Afrika

In which John Green teaches you about Sub-Saharan Africa! So, what exactly was going on there? It turns out, it was a lot of trade, converting to Islam, visits from Ibn Battuta, trade, beautiful women, trade, some impressive architecture, and several empires. John not only covers the West African Malian Empire, which is the one Mansa Musa ruled, but he also discusses the Ghanian Empire and even gets over to East Africa as well to discuss the trade-based city-states of Mogadishu, Mombasa, and Zanzibar.

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Geschichte

Sekundarstufe II

So, today we’re talking about African Pantheons. Now, you might say, that’s ridiculous. Africa isn’t a single place with a single pantheon, and we’d be fools to try and cover all that in an eleven minute video. You’d be right. Instead we’re going to focus on Yoruba religion from west Africa, and the Orishas that populate Yoruba stories. The many, many Orishas cover all aspects of life, and can be pretty specialized. We’re going to focus on a dozen or so.

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Religion, Geschichte, Philosophie

Sekundarstufe II

Der aus Westafrika stammende Philosoph und Rechtsgelehrte Anton Wilhelm Amo war im 18. Jahrhundert ein einflussreicher Denker. Ein Besuch an Orten seines Wirkens – und des Erinnerns an ihn.

Artikel, Audio

Geschichte, Philosophie, Ethik

Sekundarstufe II, Erwachsenenbildung