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East Africa  ·  **How is East Africa’s diversity the result of its location? ** Its diversity is the result of its location because many ethnic groups have migrated to East Africa from other parts of Africa. In addition, Africa has a long coast line along the Indian Ocean. This connects Africa to Arabs, Indians, and Asians.

**The Europeans introduced the idea of plantations and privately owned land to the East African’s. Plantations are a large farm with many workers that grow cash crops. They were quite popular but when many of the countries became independent then many of the plantations were sold and unused.
 * Who introduced plantations to the Africans?

How is East Africa culturally diverse? East Africa is culturally diverse because it has many ethnic groups which result in many languages, so it is not surprising for an East African to know many languages. To communicate for business most people use Swahili. Swahili serves as the second language for many East Africans.

 This is a picture of Swahili language. Swahili is a major language in East Africa and is the main language used for business. In Tanzania children are taught Swahili through the elementary grades. http://www.languageportraits.net/images/Swahili%20Lang.jpg

  ·  What do Africans call home? For Africans home is the name of the village they came from. Even though most of the time the Africans are in the cities, but they don’t call that place home. The Africans think of the city as a temporary home. If you ask anyone in East Africa they will tell you that I’m going to eventually go home to my village. An example is the president of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere. He stepped down as president and went back to his home village.

This is a picture of an African village, where people call home unlike the city. http://www.smsc.org.uk/images/LEDC/African%20village.jpg

Vocabulary Terms Swahili – A culture made up of the Arab culture mixed with various African cultures. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #e36c0a; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191">Plantation; large farm where cash crops are grown. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #948a54; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 128">Bantu Language- the language used by the first Africans, many languages are derived from it <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: red; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: red; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Urban area- an area with a high population density: a city or town

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Work Cited http://my-ecoach.com/resources/masks/tribe.html Prentice Hall World Explorer : Africa World Explorer; Eastern Hemisphere http://www.languageportraits.net/images/Swahili%20Lang.jpg <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #ff0066; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">http://www.smsc.org.uk/images/LEDC/African%20village.jpg