Historical Development of Agriculture in Africa

Syllabus tag: Kenya CBC | Grade 7 Social Studies | Strand 4.0 Natural and Historic Built Environments in Africa | Sub-Strand 4.2 Historical Development of Agriculture in Africa (4 lessons)

Lesson objectives

By the end of this topic, you will be able to:

• Locate areas where early agriculture was practised in selected geographical regions in Africa
• Explore factors that favoured growing of crops and rearing of animals in selected regions
• Assess the contributions of the Nile Valley agriculture to world civilisation
• Value the importance of domestication of plants and animals in Africa

Summary

This topic applies the source-evaluation skill from 4.1 to a specific historical question: where, and why, did early agriculture first take hold in Africa -- specifically in the Rift Valley of Eastern Africa, Egypt, and Nubia -- and what did it contribute to the wider world?