Africa: Facts, Culture

and The WildlifePresented By:

Christian Dale ParciaJade Parochelin

Isaiah JunioQuinnie Sequito

John Michael RamosMarvin Mongao

March Gernine AguacitoBAJ-3A

FACTS AND FIGURES

Introduction

Africa is the World’s second-largest continent

– 30,065,000 km² covering approximately

20% of the Earth’s land and 6% of the Earth’s

surface .

• It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the

east, the Indian Ocean to the west and the

Mediterranean Sea to the north

•The oldest human remains ever discovered

were found in Ethiopia. They are

approximately 200,000 years old

Geography

Africa Location

Africa Map

Geography

Africa Flags

Climate

•Africa is the hottest continent on earth.

• The climate of Africa is governed by its position on

the globe and can be broadly divided into five

different climate types:

Rainforest – very high temperatures and high

rainfall throughout the year.

Savanna – Very high temperatures all year and

rain during the summer season only.

Steppe – High temperatures all year and only

limited rainfall during the summer season.

Desert – High temperatures throughout the year

with very little rainfall.

Mediterranean – Warm to high temperatures with

rainfall in the autumn and winter months.

Africa as “Dark Continent”

The most common answer to the question, “Why

was Africa called the Dark Continent?”

• More importantly, the campaign against slavery

and missionary work in Africa actually

intensified Europeans’ racial ideas about

African people in the 1800s.

• They called Africa the Dark Continent, because

of the mysteries and the savagery they

expected to find in the “Interior”.

Flight Travelling (PH-Africa)

The flight time from Philippines to South Africa is:

14 hours, 46 minutes

Manila, Philippines to Casablanca

₱37756

Manila, Philippines to Nairobi

₱40672

Manila, Philippines to Johannesburg

₱46957

Manila, Philippines to Cape Town

₱39617

Population

• The current population of Africa is 1,245,721,744 as

of Monday, June 26, 2017, based on the latest

United Nations estimates.

• Africa population is equivalent to 16.36% of the

total world population.

• Africa ranks number 2 among regions of the world

(roughly equivalent to "continents"), ordered by

population.

Famous People

1.) Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013)

• was an active member of the fight

against apartheid in South Africa.

• His magnanimous personality helped to

heal the rift between the white and black

populations. Awarded the Nobel Peace

Prize in 1993.

Famous People

2.) Cleopatra VII (70BC – 30BC)

• Queen of Egypt.

• She sought to defend Egypt from the

Roman Empire, forming an alliance

with Marc Anthony and Julius Caesar.

Famous People

3.) Charlize Theron (1975-) -

• A Hollywood starlet.

• She's famous for 'The Devil's

Advocate' and 'The Cider House

Rules', and won critical acclaim and

countless awards for her wacky

portrayal of a serial killer in 'Monster',

becoming the first South African to

win an Academy Award.

Famous People

4.) Sid James (1913-1976) –

• He was one of those old school

comedians/actors/jack of all trades.

• He made his name as Tony Hancock's co-

star in 'Hancock’s Half Hour' but will always

be remembered for his work on Carry On

films.

• He was known for his 'dirty laugh'. He was

also known for being a dirty man too.

Famous People

5.) Oscar Pistorius,

• the "Blade Runner," is a South

African sprint runner who became

the first amputee to compete in

the Olympics in 2012.

Languages

Languages of Africa are spoken natively

in Africa.

• There are several other small families

and language isolates, as well as

languages that have yet to be classified.

• In addition, Africa has a wide variety of sign

languages, many of which are language

isolates (see below).

• Arabic, Somali, Berber, Amharic, Oromo, S

wahili, Hausa, Manding, Fulani and Yoruba

are spoken by tens of millions of people.

Religion

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.

• In Christian or Islamic communities, religious

beliefs are also sometimes characterized with

syncretism with the beliefs and practices of

traditional religions.

Currency

ZAR South African Rand

Country: South Africa

Region: Africa

Symbol

The rand was introduced in 1961 and

takes its name from the

Witwatersrand, the ridge upon which

Johannesburg is built and where most

of South Africa's gold deposits were

found.

1 South African Rand equals

3.90 Philippine Peso

1 Philippine Peso equals

0.26 South African Rand

Major Exports

The main exported commodities

of African nations are:

Palm oil.

Gold and diamonds.

Oil.

Cocoa.

Timber.

Precious metals.

THE CULTURE AND

LIFE

Introduction

The culture of Africa is varied and manifold,

consisting of a mixture of tribes that each have

their own unique characteristics.

• African culture is expressed in its arts and

crafts, folklore and religion, clothing, cuisine,

music and languages.

• Africa is so full of culture, with it not only

changing from one country to another, but

within a single country, many cultures can be

discovered.

Costumes

African clothing is the traditional

clothing worn by the people of Africa. In

some instances these traditional

garments have been replaced by western

clothing introduced by European

colonialists.

