LibGuides: Africa: Migrations

Early Human Migration

Early Human Migration by Emma Groeneveld published on 15 May 2017 accessed Word History Encyclopedia

Africa: sometimes nicknamed the "Mother Continent"

Africa

Africa is sometimes nicknamed the "Mother Continent" due to its being the oldest inhabited continent on Earth. Humans and human ancestors have lived in Africa for more than 5 million years.

Africa: Human Geography (Education Resource - Encyclopedic Entry) last updated May 2022

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Australopithecine Migration

In Their Footsteps: Human Migration Out of Africa
By Cassandra Love, Educator and Curriculum Developer.National Geographic : Resource Library (last update July 12, 2022
Oldest human DNA from Africa reveals complex migrations.
By Premium Official News, 23 Feb. 2022, Gale OneFile (database) accessed via Maine Digital Library,
The first migrations out of Africa
by Beth Blaxland, Fran Dorey (Updated Apr 3 2020) . From Australian Museum
The Great Human Migration " Why humans left their African homeland 80,000 years ago to colonize the world
by Guy Gugliotta (July 2008) from Smithsonian Magazine

Bantu Migration

The Bantu Migrations Begin: c. 1000 bce
by Jennifer Stock (2014) from: Global Events: Milestone Events Throughout History(Vol. 1: Africa. ). Accessed via Gale in Context : World History
Bantu Migration
by Mark Cartwright (11 April 2019) . From the World History Encyclopedia
The Story Africa: Early History
from the BBC World Service.

African Slave Trade

Slave Trade
Encyclopædia Britannica, 14 May. 2020. Accessed via Britannica School
Transatlantic Slave Trade
by Thomas Lewis, Encyclopædia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2021. Accessed via Britannica School
Modern Africa
Gale World History Online Collection, 2022. Accessed via Gale In Context: World History,
The Transatlantic Slave Trade Crash Course Black American History
Video (12:45) & transcript, 2021. Accessed via Gale In Context: U.S. History, l
Transatlantic Trading
by Harris, Duchess. from The Transatlantic Slave Trade, Essential Library, 2020, pp. 38-49. Slavery in America. Accessed via Gale Ebooks.

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Africa: Migrations