African Union

Africa is a continent known for its plentiful natural resources, and unfortunately European countries also noticed this early on. Europeans began to colonize African countries, and soon enough they would control most of Africa's territories. European imperialism endured for 300 years, between 1500 and 1800. What drove the European imperialism was economic prosperity, national competition, and cultural beliefs. Europe was a thriving continent and its countries wanted to expand their empire even…

In this video, Anthony Bourdain goes to Sub-Saharan Africa, specifically, Ghana. I can see how he chose to live the full experience rather than finding information about it in the internet. Since the beginning, I could clearly see the difficulty of their lifestyle and how different our cultures are i.e., clothes, music, food, etc. Ghana serves as a great example for the rest Africa because it transformed from an oppressed country to one who lets people exercise democratic activities. Even though…

The impact of Africa’s future demographic dividend depends on numerous economic variables that are easily projectable but easily susceptible to change. An in-depth analysis is needed to fully understand the future potential of the African economy while factoring a range of possibilities in the economy. When looking at the expected population pyramids of Sub Saharan Africa and comparing it to that of developed area like Europe, we begin to see dramatic differences between the two regions. As of…

throughout the nineteenth century. Many African nations where seized, and controlled by the European powers. Additionally, the mission of many European countries such as Portugal, England, and France wanted to spread Christianity among the natives. Also, the European nations sought to take control of the natural resources that had been discovered in the African nations that were controlled by Europeans. Despite European influences and ideologies many African nations resisted the colonization…

involvement in Africa was unbeatably imperialism. Once can be so certain of this due to the manner in which Europe interacted with the African people and their endowed resources. This profound interaction can definitely be described as imperialism especially because European powers created an incredibly disparate economic situation in Africa through striking fear into African lives—making them obey by force, or die. Although European powers reasoned their motives in intervening in Africa by…

the intense diversity in Africa and the high population of young people, this exhibit will focus on Children 's Rights in Africa. The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) is an international human rights document that was created to promote and protect children 's rights and basic freedoms in the African context (Organization of African Unity, 1990). The ACRWC is a relatively new document, which has only been implemented in the last twenty-five years. This document…

I was born in a small village located in the country side of Ethiopia. My parents got divorced when I was only six month old. After the divorce was finalized my grandparents took the responsibility of raising me because my mom was not ready to raise me by herself. When I was ten we moved to Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia but I didn’t get the chance to go to school because the school was too far to attend. In about a year I got adapted. my adapted parents have other 3 biological kids,…

The strength of South Africa’s market will influence other developing African nations to follow in its footsteps. Therefore, Zya Coffee can use exports in South Africa as the gateway for future large-scale exporting. Demographics Zya Coffee is guaranteed a source of demand in South Africa, as South Africa is considered an…

Since the late 1980s, China has worked to portray itself as a “developing nation” to African nations, using its own personal narrative to appeal to African leaders. And this model appears to be working: between 1989 and 1997, trade between the China and Africa has increased 430%, and in 2006 China became Africa’s third most important trading partner (Tull). But China’s increased engagement in Africa has drawn sharp criticism from political analysts. While some are quick to highlight that…

Having taken African Politics last semester I was excited to delve deeper into the history of the continent this semester. I was thankful to have some general knowledge of the continent going into the class because we covered a lot of material that expanded upon what I already knew and provided a plethora of new information for me to digest. Out of all the material that our class covered this semester the three events that resonated with me the most were the independence of Ethiopia,…