Sub-Saharan Africa Today

​Sub-Saharan Africa Today

1. Identify trends among urban and rural places in Sub-Saharan Africa 

2. Explain challenges and possible solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa 

3. Evaluate the role of the African Union in promoting cooperation 

​Objectives/Goals

​Vocabulary

• Bribery

• Corrupt

• Coup

• Impoverished

​Essential Question:
What trends and challenges shape Sub-Saharan Africa today? 

Open Ended

What are some challenges that you think Sub-Saharan Africa would face today?

​Urban and Rural Places in Sub-Saharan Africa

• Fastest Urbanization in the world

• By 2050 - 60% of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa will live in cities

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• Half of the Sub-Saharan African population lives in rural places

  • Subsistence farmers

  • Herders: Goats, Sheep, and Cattle

​Urban Sub-Saharan Africa

• Bujumbura, Burundi: the fastest growing city in Sub-Saharan Africa

• Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: capital city and largest city of Ethiopia

• Dar es Salaam: a megacity in Tanzania

  • Overpopulation is a major concern in these cities

Open Ended

Overpopulation is a major issue in Sub-Saharan African cities.

What are some other issues that could arise with the quickly growing urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Open Ended

Subsistence Farmers and Herders face issues with limited resources because of the lack of land to grow crops that cows eat or the lack of land for cows to graze. 

What are some other issues that could arise with the farmers and herders in Sub-Saharan Africa?

​Global Trade

• European Colonialism has a lasting legacy (lasting effect) on Sub-Saharan

  Africa today

  • The Economic goals under Colonialism remain in major goal of Sub-Saharan African countries today

    • Nigeria and Angola = oil

    • Kenya = Coffee

  • Sub-Saharan Africa is involved in international trade due to its wealth of natural resources. 

  • The world's less wealthy countries tend to export raw materials to the wealthier countries.

  • Sub-Saharan Africa's economies are largely based on exporting materials to wealthier countries. 

​Impoverished Africa

• Most of the world’s most impoverished (lacking money and health) countries are located in Sub-Saharan Africa. 

• Reasons for Impoverished Africa

  • Corrupt Governments: to change something or someone from good to bad/dishonest governments

    • Government Bribery: giving or offering money in exchange for a government official to not do their job

    • Government leaders do not improve the economies of the country

    • Coups: an overthrowing of the government

      • 100 Coups have taken place in Africa since 1960

      • Military governments lead to brutality - Child Soldiers

​Stable Democracies in Sub-Saharan Africa

• Ghana

• Cabo Verde

• Botswana

​Environment and Health

• Saharan Africa experiences the highest levels of hunger in the world.

  • Droughts and Desertification

• Hunger Solutions

  • Straw Mats to prevent soil from drying out

  • Cooking with solar ovens to prevent the spreading of fires and cutting down of trees

• More than 300 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa lack access to safe drinking water.   

  • Collecting water from rivers or rainwater

  • Contaminated water is the cause of more than three-quarters of diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa. 

• Clean Water Solutions

  • Digging Wells

  • Water Treatment Facilities

• Disease

  • Poor diet, contaminated water, and mosquitoes spread diseases

• Disease Solutions - Education and Hygiene Practices; Medical Care

​African Organizations

• African Union: a multi-national African organization to address problems throughout all African countries

  • Create Unity - A common shared language of Swahili or English

  • Problem Solve

  • Economic Connections

  • Provide Protection

Open Ended

What do you think one of the biggest challenges facing Sub-Saharan Africa today?