Lesson Starters

Use the Key Words and Resources to jumpstart your lessons. 


Ancient Sudan Gallery (View)

Key WordsNubia / Kush / Tantamani / Amaninakilbte / Dongola / Senkamanisken, /Taharqa /  Meroe /

Resources


Emperor Fasilides’ Castle (Gondar, Ethiopia)

Ancient and Medieval Ethiopian Architecture Gallery (View)

Key Words: Obelisk at Aksum (Axum) / Lalibela /  Gondar: Emperor Fasilides,  Empress Mentewab,  Emperor Bakaffa,  Emperor Yohannes I / Harar Jugol Fortified Town / Jamia Mosque in Harar

Resources:


King Ezana 330-360 CE

Aksumite and Ethiopian Coin Gallery (View)

Key Words: Emperor Endubis / Emperor Wezaba / Emperor Aphilas / Emperor Ousana / Emperor Ezana /
Emperor Kaleb / Emperor Ioel / Emperor Arman / Emperor Menelik II / Empress Zawditu I /Emperor Haile Selassie

Lesson

Discover Coinage in Aksum.” Center for African Studies, Howard University. 2023.

Resources


Great Mosque (Djenne, Mali)

Medieval West African Architecture Gallery (View)

Key Words: Sankore Mosque, Timbuktu Mali, Sidi Yahya Mosque, Timbuktu, Mali /  Djinguereber Mosque, Timbuktu, Mali / Great Mosque, Djenne, Mali / Gidan Rumfa, Kano, Nigeria / Friday Mosque of Chinguetti, Mauritania /  Larabanga Mosque, Larabanga, Ghana

Resources


‘Ubayd Allaˉh al-Mahdıˉ

Medieval Gold Gallery: West and North Africa (View)

Key Words: Dinars: Abu Bakr Ibn ‘Umar / Ubayd Allaˉh al-Mahdı  /
Akan Gold weights and scales

Resources

  • The Gold Road Howard University and Africa Access. Accessed 6/30/2022.

Ethiopia, Church of Debra Berhan Selassie, Gondar

Horses in African Art Gallery 


Empress Mentewab of Ethiopia

Change Makers: African Queens Gallery (View)

Key Words:

  • Queen Amanirenas of Kush (Sudan)
  • Idia of Benin Kingdom,(Nigeria)
  • Queen Njinga of Kongo Kingdom (Angola)
  • Empress Mentewab of Ethiopia
  • Empress Taytu of Ethiopia
  • Yaa Asantewaa of Ghana

Resources


Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Cities in Africa Gallery (View)

Key Words:

  • Kinshasa
  • Lagos
  • Cairo
  • Giza
  • Dar es Salaam
  • Khartoum
  • Johannesburg
  • Abidjan

Zanzibar, Tanzania

Port Cities Galleries

  • View Mediterranean Sea Gallery
    • Key Words: Tunis / Benghazi / Tripoli /  Alexandria / Oran / Algiers / Annaba /
  • View Red Sea Gallery
    • Key Words: Port Sudan / Djibouti
  • View Indian Ocean Gallery
    • Key Words: Mogadishu / Tanga / Zanzibar / Durban / Beira / Moputo / Durban / East London / Port Elizabeth / Cape Town
  • View Atlantic Ocean Gallery 
    • Key Words: Dakar / Conakry / Banjul / Monrovia / Nouakchott / Rabat /  Safi / Casablanca Lobito / Freetown / Accra / Lome / Porto-Novo / Malabo / Libreville / Luanda / Cape Town
  • View Island Port Cities Gallery
    • Key Words: Praia, Cape Verde / Moroni, Comoros / Antananarivo, Madagascar / Port Louis, Mauritius / Sao Tome & Principe / Victoria, Seychelles

Old Cities Galleries

  • View North Africa Gallery:
    • Key Words: Faiyum  Luxor / Alexandria / Cairo / Fes / Marrakesh / Tangier / Tripoli / Aswan / Constantine / Meroe / Napata /Naqa
  • View West Africa Gallery:
    • Key Words: Ife / Timbuktu / Kano / Djenne / Agadez / Benin City /  Ouidah / Atar, Chin / Kumbi Salah / Chinguetti
  • View East Africa Gallery:
    • Key Words: Aksum / Qohaito / Gondar / Lalibela / Kismiyo / Kilwa Kisiwani / Mogadishu / Gedi / Mombasa / Zeila / Avalites / Zanzibar / Songo Mnara / Moroni / Pate / Malindi / Quelimane
  • View Southern Africa Gallery:
    • Key Words: M’banza-Kongo / Sofala / Antananarivo

Dessie, Ethiopia

Mountain Cities Gallery (View)

Key Words:

  • Addis, Ethiopia
  • Dessie, Ethiopia
  • Asmara, Ethiopia
  • Eldoret, Kenya
  • Mekelle, Ethiopia

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