africa
Yea Ji Oh
Developed and Developing Places (187:006:SCA) The first place where humans started to form communities and cultures, Africa, is mostly seen as a place where numerous negative events such as civil wars, terrorist attacks and health crisis occur in recent history. Several misfortunes struck Africa that disadvantaged them from competing with other states. There are eight formative disasters that weakened Africa according to the book which are climate change, ecological impact, divisive Islam, depopulating slave trade, colonialism, the cold war, globalization and the failure of leadership. Climate change led to high temperature and humidity which brought outbreak of deadly diseases and wildlife animals thriving that cannot be domesticated. Arrival of new religion became the source of conflict which divided Africa into Northern and Subsaharan. In times when slavery was a common practice, Africa was the victim of slavery. Salve trade exacerbated depopulation and exploitation of resources and labor, which continued to colonialization. After WWII, colonial era ended and states got their independence. However, this sudden change brought conflict and chaos since it was seen as the perfect chance to improve power for states. Globalization is acknowledged as the opportunities for countries to benefit from each other and coexist in harmony. However, for Africa it is not the case. Globalization is rather a threat, agitated corruption and ecology. Africa is ranked as the least politically transparent which is partially due to failure in government and leaderships. Nowadays, China’s presence in Africa is growing. Africa is an emerging market for Chinese products and Africa has resources that China can invest and develop infrastructure.
For sure, Africa is a continent full of potential in the future. I believe Africa can become one of the powerful continents where economic, political and socially strong. The priority would be taking care of the public health in
Developed and Developing Places (187:006:SCA) The first place where humans started to form communities and cultures, Africa, is mostly seen as a place where numerous negative events such as civil wars, terrorist attacks and health crisis occur in recent history. Several misfortunes struck Africa that disadvantaged them from competing with other states. There are eight formative disasters that weakened Africa according to the book which are climate change, ecological impact, divisive Islam, depopulating slave trade, colonialism, the cold war, globalization and the failure of leadership. Climate change led to high temperature and humidity which brought outbreak of deadly diseases and wildlife animals thriving that cannot be domesticated. Arrival of new religion became the source of conflict which divided Africa into Northern and Subsaharan. In times when slavery was a common practice, Africa was the victim of slavery. Salve trade exacerbated depopulation and exploitation of resources and labor, which continued to colonialization. After WWII, colonial era ended and states got their independence. However, this sudden change brought conflict and chaos since it was seen as the perfect chance to improve power for states. Globalization is acknowledged as the opportunities for countries to benefit from each other and coexist in harmony. However, for Africa it is not the case. Globalization is rather a threat, agitated corruption and ecology. Africa is ranked as the least politically transparent which is partially due to failure in government and leaderships. Nowadays, China’s presence in Africa is growing. Africa is an emerging market for Chinese products and Africa has resources that China can invest and develop infrastructure.
For sure, Africa is a continent full of potential in the future. I believe Africa can become one of the powerful continents where economic, political and socially strong. The priority would be taking care of the public health in