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The Ndeble are artistic people who live in southern Africa.

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The first inhabitants of Libya were Berber tribes. In the 7th century B.C. , Phoenicians colonized the eastern section of Libya, called Cyrenaica, and Greeks colonized the western portion, called Tripolitania. Tripolitania was for a time under Carthaginian control. It became part of the Roman Empire from 46 B.C. to A.D. 436, after which it was sacked by the Vandals. Cyrenaica belonged to the Roman Empire from the 1st century B.C. until its decline, after which it was invaded by Arab forces in 642. Beginning in the 16th century, both Tripolitania and Cyrenaica nominally became part of the Ottoman Empire.

Tripolitania was one of the outposts for the Barbary pirates who raided Mediterranean merchant ships or required them to pay tribute. In 1801, the pasha of Tripoli raised the price of tribute, which led to the Tripolitan war with the United States. When the peace treaty was signed on June 4, 1805, U.S. ships no longer had to pay tribute to Tripoli.

Following the outbreak of hostilities between Italy and Turkey in 1911, Italian troops occupied Tripoli. Libyans continued to fight the Italians until 1914, by which time Italy controlled most of the land. Italy formally united Tripolitania and Cyrenaica in 1934 as the colony of Libya.

Libya was the scene of much desert fighting during World War II. After the fall of Tripoli on Jan. 23, 1943, it came under Allied administration. In 1949, the UN voted that Libya should become independent, and in 1951 it became the United Kingdom of Libya. Oil was discovered in the impoverished country in 1958 and eventually transformed its economy.

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The traditional Swazi house seen here has a beehive shape and an expertly woven grass covering. Such houses are seldom seen today. Many Swazi now live in Western--style houses.

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The lead of the Zulu tribe named Shaka Zulu lived from (1787-1828). Shaka Zulu is a military genius that built a powerful army that controlled most of the Eastern coast of South Africa.

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Osei Tutu II is the Ashantis king

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igbo like makeing mask

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Mali is one of the few land locked cou

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People - The people known as the Lobedu are widely know through the fame of their ruler, Modjadji the Rain Queen. Oral traditiond record Lobedu history back to the 1500s.

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igbo like making mask and other art and like making c

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The Makonde live in the Southern region of Africa.  They are known around the world for their artistic traditions.  Female lineages own the land, when a man and a woman get married the man goes to live with the woman in her land.

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Herero migrated from the region of Lake Tanganyika. Herero are proud cattle farmers.

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Men's task included grazing, watering, and protecting the herd. Men also built enclosures, dug wells,and made weapons, tools and ornaments.

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baobab tree is one of the biggest tree in Afirca

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The Khoekhoe are one of the first people to live in Southern Africa. They lived in large parts of the countries now know as South Africa. Small communities still have the Khoekhoe languages and cultures. Europeans visited southern Africa and encountered the Khoekhoe. Conflict between the two people was terrible. In most of the areas the Khoekhoe ways of life was destroyed.

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The Herero are from the southern part of Africa. The precolonial Heroro religious beliefs are combined with Christianity. Every Heroro person is part of one of two clans, the Oruzo or the Patriclan.

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In the twentieth century the Zulu people had made beaded glass materials that are in fine art work, Hair accesories, and windows that are at a church. Now people wear the beaded outfits for special occasions

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Sonike is South of the Sahara Desert.

No one is sure when the earliest history of Sonike was or when their kingdom of Ghana began. It a very old comunity, and their only clues come from Muslim Scholars, archeology, and some of their long-lasting traditions.

The people of Sonike gained wealth by mining gold. Today people still mine in Western Sudan, the same ways people did thousands of years ago.

The people of Sonike believed in many ghosts, even though the Islamic culture has "invaded" for such a long time.

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african musicains  peform arond the world

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african musicains  peform arond the world

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The Ju/'hoansi believe in a great god who created all the earth and all that is in it.  The Ju/'hoansi names for gods include !Xu, Old G=kao, and Kaoha.  The Ju/'hoansi live in small bands in a harsh environment can sometimes cause problems among the people.

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In Xhosa many missionaies converted the xhosa people to christianity. Those who did not convert named amaQaba. In 1980 new churches started they harmonized christianity and african beliefs.

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This is the map of the southern Africa. Herero is in Nambia which is directly north of Cape town.

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The people of Batswana treat births, burials, and deaths with great respect. Today, like in the past, the people treat death with great sorrow. Women express their grief by wailing loudly. According to their traditions, at death the spirit goes from the world of the living to the world of the dead. Every effort is made to make sure they have a proper burial. The dead body was traditionally wrapped in cowhide and buried in the sitting position. They believe that when they are buried in the sitting position they can easily stand up and join their dead ancestors.

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In Asante marriage is considered very important, so parents are particulary concerned about whom their child marries. It is often said that when a woman marries instead of marrying one man they marry a whole family. A marriage that is not approved by the parents of both parties can usually collapse.

