Geoffrey A. Smith Poli. Sci. 7 section #3053 Prof. Melvin Aaron June 31 2012 Sub-Saharan Africa: A Threat to Global Stability Still recovering from malicious colonialism‚ the southern half of Africa has incurred several other factors contributing to the regions underdevelopment. The southern half has a general inability to contain AIDS‚ corruption‚ and war in the region. Racism is still prevalent‚ there are dire food shortages‚ and to add‚ there is mounting debt in almost every country in
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world. The catalyst for Sub-Saharan Africa reshaping its national identity was Ghana becoming emancipated from British rule in 1957. The national identity for a country or even a region is tied in with that particular area’s overall success. Ghana and Kenya were greatly impacted by this new forming identity. In order to make Sub-Saharan Africa a better place some things were required to change and others were allowed to continue on. A series of things helped reshape Africa such as new found equality
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One of the major health issues in Sub-Saharan Africa is the infant mortality rate. An infant mortality rate is the rate at which children die before they reach the age of one. In the United States the infant mortality rate is 6.1 deaths per live 1‚000 births (2017). This is even higher than Finland‚ who has the lowest infant mortality rate in the world at 2.3 deaths per 1‚000 live births (2017). At 154.4 deaths per 1‚00 live births‚ Sierra Leone is the highest in the world (2017). This number should
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During the period 1450 CE to 1750 CE‚ many changes and continuities can be seen to have happened in the religious beliefs and practices in Sub-Saharan Africa‚ located in the Atlantic Region and the Indian Ocean Region. Sub-Saharan Africa went through many cultural reforms from 1450 CE to 1750 CE‚ there were changes like an increase in religions‚ Christianity and Islam‚ and the balancing of polygamy because of the distorted gender ratios due to the slave trade. Although continuities seen were that
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Infectious Disease in Africa The earth has been evolving for billions of years‚ growing in population as well as advancing technologically for thousands of years. Most places are up to speed with the latest and greatest new technology. Africa‚ however‚ is struggling to get by without any of these luxuries. They are plagued with disease‚ contaminated water‚ and starvation on top of extreme poverty. But‚ if disease is everywhere--why has it hit Africa the hardest? Well‚ without
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Maria Kearney Ms. Keilman p2 5/18/2012 Sub-Saharan Africa Current Event Kony 2012 http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/joseph_kony/index.html Joseph Kony is a man from Uganda‚ Africa. He is a man who kidnaps children from Uganda and forces them to kill their parents. He used girls as sex slaves and boys to be in his army. He kidnapped up to 30‚000 children a made an army called the LMA. He has killed thousands of children‚ and is still going. He is the number one criminal
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is as diverse as its cultures and peoples and has flowered many indigenous forms as well as been shaped by foreign influences. It bears a difference from other regions and cultures. The roles of music and dance are tightly woven together in Sub-Saharan Africa‚ and music intersects with every aspect of life‚ expresses life through the medium of sound. African music also helps connect people together in a variety of ways. Music is an integral part of African ethnic life‚ accompanying many kinds of
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PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACT ON THE CONTROL OF MALARIA IN SUB - SAHARAN AFRICA The prevalence of malaria in sub Saharan Africa remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the continent. The epidemic possesses a major threat to the economic development and public health. The Sub-Saharan Africa as a geographical term refers to the area of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara‚ majority of the countries lie along the tropics thus allowing a favourable climatic condition for the
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2. the actions and reactions of the colonized people also shaped the colonial experience II. A Second Wave of European Conquests A. The period 1750–1900 saw a second‚ distinct phase of European colonial conquest. 1. focused on Asia and Africa 2. several new players (Germany‚ Italy‚ Belgium‚ U.S.‚ Japan) 3. was not demographically catastrophic like the first phase
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Benin is a country found in Sub-Saharan Africa more commonly known as (SSA). According to the CIA as of a report published in year 2007‚ 37% of Benin’s population lived below the poverty line. This indicates that nearly half of the inhabitants of Benin live below the dollar-a-day poverty line. The poverty line is established in regards to the understanding that it takes at least a dollar to provide the minimum standard of living for individuals on a day to day basis. Benin’s main source of income
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