in Sub-Saharan Africa Throughout history‚ Europe has had a greater affect on the world politically than any other continent. Africa endured colonialism for centuries and in some areas the continent is still affected by European governments. There have been positive effects of colonialism on Africa‚ but the effects have been far more destructive than beneficial‚ especially in the countries of the Sub-Saharan region. Though advancement and technology is finding its way to Africa slowly but surely
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Sub-Saharan Africa: The Causes of Postcolonial State Failure On the vast continent of Africa‚ there are fifty-three countries; of these only six are not located below the Sahara Desert. This
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Europeans came to Africa in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries‚ Africans developed an advanced civilization. Many cities‚ kingdoms‚ and empires like the empire of Aksum in east Africa in the 300’s and other parts of Africa arose and declined. In West Africa‚ empires like the Ghana‚ Mali and Songhai controlled the gold and salt trade. They were the crossroads of trading. Cities on Africa’s east coast also gained wealth and power through trade in between 1000 and 1500. In Africa between 300 and 1400
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THE WARM HEART OF AFRICA: MALAWI Malawi ‚ officially the Republic of Malawi‚ is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest‚ Tanzania to the northeast‚ and Mozambique on the east‚ south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Malawi is over 118‚000 km2 (45‚560 sq mi) with an estimated population of 16‚777‚547 (July 2013 EST.). Its capital is Lilongwe‚ which is also Malawi’s largest
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By Darren Francis 10/22/2010 Cocoa Production in West Africa This map shows the main cocoa production areas in West Africa. The patterns shows on this map indicate that the Southern coastline of West Africa is a major cocoa bean producing area. The pattern starts at Sierra Leone and follows the coastline down to Cameroon. Some exception to this pattern is in Nigeria‚ in the area of Port Harcourt there is no production and in Benin there is also no production. The brighter orange as indicated
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The Great Continent of Africa Some people view the world through a single lens. Our experiences and beliefs impact our behaviors unconsciously‚ which is known as a bias. A stereotype is a widely held idea or belief that tends to be oversimplified about a particular group of people‚ country‚ or person based merely on physical traits or characteristics. Stereotypes can be formed from a cognitive perspective; we simply categorize information about types of people instead of considering information about
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Walter Rodney‚ How Europe Underdeveloped Africa‚ (Washington‚ D.C.: Howard University Press‚ 1982). Walter Rodney is the author of many pieces focusing on African studies‚ one of his most influential being How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. Rodney was born in Guyana‚ South America in 1942 where only thirty-eight years later he was assassinated by the Guyana government. Fortunately‚ Rodney was a bright and driven individual who left behind a great deal of valuable studies. He spent the bulk of
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Those who survived faced a struggle in a new country that would persists until this day and throughout‚ a struggle only comparable perhaps to those in Africa who stayed. The African slave trade was by no means a true manner of trade. It was trickery‚ banditry‚ kidnapping‚ and war waging that was used in the capture and selling of slaves in Africa to the Americas. Many of those capturing slaves were warriors under the direction of African rulers who traded captives for beads‚ cheap gin‚ cheap gunpowder
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“Social inequality is a more pressing socio-economic challenge than poverty in contemporary South Africa.” South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world‚ but not the poorest (with reference to income). We can see that the inequality in South Africa has worsened over time by looking at the country’s Gini Index score. In 1996 the score was 0.66 and in 2008‚ 0.70. The score has also deteriorated in terms of population groups: the score went from 0.54 to 0.62 between Blacks and from
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holes in each theory (whither it be the out of Africa theory‚ the out of Australia theory‚ the out of Asia theory‚ or the multiregional theory) which leaves many puzzled when it comes to choosing which theory is the most authentic and trustworthy. Out of Africa The “Out of Africa” theory is the most popular and referenced human evolution theory to date. In the “Out of Africa” theory‚ experts believe Homo Sapiens(modern humans) originated from Africa ‚ including parts of the Middle East‚ based
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