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East Africa

**The major language is Swahili. The language was created by Africans that had an Arab and African ancestry. The language is used for many ethnic groups in East Africa. Swahili, is the first language for many humans (49 million) worldwide. For Kenya and Tanzania Swahili is the official language. The Tanzania schools teach through Swahili.**  This is the region of East Africa that speaks Swahili. You can tell that a lot of people speak this language. [|http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/images/Swahili.GIF
 * What is the major language in East Africa and how was it created? **

How has the land been changing? Land in East Africa has been changing variously from when the Europeans ruled to today. Before land was owned people did not buy or sell land. They would just farm near their village. Extended families farmed the land to produce food for the whole family Men cleared up the land and broke the soil while women planted the seed, tended the fields, and harvested the crops. The Men also herded livestock and traded goods. Europeans made large farms to grow cash crops. Another way land has been changing is that more of East Africa has become urban. This is happening because east Africans have a strong bond to the land that they were born in. Even people that spend most of their time in a city they would still say that it was not there home. When East Africans move to a city they consider this as a temporary move.

 ·  How does Africa’s diversity differ upon location? Africa’s diversity depends on it location because of the Bantu migrations. These migrations took place over 2,000 years ago. All the people in West Africa moved to east Africa. This caused most of the people in east Africa to be more diverse thenpeople in West Africa. There is a long line coast line connecting east Africa to some countries in Asia. This caused some Arab traders to come over to Africa about the same time of the Bantu Migrations. These Arab cultures mixed with some African cultures to make the Swahili culture.



Vocab: Swahili : The Bantu language of the Swahili people, used also as a lingua franca in Tanzania, Kenya, and parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Plantation: A large farm where cash crops are grown.

Bantu Migrations: A time when people of west Africa moved to East africa. Took place over 2,000 years ago. Biggest migration in human history.

Information sources: World Explorer: Eastern Hemisphere Textbook, and World explorer: Africa textbook.