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East Africa Overview. History, Culture, Context. Geography. Impact of landscape and climate. 4 6 0 0 M I L E S. 5 0 0 0 M I L E S. Comparative Perspective. Geography. Geography. Geology. More Geology. 3,0 00 miles long. Great Rift Valley.
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East Africa Overview History, Culture, Context
Geography Impact of landscape and climate
4 6 0 0 M I L E S 5000 MILES Comparative Perspective
Geography Globalization & Diversity: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, Wyckoff
Geography Globalization & Diversity: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, Wyckoff
Geology http://geology.com/articles/east-africa-rift/figure1.jpg
3,000 miles long Great Rift Valley
Inter-Tropical Front ~ formerly called theIntertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) http://people.cas.sc.edu/carbone/modules/mods4car/africa-itcz/index.html
Climate Map of Sub-Saharan Africa Globalization & Diversity: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, Wyckoff
Weather Hazards: Current weather hazards: September 01-07, 2011 Weather and geography…
Near Term Outlook: Estimated food security conditions, 3rd Quarter 2011 (August-September 2011) …impact humans..
Culture and History The Human Experience in East Africa
Importance of own crops as a source of food … Livelihoods
2010 est. Population densities 2015 est.
Local social, cultural and political systems • Diversity • Movements around region • Trade • Cultivators and Pastoralists • Migrations • Trade and Globalization beyond the continent • Indian Ocean and Asia • Arabian Peninsula • Europe • Religion • Colonialism – different types • Settler • Protectorate • Indirect Rule • Independence struggles Themes in political history
Nation building • Socialism, Ujamaa, Harambee • Non-aligned movement • Development • Structural adjustment • Civil War • Post-conflict transitions • Authoritarianism • Democracy and rule of law • More globalization and exchange • Asia (esp. China) • Labor, migration • Class, gender, ethnicity, age • Environment • Climate change • Food security • Water • Global War on Terror • Regional conflict and cooperation • FDI, GDP growth • Religion… • etc… Themes in more recent political history