Ch+19+Social_Gender

__**Social and Gender Structure of Sub-Saharan Africa**__

1.) __Social Classes__ >
 * enormously diversewith over 800 different languages
 * class:ruling elites, military, nobles, administrative officials, religious authorities, wealthy merchants, artisans, business entrpeneurs, common people, peasants and then slaves
 * the above classes apply to kingdoms, empires or any other large city-states in Africa
 * in small states and kinship based societies, religious authorities ranked high
 * the classes worked off of family relations (i.e.:a large family would rule the whole town through the male head.)

2.) __Gender Jobs__
 * Men undertook heavy labor of preping land and clearing it for cultivation; men also usually were the rulers and people with power
 * Women brought up the family and children, and they did domestic chores
 * Men and Women both planted and harvested crops together
 * although mainly in a man dominated society, women enjoyed high honor, lots of opportunities, some were traders, occasionally they held power positions, and some were even in the military

3.) __Slavery__
 * slaves stood apart from the other social groups
 * eventually, slaves were traded with in Africa and were just like any other good
 * soon the slaves of course got tired of this and revolted; this revolt was called the //Zang Revolt//
 * this revolt was successful for a little whilebut then they were crushed after about 10 years

Writen by Devon Fritz Saeed approves Approved by: Kristin Naour and Carrie Gedeon