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Hunting and Gatherings
Hunting-gathering societies still exist in Africa today, though they form an extremely small percentage of the population.
Scattered throughout Africa, these groups speak their own languages and often use their own hunting techniques.
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By studying these groups, scholars learn clues about how hunter gatherers may have lived in the past.
The Efe are just one of several hunting-gathering societies in Africa. They make their home in the Ituri Forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
Like their ancestors, the modern-day Efe live in small groups of between 10 and 100 members, all of whom are related. Each family occupies its own grass-and-brush shelter within a camp, but their homes are rarely permanent.
In the Efe society, women are the gatherers. They walk through the forest searching for roots, yams, mushrooms, and wild seeds. Efe men and older boys do all the hunting.
Sometimes they gather in groups to hunt small antelope called duikers. At other times, hunters go solo and use poison-tipped arrows to kill mammals such as monkeys.
The Efe add to their diet by trading honey, wild game, and other forest products for crops grown by farmers in nearby villages.
Their search for food causes them to be somewhat nomadic. As a result, the Efe collect few possessions and move to new camps as they use up the resources in the surrounding area.
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Muslim States
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While stateless societies developed south of the Sahara, Islam played a vital role in North Africa. After Muhammad’s death in 632, Muslims swept across the northwest part of the continent.
As Islam spread, some African rulers converted to Islam. These African Muslim rulers then based their government upon Islamic law.
Muslims believe that God’s law is a higher authority than any human law. Therefore, Muslim rulers often relied on religious scholars as government advisers.
After Muhammad's death in 632, Muslims swept across the northwest part of the continent.
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Almohads Take over
Religion and Conflict
Mid- 1100s; Almohads (A group of berber Muslims), Sieze power
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They differed in the traditional, religious Islamic beliefs, because the Almoravids were straying from them, while the Almohads were strict about the practices.
The Almohads followed the teachings of Tumart, but the Almoravids followed Yasin's teachings
Social Systems
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In Africa societies, young people form close ties to individuals outside their lineage through age-set system
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The way a society traces lineage determines how possessions and property are passed on and what groups belong to
of Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
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