Big History - The World in 1600 Part 2 - Africa
Details
Schedule:
6pm-6:30 - Arrive/social time
6:30 - Presentations will start
8:30 - Planned finish, but may go over a bit.
9pm - Venue closes
This is the second of 3 parts, examining the world outside Europe c1600, prior to the full onslaught of European colonialism.
The state of Africa at this time is probably not commonly understood in the West, but it was a land of many organised kingdoms of great wealth and knowledge in several of them.
According to Google AI:
"In 1600, Africa was a continent of diverse, powerful kingdoms and complex societies, experiencing significant shifts due to intensifying transatlantic slave trade, growing European interaction, and internal dynamics like the rise of the Oyo Empire and challenges to states like Kongo and Ndongo by internal conflicts and Portuguese influence. West Africa saw flourishing trade and powerful states such as Oyo and Benin, while Central Africa faced destabilization from drought and the slave trade, and the East Coast's Swahili culture blended Bantu and Arabic influences, all amidst existing local traditions and trade networks. ."
***Rather than a presentation or lecture, the idea will be for attendees to do their own prior research which they can then contribute with at the event. You are also welcome to attend of course without researching or having anything to share.***
List of topics for potential individual research are under the first sheet of this file:
### If you would like to research and talk about one of these topics (or any other relevant one of your choice), please advise which in the comments below of on the Google Sheet linked!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gCf9CGsJyR47TR2ommRasyN1ONks8ZZWT8FGG9o45NI/edit?gid=548731266#gid=548731266
*Also please free to share any good podcasts/videos you have on this subject in the comments below!