Literature: Culture

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 The food of North Africa has been heavily influence by the Phoenicians of the 1st century who brought sausages
 Carthaginians introduced wheat, then the nomadic Berbers adapted the semolina from wheat into couscous – a main
staple diet in the region.
 From the 7th century onwards, the Arabs introduced a variety of spices, like saffron, cinnamon, ginger and cloves
 From the New World, they got chillies, tomatoes and potatoes.
 Arab influenced rice and spices, particularly noticeable in the Swahili foods of the coastal regions.
 They also brought lemons, oranges and domestic pigs from China and India.
 Next came the British Empire and with it Indian workers who brought their foods with them, such as spiced vegetable
curries, lentil soups, chapattis and pickles.
 The British themselves also influence food by bringing in new breeds of sheep, cattle and goats along with high-quality
coffee.
African cuisine is as diverse as the hundreds of different cultures and groups that inhabit
the continent. This diversity is reflected in the many local culinary traditions in terms of
choice of ingredients, style of preparation and cooking techniques.
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Religion in Africa is multifaceted and has been a major influence on art, culture and
philosophy. Today, the continent's various populations and individuals are mostly adherents of
Christianity, Islam, and to a lesser extent several Traditional African religions. The majority of
Africans are adherents of Christianity or Islam; they are both most widely practiced religions in
Africa now and the largest religion in Sub-Saharan Africa.
There are an estimated 2,000 languages spoken in Africa. The American linguist Joseph
Greenberg argued that they fall into six major linguistic families: Afroasiatic, Nilo-Saharan,
Niger-Congo, Khoe, Austronesian, and Indo-European. Individual languages such as Berber,
Arabic, Igbo, Swahili, Hausa, Amharic, and Yoruba are spoken by tens of millions of people. All
African languages are considered official languages of the African Union (AU). The Niger-
Congo language family is the largest group of Africa (and probably of the world) in terms of
the number of languages.
KIRSTE BOULD
There are more similarities than differences in all traditional African religions. Often, the
supreme God is worshiped through consultation or communion with lesser deities and
ancestral spirits. The deities and spirits are honored through libation, sacrifice (of animals,
vegetables, cooked food, flowers, semi-precious stones, precious metals, etc.). The will of
God is sought by the believer also through consultation of oracular deities, or divination.
According to Gottlieb and Mbiti: Followers of traditional African religions pray to various
spirits as well as to their ancestors. These secondary spirits serve as intermediaries between
humans and the primary God.
In East Africa, the kanzu is the traditional dress worn by Swahili speaking men. Women
wear the kanga and the gomesi. In Southern Africa distinctive shirts are worn, like the long
dresses they wear. For instance, South Africa is known for the Madiba shirt,
whereas, Zimbabwe is known for the safari shirt. In the Horn of Africa, the attire varies by
country. In Ethiopia, men wear the Ethiopian suit and women wear the habesha kemis.
In Somalia, men wear the khamis with a small cap called a koofiyad.
GOLDEN
African literature consists of a body of work in different languages and various genres,
ranging from oral literature to literature written in colonial languages (French, Portugese,
and English). The first African literature is circa 2300- 2100, when ancient Egyptians begin
using burial texts to accompany their dead. These include the first written accounts of
creation- the Memphite Declaration of Deities.
 Second Largest Continent

 Hippos kill more People in Africa than Lion and Crocodile
 Africa Is the Home of the Human Species
 In South Africa you are legally allowed to attach flamethrowers to your car in order to
deter car jacking. Seriously.
 The world’s biggest frog is found in Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon. Named the
Goliath frog, it can grow up to be a foot long and weigh up to 8 lb.
 The Sahara is the largest desert in the world and is bigger than the continental USA.
 Africa is the world’s hottest continent with deserts and drylands covering 60% of land
surface area (e.g. Kalahari, Sahara and Namib).
 Africa is the world’s second driest continent (after Australia).

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