GEOG 213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Malaria, Islamic Terrorism, Tropical Africa
15 Oct 2018
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Bismillah ar rahman ar raheem: beginning of human evolution, sub-saharan africa. Lasting impact: colonial legacy, hunting as a sport (mass destruction of animals, established game reserves, today challenges. Illegal animal exports, animal extinction: big chinese market, although international, some population cluster but mostly sparsely populated, dominated by subsistence (support yourself) agriculture, huge land, but not well suited for farming, good soil is at population clusters. Land tenure- land is owned by an individual-issue. Indigenous people were evicted from most fertile areas during colonialism: land alienation-(cid:272)olo(cid:374)ial settlers a(cid:374)d go(cid:448)"t took their la(cid:374)d, government policies makes it harder for people to farm, ex. One export crop and farmers are blocked from markets. Tsetse fly: pandemic- spread of disease worldwide ex. Indigenous african people animism: christianity and islam, formal economy formal urban landscape. Islamic terrorist group, west education is sinful: anthropogenic causes, benin link to braziian state of bahia, burkina faso, landlocked with gold reserves (underdeveloped, ghana, stable country.
