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POLI 120N: Contention and Conflict in Africa Professor Adida Geographic realities Laura Seay iClicker Practice Simple question Set your frequency to BB iClicker Practice Simple question Q: What year are you? a. Freshman b. Sophomore c.

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Geographic realities POLI 120N: Contention and Conflict in Africa Professor Adida

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Laura Seay

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iClicker Practice

Simple question

Set your frequency to BB

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iClicker Practice

Simple question

Q: What year are you?

  • a. Freshman
  • b. Sophomore
  • c. Junior
  • d. Senior
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iClicker Practice

Simple question + Peer discussion

Q: Have you ever been to a sub-Saharan African country (outside of airport)?

  • a. Yes
  • b. No
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Binyavanga Wainana “Africa is to be pitied, worshipped or dominated. Whichever angle you take, be sure to leave the strong impression that without your intervention and your important book, Africa is doomed.”

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Arno Meintjes Wildlife www.atlas-westafrica.org www.nytimes.com

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Kai Krause

The true size of Africa

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wikipedia

Q: Africa is the world’s ____ continent:

  • a. Largest
  • b. Second-largest
  • c. Third-largest
  • d. Fourth-largest
  • e. Fifth-largest
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Arno Meintjes Wildlife www.atlas-westafrica.org www.nytimes.com

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urbanafrica.net David Adjaye digitaljournal.com theguardian.com

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Africa’s “baggage”

  • 1. Geography
  • 2. History
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Africa’s “baggage”

  • 1. Geography
  • 2. History
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  • 1. Geography
  • 2. History

Africa’s “baggage”

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African Geography

“The history of every continent is written clearly in its geographical features, but of no continent is this more true than of Africa.”

Lord Hailey, quoted in Herbst (2000)

NASA/JPL

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The tropics

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Sub-Saharan Africa is either tropical or dry

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Mean annual temperature Mean annual precipitation, 1971-2000, in mm

BADC/CRU DWD

Temperature Rain

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Q: By the way, which country is this?

  • a. Botswana
  • b. Angola
  • c. Rwanda
  • d. Benin
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How does this matter?

Tropics High temperatures Erratic rainfall Low agricultural yields

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Low agricultural yields Malnutrition

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Stunting

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Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Malaria

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Tropics High temperatures Erratic rainfall Low agricultural yields Disease Economic well-being

How does this matter?

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15 landlocked countries

Africa Europe

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.5 1 1.5 GDP per capita (thousands) 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Year landssagdp coastssagdp

Landlocked vs. Coastal growth in SSA

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Tropics High temperatures Erratic rainfall Low agricultural yields Disease Economic well-being

How does this matter?

1 Land-locked 2

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Is this unique to Africa?

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Link to conflict?

Environment Conflict ? Weak states Weak economies Colonial institutions Slave trade

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Next class: European imprint POLI 120N: Contention and Conflict in Africa Professor Adida

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Geographic realities POLI 120N: Contention and Conflict in Africa Professor Adida