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