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Geography11-13-2018 Tuesday.
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Reminder:
• Tomorrow and Thursday – in the Library Computer Lab.
•Friday – Test on Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Today’s Chunks of Learning:
•Chunk 1: Slavery.
•Chunk 2: Colonization.
•Chunk 3: Modern Africa.
•Chunk 4: Economics in Africa.
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Chunk 1: Slavery in Africa.
•Slavery did exist in Africa prior to European conquest.
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Slavery in Africa.
•However, it was a very small part (in numbers) of society.
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Slavery in Africa.
•European interest in Africa was initially about setting up resupply ports on the way to South and Southeast Asia to trade for gold and spices.
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Slavery in Africa.
• The Portuguese set up several sugar plantations on the islands of São Tomé, off the western coast of Equatorial Africa.
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Slavery in Africa.
•Portugal brought in slaves to help cultivate the sugar.
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Slavery in Africa.
• The Spanish then began buying slaves to ship to the New World in the early 16th century.
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Slavery in Africa.
• In the beginning, the Europeans would raid coastal African villages for slaves.
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Slavery in Africa.
•Over time, however, the Europeans shifted to purchasing slaves from African rulers and traders.
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Slavery in Africa.
•As African groups were divided by language and ethnicity, those that engaged in the slave trade did not hold the slaves to be socially equal to them.
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Chunk 2: Sub-Saharan Africa Colonization.
• In the 19th century, the European powers started claiming parts of Africa as their colonies.
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Sub-Saharan Africa Colonization.
• In 1884, 13 European countries as well as the United States sent representatives to the Berlin Conference.
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Sub-Saharan Africa Colonization.
•At this conference, the colonial powers established the procedure for a Western country to formally control African territory and ultimately re-shaped the map of Africa.
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Sub-Saharan Africa Colonization.
•Each European power had its own way of ruling its territory.
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Sub-Saharan Africa Colonization.
• The Belgians treated the Africans like children, believing they needed the guidance of the Belgians, like parents, to become “civilized.”
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Sub-Saharan Africa Colonization.
• The French tried to assimilate the Africans by teaching them the French language and culture.
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Sub-Saharan Africa Colonization.
• The English ruled their colonies through partnerships with local rulers.
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Sub-Saharan Africa Colonization.
• The Portuguese had no interest in the development of the locals and focused exclusively on resource extraction.
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Chunk 3: Modern Sub-Saharan Africa.
• In the 20th century, especially after World War 2, the Europeans powers granted independence to their African colonies.
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Modern Sub-Saharan Africa.
•But the Europeans had drawn the boundaries of their colonies without any concern for the people and ethnicities that lived within them.
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Modern Sub-Saharan Africa.
• In countries like Rwanda, this led to armed conflict and genocide in the 1990s.
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Modern Sub-Saharan Africa.
•Other problems facing countries in modern Sub-Saharan Africa include poverty.
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Modern Sub-Saharan Africa.
•Only 33% of Sub-Saharan Africa lives in cities.
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Modern Sub-Saharan Africa.
•But 72% of that number lives in slums.
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Modern Sub-Saharan Africa.
•Efforts to improve poverty and healthcare often run into obstacles of corruption.
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Modern Sub-Saharan Africa.
•Corruption is a significant problem across Africa costing residents around $150 billion each year.
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Modern Sub-Saharan Africa.
•Several governments deteriorated to the point where they are no longer functional, therefore, being referred to as failed states.