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african men fought in the british army during world war ||

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The Hausa people live in a region called Central Sudan.

The Hausa people's language is classified as the Afro-Asiatic language.

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The Ndebele peoples climate is mainly sunny with little rainfall but there winters can be bitterly cold. Temperatures often get below freezing, this climate often has the Ndebele people scrambling to prepare there shelter for the winters, there shelters are very unique because the Ndebele woman before winter smear cow dung on their shelters to reinforce their walls, the cow dung helps also to keep bugs and insects away, the shelter floors are completely made of hardened clay, and very carefully painted walls.

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The Swazi people live in a country in southern

Africa called the Kingdom of Swaziland. The Swazi system of government and many of their traditions were changed by the arrival of whites. An important resource in rural Swaziland is grass for thatched roofs.
In this picture King Sobhuza the second, seen here, led his country to independence.

He died in 1989 and was succeeded by King Mswati the third.

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Random Facts: Teaching a child early is important to the Asante society. In this culture seven-to twelve year olds have lots of responsibility.

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San means a group of people who speak Khoisan languages
which have many clicking sounds. They live more toward
the southern part of Africa. The most popular group of San is the community that travels through the Kalahari Desert. The San are also know as the Bushmen and they are still trying to decide what one name they should be called. The Khoisan language contains unfamiliar symbols.

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The Khoekhoe languages have three distinct genders Khoen ( common) Khoeb ( masculine) Khoes ( feminine). The Khoekhoe were one of the earliest people to inhabit southern Africa.

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The Zulu people live on the Eastern Coast of the Southern region of Africa.

In their language 'Zulu' means heaven

The Zulu kingdom grew as their King Shaka defeated tribes under his control. Though he helped Zulu in many ways, Shaka also was very harsh about people who lost battles, and killed his opponents. After Shaka's death the Zulus lost a lot to the whites / British.

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The Herero religious beliefs are combined with christianity. They speak the language Otjiherero.

Some Herero and Mbanderu belong to christian and christian-inspired churches.

Herero is in Nambia, which is in the southern part of Africa.

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The Soninke people have traditions and customs so that when they get married the brides have to wear expensive jewelry and clothing that they dye indigo which makes a shade of blue. They also dye there hands and feet blue.

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The Lobedu live in South Africa. The Lobedo are also known as the people of the Rain Queen. They are called that because their leader is called the Rain Queen. The Rain Queen lives in the capital of Lobedo. It is called her mosata. Mosata means the capital of a chief. The Lobedo language is called SeLobedu. The original language doesn't have a written form. Some elderly people in rural villages still speak the original language.

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The people of Batswana speak a language called Setswana. Setswana has many different dialects, but when the people speak to each other they can still understand each other because the dialects are so closely related. Anything that is crucial to the Batswana culture is also referred to Setswana. Cool huh? Roughly 3 million Batswana live in South Africa. The Batswana people were separated in the 1800's when official borders were established by white settlers.

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Botswana Map / Geography of Botswana / Map of Botswana - Worldatlas.com

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Printable map of Botswana and info and links to Botswana facts, famous natives, landforms, latitude, longitude, maps, symbols, timeline and weather - by worldatlas.com

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each Xhosa chiefdom is headed by the eldest son of the former chief and the chiefs great wife. the wive's children the royal line.

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PEOPLE - The Makonde live in Tanzania which is in the southeast region . There are more then 500,000 people living in Tanzania. The Makonde are known throughout the world for their rich artistic traditions. They came from a place called Ndonde, which was in northern Mozambique, south of the Ruvuma River. The Makonde settled on a plateau because it is a healthier region then the plains below. On the plains, mosquitoes carry malaria, tse-tse flies carry disease known as sleeping sickness, and the water in the rivers or pools is often infested.

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The Maasai live in the ... region of Africa... and this ethnic group

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Africa is a continent with over 50 nations. Though number of spoken languages within the continent far out paces the number of official languages listed.

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Arabic,
Berber languages, four dialects (by constitutional amendment)

French

South Africa
11 official languages, including Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, Pedi, Sesotho (Sotho), siSwati (Swazi), Xitsonga (Tsonga), Tswana, Tshivenda (Venda), isiXhosa, isiZulu

Western Sahara

Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic

Sources: Ethnologue, ISO Country Names (ISO 3166-1), ISO Languages Names (ISO 639-1), African Academy of Languages (ACALAN) and others.

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Languages of the World :: African Languages by Countries

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Arabic, Berber languages, four dialects (by constitutional amendment) French South Africa 11 official languages, including Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, Pedi, Sesotho (Sotho), siSwati (Swazi), Xitsonga (Tsonga), Tswana, Tshivenda (Venda), isiXhosa, isiZulu Western Sahara Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic Sources: Ethnologue, ISO Country Names (ISO 3166-1), ISO Languages Names (ISO 639-1), African Academy of Languages (ACALAN) and others.