African Kingdom Project & Presentations!
ASHANTI
Short FULL History: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/4chapter6.shtml
History: http://www.ashanti.com.au/pb/wp_8078438f.html
History: http://nubyan.com/peoples-societies/the-ancient-ashanti-kingdom-of-ghana
Short History: http://content.ghananation.com/articles/Origins-of-Ashanti-Empire.aspx
Clothing: http://kente.midwesttradegroup.com/history.html
AXUM
Very short History: http://www.aasd.k12.wi.us/Staff/Hermansenjoel/African%20and%20South%20American%20PowerPoints/nancy,%20ryan,%20micheal-Axum%20Empire%20Powerpoint_files/frame.htm#slide0001.htm
History/Pix: http://wysinger.homestead.com/aksum.html
History: http://www.africankingdoms.com/ *Scroll down to your empire!
Short History: http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/CIVAFRCA/AXUM.HTM
History: http://archaeology.about.com/cs/africa/a/aksum.htm
History/Pix: http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Aksumite_Empire
BUGANDA
Destruction of Buganda’s History today: http://www.bugandapost.com/main/archives/1733
Very Short History: http://www.ancientdigger.com/2010/06/buganda-kings-resting-place-at-kasubi.html
Complete History: http://www.buganda.com/ *Be sure to click on the links on the top of the page to guide your search!
CARTHAGE
Short History + Emperor Hannibal: http://www.phoenician.org/carthage_hannibal_barca.htm
History: http://www.livius.org/cao-caz/carthage/carthage.html
History: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/97373/Carthage
Complete History: http://www.carthage.edu/classics/karthago/ancient-history-carthage/
CONGO
Short History: http://www.clickafrique.com/Magazine/ST010/CP0000000005.aspx
Short History/decline: http://www.angelfire.com/indie/kathleendeguzman/kongo.html
Short FULL History: http://ancientafricah.wikispaces.com/Kongo+Kingdom
Short FULL History: http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people/Kongo.html
Short History/Culture: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/321736/Kongo
ETHIOPIA
(also called “Abyssinia”)
(also called “Abyssinia”)
History: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/194152/history-of-Ethiopia
Queen of Sheba, Languages & Religions: http://robt.shepherd.tripod.com/ethiopia.html
Short History/religion: http://www.cwo.com/~lucumi/ethiopia2.html
Short Histories: http://www.ethiopianhistory.com/
Complete History: http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/we/we06.htm
GHANA
History: http://www.africankingdoms.com/ *Scroll down to your empire!
Short FULL history: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/history/ancient_ghana.php
Short FULL History: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/4chapter1.shtml
Full History: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/history/
KANEM-BORNU
Short FULL History: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/4chapter2.shtml
Short History: http://www.clickafrique.com/Magazine/ST010/CP0000000009.aspx
History: http://www.africankingdoms.com/ *Scroll down to your empire!
Full History: http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Kanem-Bornu_Kingdom
KILWA
History: http://www.utalii.com/Off_the_normal_path/kilwa.htm
Ibn Battuta visits Kilwa (parts of his diary)… http://courses.wcupa.edu/jones/his311/lectures/16battut.htm
History: http://www.baobabvillage.com/Pic_Lib_Kilwa/Pics_Kilwa/pics_kilwa.html
History/Pix: http://archaeology.about.com/od/tanzania/a/kilwa.htm
KUSH
(also called “Nubia”)
(also called “Nubia”)
Short History: http://archaeology.about.com/od/kterms/g/kush.htm
Short FULL History: http://www.blackpast.org/?q=gah/ancient-kush-2nd-millennium-b-c-4th-century-d
Short History: http://www.suite101.com/content/the-ancient-civilization-of-kush-meroitic-period-a213010
LOZI
Traditional Lozi Story: “Creation of the Lozi” - http://books.google.com/books?id=NumiOSmKshAC&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&dq=ancient+lozi&source=bl&ots=VzuUWVUCtA&sig=_GnEgk16wk7rp_C1DywlIdHthFs&hl=en&ei=8kDgTMHsLISclgfs_fjzAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=ancient%20lozi&f=false
History: http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/ethnoatlas/hmar/cult_dir/culture.7859
Lozi Today + Their History: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lozi_people
Legends + History: http://www.siomacamp.com/barotseland__the_lozi_kingdom.htm
LUBA
Short FULL History: http://www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/en/Kingdom_of_Luba
Creation/Decline Story: http://www.everyculture.com/Africa-Middle-East/Luba-of-Shaba-History-and-Cultural-Relations.html
Short History: http://www.forafricanart.com/Luba_ep_31-1.html
History: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/luba/hd_luba.htm
LUNDA
Short FULL History: http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Lunda_Empire
Short FULL History: http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people/Lunda.html
Short History: http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-509.html
Short History: http://www.enotes.com/topic/Kingdom_of_Lunda
MALAWI
(also called “Maravi” + other names)
(also called “Maravi” + other names)
Short ANCIENT History: http://www.localhistories.org/malawi.html
Short FULL History: http://strategyleader.org/profiles/maravi.html
Very short History: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/363956/Maravi-Confederacy
MALI
Short Full History: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/4chapter3.shtml
History: http://www.africankingdoms.com/ *Scroll down to your empire!
