East Africa Overview

East Africa OverviewHistory, Culture, Context

GeographyImpact of landscape and climate

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Comparative Perspective

GeographyGlobalization & Diversity: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, Wyckoff

Globalization & Diversity: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, Wyckoff

Geography

http://geology.com/articles/east-africa-rift/figure1.jpg

Geology

More Geology

Great Rift Valley

3,000 miles long

Inter-Tropical Front ~ formerly called the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)

http://people.cas.sc.edu/carbone/modules/mods4car/africa-itcz/index.html

African Weather

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Globalization & Diversity: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, Wyckoff

Climate Map of Sub-Saharan Africa

Satellite View

Weather and geography…

Weather Hazards: Current weather hazards: September 01-07, 2011

…impact humans..

Near Term Outlook: Estimated food security conditions, 3rd Quarter 2011 (August-September 2011)

Culture and HistoryThe Human Experience in East Africa

Geography and Climate: Farming systems

… Livelihoods

Importance of own crops as a source of food

Population densities

2010 est.

2015 est.

Languages

Bantu Migrations

Themes in political history

Local social, cultural and political systems◦ Diversity

Movements around region◦ Trade◦ Cultivators and Pastoralists◦ Migrations

Trade and Globalization beyond the continent◦ Indian Ocean and Asia◦ Arabian Peninsula◦ Europe

Religion Colonialism – different types

◦ Settler◦ Protectorate◦ Indirect Rule

Independence struggles

Themes in more recent political history

Nation building Socialism, Ujamaa,

Harambee Non-aligned movement Development Structural adjustment Civil War Post-conflict transitions Authoritarianism Democracy and rule of law More globalization and

exchange Asia (esp. China)

Labor, migration Class, gender, ethnicity,

age Environment Climate change Food security Water Global War on Terror Regional conflict and

cooperation FDI, GDP growth Religion… etc…

Kampala, Uganda

Bus Station, Kampala

Nairobi, Kenya

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Dodoma: Parliament Building