North and East Africa on the Eve of Colonial Conquest

For Monday's class, please read G&R, chapters 11 and 12 and Abina and the Important Men.

This week we will also consider what should be on the Midterm Exam and create the questions together as a class.

Questions from last year's midterm:

• What have been the obstacles to population growth in Africa and the strategies people have adopted to overcome those obstacles?
• Where and why have Christianity and Islam taken hold in Africa?
• Outline slavery and slave trading throughout African history.