politics and culture africa
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Looks at every single country in Africa, addresses stereotypes surrounding the continent.TRANSCRIPT
POLITICS AND CULTURE OF
AFRICA
Africa
2nd largest and most populated continent
The most diverse continent
Earliest Humans (5 million years)
2nd oldest civilization (Egypt 3200 BC)
Centers of Learning (Timbuktu)
WHAT HAPPENED?
•Slave Trade•Colonialism•General Act of Berlin•Globalization
MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT AFRICA
Africa is one homogenous place
The problems of Africa are a result of Africans fighting Africans
Africa, in its entirety, is poor, disease-ridden and war-torn.
People live in trees and mud houses while tigers, lions and elephants roam freely in backyards
AFRO-ASIATIC AFRICA
Western SaharaMorocco
Algeria
TunisiaLibya Sudan
Egypt
WESTERN AFRICA
Mauritania Mali Niger
NigeriaBenin Togo
WESTERN AFRICA
Ghana Cote d’Ivoire
Burkina Faso
Liberia Sierra Leone Guinea
WESTERN AFRICA
Guinea Bissau
SenegalGambia
CameroonChad
Sao Tome and Principe
CENTRAL AFRICA
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Democratic Republic of Congo
Central African Republic
SOUTHERN AFRICA
AngolaNamibia
Zambia
Malawi
Tanzania Burundi
SOUTHERN AFRICA
RwandaMozambique
Zimbabwe
Botswana SwazilandLesotho
South Africa
Madagascar
HORN OF AND EASTERN AFRICA
UgandaKenya Eritrea
Ethiopia Somalia Djibouti
AFRICA’S VILLAGE OF DREAMS
THE COMING REVOLUTION IN AFRICA