1. Social Issues In Sub-Saharan Africa
Past & Present

2. Imperialism Causes Effects on the People Hostile takeover by outsiders
Like colonization but on entire continent
Effects on the People
Apartheid
Damages Culture
Total dependency
Tension and civil wars

3. Poverty Causes Effect on the People Rampant (all over) 3 parts Hunger
Money
Not getting needs met
Psychological effect of never getting out of poverty
Effect on the People
Hunger
Unsanitary living

4. Cycle of Poverty

5. Hunger Causes Effect on the People Caused by poverty
Solved by using genetically modified foods
Effect on the People
Famine/Starvation
Eventual Death

6. AIDS Causes Effect on the People Virus that begins as HIV
Effects the immune system
Spreads due to lack of knowledge/no medication
Effect on the People
Destroys families
Entire generation wiped out (population model)

7. Child Soldiers Causes Effects
120,000 to 250,000 child soldiers in Africa today
Considered cheap and easy to control
Males and female children
Effects
Psychological problems with children
Families killed to cut ties

8. Genocide in Rwanda Causes Effect on the People Tribal War in 1994
Killing of Tutsi by the Hutu people
Effect on the People
2 million Hutu fled = displacement
1 million deaths
Outside ignorance; lack of involvement

9. Genocide in Darfur Causes Effect on the People Current in the Sudan
Government refusal to admit its happening now
Government attempt to get rid of ‘disloyal’ citizens
Effect on the People
Outside learned from Rwanda
Death
Displaced native peoples
Split into 2 countries: Sudan
& South Sudan

10. Infant Mortality Rate Causes Effect on the People
Death of babies before age 1
More in Africa than anywhere else in the world
Due to malnutrition; sick mothers
Effect on the People
Psychological: Mothers lose children

11. Women’s Rights Causes Effect on the People Role in the home
No rights to protect self and/or body
Part of culture
Effect on the People
Women feel hopeless, no choices
Fighting back; changing the future

12. War Causes Effect on the People Civil Wars are Brutal
Land disputes due to borders made by Europeans
Effect on the People
Injury/Death

13. Oil Causes Effect on the People Dangerous drilling Abuses the land
Government does not help
Effect on the People
Death
Dangerous to live in/by

14. Diamonds Causes Effect on the People
Money made is used to fund military action
Government does not help the people
Dangerous extraction
Effect on the People
Injury/Death
Forced Labor
Live in fear

15. Assignment On separate sheet of paper – 10 sentences total.
Must be complete sentences and grammatically correct.
Must answer the following questions:
Which problem do you think is the worst for Africa?
What are the causes associated with this problem?
What effects does this problem have on Africa?
How would you fix the problem if you could do something for Africa?