal advancements that include technology, education and trade. However, the 16th century witnessed the beginning of European contact, as well as an inevitable evolution of Africa. Roman Catholic missionaries from Europe, particularly Portugal, began to penetrate parts of Africa. Some missionary attempts were successful
European's eyes uncivilized, was Africa. This was the start of Western Imperialism. All European countries wanted their piece of Africa and to get it, they would let nothing stand in their way. They would change the entire government, religion, market, and behavior of most of the African nation and affect almost every person living there. An account of the impact of Imperialism is given in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. This book shows the changes that occurred in Africa during Imperialism and its
Africa is a continent that is full of life, history, and future discoveries that should be regarded as one of the learning meccas of the world. It is the second largest continent by area and population, which makes it three times as large as the United States. Africa is a place many people travel to in order to learn, relax, and discover new ideas in order to improve the country. Africa is sometimes shed a bad light on due to its poverty in some parts of the continent. But many of the everyday things
like this are Africa and China. The two aren’t even remotely close together, but had similar ways of living, both with their own touch on it, relative specifically to their cultures. These differences and similarities are shown through religion, their social set-up, trade, and social classes. One of the biggest ways to compare and contrast Africa and China is through trade. Trade was very important to both cultures. Africa was basically built on trade. Trade began to grow in Africa in Ghana and
Islam is the second largest religion in the world, right behind Christianity with an estimated 1.6 billion global members as of 2010. With these astoundly high numbers, the Muslim presence is being felt all across the world. Roughly 240 million Muslims are currently residing in the northern half of Africa. Over the [past century the number of African Muslims has skyrocketed and become the second most popular religion in the area with Christianity only slightly ahead of it in terms of numbers.
South Africa is a very diverse place. It is often called, “The Rainbow Nation” because it has so many integrated religions. The five major religions are Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, and, largest of all, Christianity. Christianity makes up more than 80% of the religious population. Of those, most are protestant, a form of the Western Christian Church separate from the Roman Catholic Church. The main difference between the two is their concepts of God and the way the practice/worship. Some
and migrated from Africa Europeans and Africans also had religious relations; which is evident from the spread of Christianity, introduced by the Byzantines, throughout Africa specifically in North Africa, the Nile Valley, and the Horn of Africa. Aside from religious relations, Africans and Europeans also had economic and political relations as a result of European colonization and conquest of the African regions. Economic relations were a result of Europeans coming into Africa and taking natural
Ancient Africa and ancient Greece hold many similarities and differences. Now of course all of these things can differ between the two civilizations. For example, religion in Africa is fairly different from religion in Greece. However, they both have a god or deity that they believe in. Despite their differences, they both have trade, religion, warfare, and a form government. Trade is one of the main concepts that civilizations are built on. A trade route can connect multiple societies together
spread of Islam in Africa had taken course from a number of factors, including external and internal forces. After my analyzing of the spread of Islam in Africa, I have gather three main themes that stuck out during the expansion of Islam: Islam and trade, the conversion conditions of Islam, and the economics/political development involving Islam. These three themes provide great insight on how Islam started to spread through out Africa. Through trade the culture and religion of Islam was spread
Africa always had the short end of the stick when it came to its reputation. It all started when a German philosopher named Georg Hagel visited Africa and made a very miss informative statement about it in 1837. In his own unwitting words, Hagel basically suggested that Africa was worthless, had no history, and that the people were wild. Word of Hagel’s statement spread to the western world and that particular stereotype has been around for a very long time. Over a century later, in 1964, another
Peninsula. His caliphate, successors, led the strong Muslim military across much of the known world conquering and claiming the land. The Islamic empire stretched from North Africa to parts of the fallen Persian Empire. Through the many successful military conquests, the Muslims were the controlling body of most of Spain, North Africa, and South Asia. Due to the extensive control, Muslims were able to trade among each other and other empires with little to no interference, acquire new technologies and