Africa: Some Background
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Africa: Some Background
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Mercator Projection (1569)
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Peters Projection (1974)
West Wing video clip
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So Called “Slave Trade”
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Slave Warfare
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Continental Population Statistics(in millions)
1650 1750 1850 1900
Africa 100 100 100 120
Europe 103 144 274 423
Asia 257 437 656 857
Source: How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
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Muslim Conquests
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Arab Speaking Areas Today
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African Precolonial States
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Scramble for AfricaBerlin Conference 1884, Map 1914
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Postcolonial African States
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British Africa: Cape to Cairo
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Nigerian Ethnic Groups
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Population Density
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African Railroads
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African Cities
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Rural Africa
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Land Grabs “Land grabs displace subsistence farmers and farming
communities, making it necessary for inhabitants to seek opportunities elsewhere. The amount of African land sold annually to multi-national corporations has increased from 10 million acres to about 110 million acres between 2008 and early 2010- the size of California and West Virginia combined. Over 70% of these land deals are concentrated in Mali, Libya, Sudan, Ethiopia, Madagascar and Mozambique. The rise in land deals in Africa is partly due to the global food crisis.” (Sojourner Project)