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African Union
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a continent wide organization headquartered in Ethiopia
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agricultural density
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the number of farmers per unit of arable land
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apartheid
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an official policy of racial segregation that lasted 50 years
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Berlin Conference
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during this conference rules were established as to what constituted effective conrtol over a territory; Sub-Saharan Africa was carved up and traded like properties
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biofuels
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wood and charcoal used for household energy needs
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clan
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social units that are branches of a tribe or ethnic group; larger than a family
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coloured
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a South African term describing people of mixed African and European ancestry
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desertification
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the expansion of desertlike conditions as a result of human-induced degradation
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Gondwanaland
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an acient mega-continent that included Africa, South America, Antartica, Austrailia, Madagascar, and Saudi Arabia
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Great Escarpment
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begins in southwestern Angola and ends in northeastern South Africa, creating a formidable impediment to coastal settlement
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homelands
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ethnic group; like reservations for Native Americans; rural, overcrowded
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Horn of Africa
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the northeastern corner that includes Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Eritrea
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internally displaced persons
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people that have fled from conflict but still reside in their country of origin
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kleptocracy
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a state in which corruption is so institutionalized that politicians and government siphon off a huge percentage of the country's wealth
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Pan-African Movement
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encouraged a trans-Atlantic liberation effort "Africa for Africans"
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pastoralists
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people who specialize in cattle raising
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physiological density
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the number of people per unit of arable land
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refugee
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people who flee their state because of a well-founded fear of persecution based on race
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sahel
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a zone of ecological transition between the Sahara to the north and wetter savannas and forest in the south
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structural adjustment program
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programs that are designed to reduce goverment spending and encourage private sector intiatives
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swidden
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burning the natural vegetation to release fertilizing ash and planting crops
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township
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segregated neighborhoods on the outskirts of cities
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transhumance
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the movement of animals between wet-season and dry-season pasture
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tribe
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a group of families or clans with a common kinship
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tsetse fly
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these spread sleeping sickness to cattle, humans, and some wildlife
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