Skin Color in Africa

On the left of this page, you will see a map of the African Continent. The shading on the map indicates the variation of brown skin color of the people in different African countries. For example, if you look at the country of the Democratic Republic of Congo (shown as "DR Congo"), and the country called South Sudan, you will see that skin color is less dark in the DR Congo. Using the note paper in your research folder, record all of the country names where the peoples' skin color is the darkest.

Do you have any guesses about which country Benjamin Banneker could be from based on the information in this map?

The other teams researching the origin of Banneker's ancestry will need this information!