Story: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mali/hd_mali.htm
History: http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/resources/mali/index.htm
Short History: http://www.africa.mrdonn.org/mali.html
Mansa Musa: http://africa.mrdonn.org/mansamusa.html
Mansa Musa’s Hajj to Mecca: http://blackhistorypages.net/pages/mansamusa.php
MERINA
Short History: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/madg_1/hd_madg_1.htm
Short History – Rulers of Merina: http://flagspot.net/flags/mg_royal.html
History: http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/madoverview2.htm
MONOMOTAPA
(“Great Zimbabwe” or “MUTAPA”)
(“Great Zimbabwe” or “MUTAPA”)
History: http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mutapa_Empire
History: http://www.africankingdoms.com/ *Scroll down to your empire!
RWANDA
History: http://www.africankingdoms.com/ *Scroll down to your empire!
History: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/514448/Kingdom-of-Rwanda
Hutu & Tutsi disagree on History: http://www.independent.co.ug/index.php/the-last-word/the-last-word/3-the-last-word/3346-do-the-hutu-and-tutsi-of-rwanda-nurse-ancient-hatred
SONGHAI
Short FULL History: http://africa.mrdonn.org/songhay.html
Short Full History: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/4chapter4.shtml
History: http://www.africankingdoms.com/ *Scroll down to your empire!
Short History: http://www.clickafrique.com/Magazine/ST010/CP0000000003.aspx
WOLOF
History: http://www.accessgambia.com/information/wolof-empire.html
Very short History: http://www.britannica.com/facts/12/912659/Wolof-Empire-as-discussed-in-Wolof-Empire
History: http://www.sim.org/index.php/content/wolof
Video History: http://wn.com/Wolof_Empire
YORUBA
History: http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people/yoruba.html
Religion: http://www.everyculture.com/Africa-Middle-East/Yoruba-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html
Yoruba “Empire of Oyo” - http://www.historywiz.com/oyo.html
Short History: http://nigeriagateway.com/yoruba-history-oduduwa-oyo-empire-yoruba-language-yoruba-culture-ota-traditional-chiefs-history-of-the-yoruba-people-ife-olubadan-ota/
Yoruba influence in Americas: http://www.cubaheadlines.com/2008/07/19/12486/the_yoruba_culture_survives_cuba.html
ZULU
History: http://www.theancientweb.com/explore/content.aspx?content_id=37
Short History/Religion: http://www.africaguide.com/culture/tribes/zulu.htm
Shaka Zulu: http://www.southafrica-travel.net/history/eh_zulu.htm
History: http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Zulu_Kingdom
History: http://www.ecotravel.co.za/cultural-historical/zulu-history.htm
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FINISHED?
Extra Credit!
DIRECTIONS: Read 1 of the following news stories and comment on it's blog (using appropriate language)…
For 10 points on a test or quiz, your comment must be thoughtful and be related to the topic in the story. Also, it must reflect your knowledge of the topic...
...then email the link with your comment to Mr. K:
thomas_kameika@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
i. Sharia Law in Oklahoma is Outlawed: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20101108/lf_ac/7149354_oklahoma_sharia_law_ban_some_muslims_in_favor_some_against_1
ii. Is Sharia Law really a threat in America? http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20101105/pl_yblog_upshot/is-there-really-a-creeping-sharia-threat
iii. Hajj Pilgrimage to Mecca getting too expensive for some? http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101114/bs_afp/saudiislamhajjeconomy_20101114041424
iv. Obama sends greetings to Muslims on Hajj to Mecca: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101115/pl_afp/saudireligionislamhajjus_20101115211858
v. Israel Continues Building Homes for Jews in Arab Muslim Neighborhoods: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/08/AR2010110804358.html?wprss=rss_world
vi. People Protest Israel’s Building of New Homes for Jews in Muslim Neighborhoods: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101112/wl_mideast_afp/israelpalestiniansconflictsettlements_20101112182056
