1. Human Geography
Sub-Saharan Africa

2. Population Family size Preference for large families
Guarantee lineage and status
Rural life makes children an asset
Population density is similar to that of the U.S.
Life expectancy short (<50 years),

3. Demographics are typical of a developing nation
low per capita GDP
low life expectancy
High population growth rates
High infant mortality
large percentage of the population under the age of 15
low literacy rates

4. 10 PROBLEMS AFFECTING DEVELOPMENT
Poverty
Disease
Internal ethnic problems
Illiteracy
Government instability – dictatorships, military rule
Lack of infrastructure
Environmental problems
Single-product economies
“Brain drain”- Smart people leaving
Peripheral relative location (How the world sees Africa)

5. Getting Poorer
Half of its 700 M people subsist on 65c or less a day!

6. Tribalism problem Political parties based on tribes
Problem of creating nationalism artificially.
Globalization & Diversity: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, Wyckoff

8. Economics (Agriculture)
Large percentage of the population is engaged in agriculture (primary activity.
Mainly subsistence agriculture and nomadic herding
They use slash and burn agriculture
Single commodity country

9. Economic and Social Development: The Struggle to Rebuild (cont.)
Women and Development
Account for 75% of the labor that produces more than 50% of the food consumed
Status of Women
Considerable political and economic power
Polygamy prevalent, female circumcision, denial of property inheritance
Building from Within
Women’s market associations
Globalization & Diversity: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, Wyckoff

10. Trans-African Highway Activity
Your Job- Create a highway that runs through Africa.
It needs to:
-Begin in Tunis, Tunisia and End in Cape town, South Africa
Pass through a capital city on the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean
Cross a minimum of 15 countries and a
maximum of 24
Be in Budget (18 points)
Pass through areas of high population
density