East Africa Overview History, Culture, Context. Geography Impact of landscape and climate.

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East Africa Overview History, Culture, Context

Geography Impact of landscape and climate

5000MILES5000MILES M I L E S Comparative Perspective

Geography Globalization & Diversity: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, Wyckoff

Geography

Geology

More Geology

Great Rift Valley 3,000 miles long

Inter-Tropical Front ~ formerly called the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)

African Weather

Globalization & Diversity: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, Wyckoff 11 Climate Map of Sub-Saharan Africa

Satellite View

Weather and geography… Weather Hazards: Current weather hazards: September 01-07, 2011Current weather hazards: September 01-07, 2011

…impact humans.. Near Term Outlook: Estimated food security conditions, 3rd Quarter 2011 (August-September 2011)

Culture and History The Human Experience in East Africa

Geography and Climate: Farming systems

… Livelihoods Importance of own crops as a source of food

Population densities 2010 est est.

Languages

Bantu Migrations

Themes in political history 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 more recent 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…

Kampala, Uganda

Bus Station, Kampala

Nairobi, Kenya

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Dodoma: Parliament Building

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