of the continent?Please answer 5 of the following. Each answer should be approximately 300-400 words. Please use course materials to answer these questions (such as lectures, documentaries, films and readings).
If the objective of any question is unclear to you, please do not hesitate to ask for clarification. GOOD LUCK!
What factors enabled the food production revolution in Africa and what were the consequences of the domestication of food production on social organization in Africa? In addition, please identify the defining characteristics of the domestic economy in pre- colonial Africa.
What was the “Bantu Migration”? What are the explanations for why Bantu speaking peoples were successful in their migration? Identify three reasons why it is important to think about this migration when learning about Africa?
Identify the key factors and considerations that led to the production of more complex state forms in Africa in the medieval period, including why the expansion of Islam was so important and the internal and external forces identified by Pikirayi (2019).
What was the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade? What were its consequences for Africa? What was Canada’s role in the TAST?
Identify the ways in which the post-independence state and economy in Africa resemble the colonial state and the ways in which it was different. In addition, identify three central pre-occupations of African leaders as they embarked on building new societies.
I have provided the course materials below (“You do not need a bibliography for your answers. you should, however, indicate where you got your information from. For example, if you are asked what the character of the independence economy was, you can answer: “According to Levin (8 Nov), the key characteristics are…. Furthermore, Mkandawire suggests….” “)
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