Early Southern Africans • The early people in southern Africa were hunters and gatherers • Eventually as other groups migrated south they brought with them iron tools
Feb 22, 2016
Early Southern Africans
• The early people in southern Africa were hunters and gatherers
• Eventually as other groups migrated south they brought with them iron tools
European Influence
• As the Europeans began trading with the peoples of Africa the power shifted from central trade routs to the coast
• This led to the decline in many of the great interior empires in Africa
European Influence
• Portuguese– The first Europeans to explore Southern Africa– Set up bases stop while on their way to Asia
• The Dutch– First Europeans to set up permanent settlements– 1652 established a trading station at the Cape of
Good Hope; The Cape colony– Also used by the Dutch as stopping place for ships
on their way to Asia
The Afrikaners and Boers
• Other Europeans also settled in Southern Africa
• Afrikaners- descendants of the French, Dutch, and German settlers
• Afrikaans- language of the Afrikaners that mixed European and African languages
• In 1800s the British took control of the Cape colony
• Boers- Afrikaner farmers who resisted the British– Some packed up and moved into the interior of
Africa
Late Colonial History
• 1830s slavery is outlawed in the British Empire• Trading in ivory was in demand until the
elephant population was virtually wiped out• 1860s trade shifted to gold and diamonds