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- SUBSAHARAN AFRICA II
- (CHAPTER 6: 285-317)
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- 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 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 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, Nigeria was composed of three regions (based on
regional tribal bases of the Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, and Ibo).
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- 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
- (CHAPTER 6: 285-317)
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