SOSC 1733 Lecture 7: Cities of Sub-Saharan Africa
7 Nov 2018
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The total population of sub-saharan africa is 751 million people with an urban population of 264 million (35. 2%) Most urbanized countries are djibouti (86. 1%) gabon (84. 0%) and. Least urbanized countries are burundi (10%) uganda (12. 6%) and. Urbanization in the era of colonial rule. There were at least 5 well-known major centers of urban settlement in africa before 1500. The oldest were the upper nile/ethiopian centers of meroe, axum and adulis. There were also the medieval sahelian cities of west africa"s greatest trading empires such as timbuktu, gao and jenne (mali) Coastal trading centers on the red sea and the indian ocean arose in ancient times. An extensive trade link between the african interior from zimbabwe peoples of asia flourished for more than a thousand years. Many prominent urban centers in africa before 1500 ad are now in ruins. Other cities of ancient and medieval times were bypassed by the new economic geographies that shaped africa"s relationship with.
