SQ3R History Of West Africa

Africa has a lot of history, the history of being "colonized", and the history between the tribes and people of Africa. Its a large continent with a wide range of cultures, religions, trade and history. The people of West Africa belong to hundreds of different ethnic groups, examples would be, Hausa and Fulani, Yoruba, Igbo and more. Colonization separated most of the ethnic groups and sometimes ethnic groups that didn't get along, get grouped together. Along with ethnic groups there are many forms of religion in West Africa, the two main religions that are practiced are Islam, brought by the North Africans, and Christianity, brought by the Europeans. Another form of practiced religion is animism, the belief that natural objects have spirits and the people who follow this type of religion honor the memories of their ancestors. In West Africa many of the families live in small huts made from straw, mud, cow dung, and mud brick. It is considered to be the woman's job to decorate the house and to take care of the house otherwise but this however is only in the rural parts of West Africa. In the urban areas of West Africa people live in regular homes, apartments etc. So in summary, West Africa has a wide and iverse culture along with a lot of rich history.