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"SUBSAHARAN AFRICA II"
  • SUBSAHARAN AFRICA II
  • (CHAPTER 6: 285-317)
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"Dominant state in region"
  • Dominant state in region
  • Capitalist approach to development
  • Nairobi (2.8 million)
  • Coffee, tea, tourism revenues
  • Swahili is the lingua franca
  • 1980s - world’s fastest growing populations
  • AIDS
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"Delineated from Nigeria by physiographic..."
  • Delineated from Nigeria by physiographic as well as cultural breaks
  • The Adamawa Highland coincides with the border between British-influenced Nigeria and French- acculturated Cameroon.
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"Dominated by Congo River and..."
  • Dominated by Congo River and Basin
    • Equatorial rainforest
    • Impeded in transportation and communication
  • French is predominant in most states except Sao Tome and Principe
  • The most underdeveloped region in this realm
  • Resources
    • Copper (Democratic Republic of Congo)
    • Timber, oil (Gabon, Cameroon)
    • Gold, manganese and uranium
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"At independence,"
  • At independence, Nigeria was composed of three regions (based on regional tribal bases of the Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, and Ibo).
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NIGERIA
  • In 1967 interregional rivalries led to civil war when the eastern region tried to succeed as Biafra.
  • Regions were subdivided and rearranged to ensure a civil war did not occur again.
  • Currently - a Federal State under a military government
  • Capital city moved from Lagos to Abuja
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"SUBSAHARAN AFRICA II"
  • SUBSAHARAN AFRICA II
  • (CHAPTER 6: 285-317)