Maafa

A Swahili word meaning "great catastrophe", Maafa is the name given to describe the African Holocaust and the history and effects of the transatlantic slave trade.

This project teaches children about Africa past and present and the development of the slave trade. It also explores Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, the causes and consequences of the European colonisation of Africa and the worldwide communities that make up the African diaspora. 

Africa Today 

We will begin by looking at the geography of Africa in the present day. This will give children an understanding of some of the physical geographical features that became desirable to countries such as Portugal, Spain and Britain, beginning their involvement in Africa.