West Afra by Colin Lawson

Religion

clawson5225 — 2025-02-28 17:58:48 UTC

In African religion there was a supreme god, nature and ancestral spirits. People also sacrificed things for their god. And participated in rituals to call on various spirits for help

Daily life

clawson5225 — 2025-02-28 18:15:03 UTC

-Farmers spent most of their days on their farm tending to crops such as yams and barley and some herded livestock

-Traders played a very important role in the economy of Africa and some became very rich

-Artisans some included blacksmiths, weavers, tailors, and jewelers

-Warriors kept peace and maintained power for the emperor, sometimes in war farmers would be called upon to fight

African art

clawson5225 — 2025-02-28 18:18:06 UTC

Some common themes in African art is lots of the art is 3d meaning it takes the form of a sculpture and not a painting, another common theme in African art is that it is almost always in the form of a

African social structure

clawson5225 — 2025-02-28 18:29:28 UTC

In the African social structure women were higher on the social structure than men were and families trace their family lines through their mother this is called matrilineal lineage.

African homes

clawson5225 — 2025-02-28 18:32:02 UTC

Most people lived in thatched huts with walls made of clay and straw. Generally these huts were round and had 1 room.

African story telling

clawson5225 — 2025-02-28 18:37:45 UTC

People in Africa have a great tradition of storytelling, people called Griots who's job was to remember and pass down story's from generation to generation kept these story's alive.