Kingdoms of Central and Southern Africa
Assignment to hand in: Kingdoms of Central & Southern Africa Graphic Organizer
Directions: Complete the Kingdoms of Central & Southern Africa Graphic Organizer by looking at the picture transparency below and reading the corresponding information handout.
The Bantu Migrations
A nineteenth-century illustration of a traditional village of Zulus, a Bantu group in southern Africa. On the left is the enclosure into which the cattle are driven at night to protect them from attacks by leopard and gyenas; in the foreground to the right stand several reed storehouses for grain. Near the storehouses are two young men, one of whom is playing a musical instrument.
The Kongo Kingdom
A colorized seventeenth-century Dutch engraving depicting the Mani-Kongo, Affonso I, seated on a throne decorated with a fireplace and chandelier. He is receiving a group of representatives sent by the king of Portugal.
Great Zimbabwe: Monument to the Zimbabwe State
The ruins of the Great Temple at Zimbabwe's capital, Great Zimbabwe. The city's ruins were discovered by explorers in 1868 and excavated by archaeologists at the turn of the century. The temple and surrounding buildings - one of the most spectacular examples of medieval African civilization - were constructed sometime after the eleventh century and were abandoned after 1450.
The Swahili Coastal Trading States
An illustration of the bustling port of Kilwa, the major East African coastal trading state from the twelfth to fifteenth centuries. African workers load African gold, iron, ivory, and coconuts onto dhows, or Arab boats. Portugese traders - in boats such as the one in the upper-left corner of the picture - arrived in East Africa after 1500 C.E.
Swahili Coastal Trading States Information
European Intervention and the Story of Queen Nzinga
An illustration of the meeting in 1622 between Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and the Portugese governor in Luanda, from a Dutch engraving of the time.
European Intervention Information