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Anthropology for Sub-Saharan Africa

This essay seeks to analyze tourism activities in the African Sub-Saharan cultures from a geographical perspective. From the maps provided, we realize that it stretches from right below the Sahara desert down to South Africa. A number of civilizations began in these areas because of a trade by the Arabs and visits by the European explorers. Civilizations began in areas around the red sea in the eastern part of Africa being trade relations with the Arab countries started in those particular areas. They traded with countries in the Middle East and from India as well. This pre-colonial civilization period was marked by several explorers and missionaries from European countries. This period was marked by massive trade by the Arabs, which led to the emergence of cities and towns, especially along the coastal regions and around rivers in West African kingdoms. Civilization and trade links spread slowly to the Southern, East, Equatorial, and West regions of Sub-Saharan nations.

Considering the fact that tourism is one of the major sources of income in the Sub-Saharan nations, one would actually be interested in tourists’ interests in their visits to these countries. Most of the tourists are found to be much more interested in the wildlife than the remaining culture of the inhabitants. In the essay, my interest, besides exploring the civilization of these realms before the colonial powers, is how some human itinerary interests would be added to the tourists’ agenda during their visits. Despite most people associating Sub-Saharan Africa with safaris, culture is also a very important aspect of the diversity of the area. The group’s itinerary is as rich and interesting as it is from the maps. They can possibly try adding human interest to this by performing cultural arts and traditional activities like dancers. This would attract even more tourists as they are interested in learning about the African culture besides wildlife. After the colonization of Africa, a period referred to as the decolonization period, the number of Arab and European increased, as can be observed from the map. Culture being the character, it contributes to the Worlds diversity.

Sincerely speaking, cultural practices are usually experienced in the villages back at home with traditional setups. After migration, different groups of lingual traveled and occupied different locations in Africa. Some groups as can be observed from the map occupied the south others west, north, central, and lastly the eastern sides of Africa as it can be observed in map three. Towns developed during the time when trade started emerging in Sub-Saharan Africa, with Arabs forming trade routes as shown on the map. Centers developed along the trade routes, and the towns were used as the major exchange locations. The Arabs would come with their goods, and Africans too with theirs. Due to continued trade and colonization, which came later, the small centers developed into towns. The Europeans mostly occupied towns and with time, the Africans too moved to towns in search of employment. After decolonization, the towns solemnly remained occupied by the Africans who adopted European culture. Because of the adoption of western culture in the large cities, villages remained the major evocative places where cultural practices had an effect. The villages have remained resilient in proving that cultural practices are part of their identity. In most African community setups, it is evident that large towns lack cultural practices that can identify them with a given group of people, while villages have always remained perfect in this art.

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