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9781406256000

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English

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5 Mo

African Culture covers a vast array of subjects on African culture -- from fine arts to ceremonies, from legends to the culture's global influence.

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Publié par

Capstone Global Library

Date de parution

08 octobre 2012

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9781406256000

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

5 Mo

Africa

G L O B A L C U L T U R E S African Culture

G L O B A L C U L T U R E S

African Culture

Catherine Chambers

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Chambers, Catherine. African culture. -- (Global cultures) 306’.096-dc23 A full catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

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CONTENTS

Introducing African culture ...................................4 Family and community .........................................6 Customs and activities ........................................12 Religious beliefs and practices .............................18 Decorative arts ...................................................24 Performance.......................................................32 African culture in the 21st century .......................40 Timeline.............................................................42 Cultural map......................................................43 Glossary.............................................................44 Find out more ....................................................46 Index..................................................................48

Some words are shown in bold,like this. You can ﬁnd out what they mean by looking in the glossary.

INTRODUCING AFRICAN CULTUR

Africa is a vast continent with extraordinary contrasts. It has scorching desert and rustling grassland. It has hot tropical forest and chilly, snow-capped mountains. Great lakes and rivers cross the land.

Africa’s geography has helped to shape the way its peoples live. So has Africa’s history. Africa has traded and shared ideas with far-off lands for centuries. This has brought both good things and bad. Despite all these influences, Africa has its own identity. It stems from Earth’s first modern humans who lived in Africa over 500,000 years ago.

Did you know? • Africa has a population of around 1,030 million people. That is 15 per cent of the world’s population. • The highest point in Africa is Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. It is 5,895 metres (19,340 feet) above sea level. • The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world. It is about the same size as Brazil. The desert divides north Africa from sub-Saharan Africa in the south. • The Nile is the longest river in the world. It runs for 6,695 kilometres (4,160 miles).

What is culture? Cultureis the values, beliefs, and attitudes of a particular place. It is about how people live and worship, and about the music, art, and literature they produce. The various groups of people living in Africa have many different cultures.

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