A woman in Kenya

wearing Kanga

Urban Algerian man

wearing a burnous

(woolen cloth)

Foods

1.) Pap en vleis/Shisa nyama, South

Africa

• The colors of a feast.

• "Pap en vleis" (literally, "maize

porridge and meat") is a colorful

umbrella of a term that encompasses

virtually any combination of starch and

braaied or stewed meat, with an

obligatory side-serving of spicy gravy,

relish or chakalaka.

Foods

2.) Koshari, Egypt

• Don't judge a dish by its color.

• If you want a taste of what ordinary

Egyptian families eat at home, you can’t

go wrong with koshari (variously spelled

koushari and koshary), a nourishing

vegetarian dish of rice, lentils, macaroni,

garlic and chickpeas, bought together by

a spicy tomato sauce and topped off with

fried onion.

Foods

3.) Bunny chow, South Africa

• No one’s quite sure how bunny chow came to be

named, but what is certain is that this hollowed-out

half- or quarter-loaf of white bread filled with a

blistering-hot curry is one of South Africa’s most

treasured street foods.

• The meat and vegetable curries that fill bunny

chows were bought to South Africa by Indian

indentured laborers who came to South Africa in

the 19th century to work on the sugar-cane fields.

Famous Landmarks

1.) The Pyramids, Egypt

• The Great Pyramids, near Cairo, are

world renowned Egyptian icons, pictured

in various Hollywood movies.

• However, these massive tombs are

literally the resting places of the

mummified remains of Egypt’s dead

pharaohs, the sacred resting places

leaders of history can continue to

receive prayers, food, and other

offerings in the afterlife.

Famous Landmarks

2.) Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

• Reaching up a hulking 19,340-feet in the sky,

Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain

in Africa and the tallest free-standing

mountain in the entire world.

• Luckily, tourists can get an exhilarating view

of the countryside, wildlife reserves, and

glaciers below quite accessibly from Uhuru

peak, the mountain’s highest point.

Famous Landmarks

3.) Victoria Falls, Zambia

• Bordering the lush riverbeds on either side of

Zambia and Zimbabwe, “Mosi-oa-Tunya,”

which translates to “smoke that thunders” is

the largest body of falling water on earth.

• Victoria Falls is something to behold, as is

the diverse wildlife that surrounds them. You

can even take a refreshing dip in the natural

pools on the Zambian side of the falls.

Famous Landmarks

4.) Shaba National Reserve

• is a protected area in northern Kenya to

the east of the Samburu and Buffalo

Springs national reserves.

• The Shaba reserve has dramatic scenery

including river-side forests, scattered

woodlands and dry grasslands.

• Shaba was the setting for the book and

film Born Free, for the film Out of

Africa and for the reality show Survivor:

Africa.

Famous Landmarks

5.) South Africa: Kimberley Diamond Mine

• Known by South Africans simply as "the Big

Hole," is the world's largest diamond mine.

• The company most universally associated

with the diamond trade, De Beers, owes its

existence to Kimberley.

• De Beers was founded by Cecil John

Rhodes, Prime Minister of the Cape Colony -

- later Rhodesia and now Zambia and

Zimbabwe -- and patron of the Rhodes

Scholarship endowment who made his

fortune here.

Traditional Practices

The traditional beliefs and practices of African

people include various traditional religions.

Generally, these traditions are oral rather than

scriptural, include belief in a supreme creator,

belief in spirits, veneration of the dead, use of

magic, and traditional medicine.

The role of humanity is generally seen as one of

harmonizing nature with the supernatural.

Traditional African

Medicine

Tribes (Uncontacted)

Uncontacted peoples, also referred to

as isolated peoples or lost tribes, are

communities who live, or have lived,

either by choice (peoples living in

voluntary isolation) or by circumstance,

without significant contact with global

civilization.

In 2013 it was estimated that there were

more than 100 uncontacted tribes around

the world, mostly in the densely forested

areas of South America, Central Africa,

and New Guinea

Cannibalism

Nearly all the tribes in the Congo Basin

either are or have been cannibals;

and among some of them the practice is on

the increase. Races who until lately do not

seem to have been cannibals,

though situated in a country surrounded by

cannibal races, have, from increased

intercourse with their neighbours, learned

to eat human flesh.

Interesting Facts About Africa

•The longest river in the world, the Nile

(4,132 miles), is located in Africa.

•Africa has the world's largest desert, the

Sahara, which is almost the size of the

United States.

•Long before humans were around (the early

Mesozoic Era) Africa was joined to the other

continents in a massive continent called

Pangaea. Over millions of years this huge

continent broke apart shaping the world

landscape as we know it today.

References:

Wikipedia:

-Africa

-Uncontacted People

-Culture of Africa

-Tradition of Africa

-African Cuisine

InternetWorldStat.com

AfricaFacts.org

Africafoodprices.com

TravelCnn.Com

Sbs.com/AfricanCuisine

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