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Security forces in several states have allegedly abused their powers during the Covid-19 crisis. Via Benoit Lamy 
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"African countries are also quite diverse from an ethnic standpoint. As the Washington Post's Max Fisher noted back in 2013, the world's 20 most ethnically diverse countries are all African, partially because European colonial powers divvied up sections of the continent with little regard for how the residents would have organized the land themselves. This map above shows Africa's ethnographic regions as identified by George Murdock in his 1959 ethnography of the continent."
Tags: Africa, colonialism, borders, political, language, ethnicity. Via Javier Marrero Acosta, juandoming
Shane C Cook's curator insight,
May 27, 2015 8:54 AM
Africa is a very diverse and complicated continent due o mistakes made in the Berlin Conference. The strange boundaries drawn restrict these African nations to be one with their own people not with their enemies. 
Chris Costa's curator insight,
October 27, 2015 4:51 PM
We have seen the repercussions of ethnic tensions play out in the Balkans, the Middle East, and even in the United States, and Africa is no exception. Arbitrarily drawn national borders- the remnants of European colonialism- means that there is often significant ethnic diversity within many African nations. Although this creates interesting blends of language and culture, it has often bred violence in many countries, perhaps most notably in South Africa and Rwanda. Although many members of the West like to lump the entire continent into a single category, this could not be further from the truth. The second largest continent with extreme biodiversity, it has bred thousands of languages and hundreds of different cultural backgrounds, sometimes within a single country. It is important for the West to understand the complex make-up of the African continent in order to avoid the Eurocentric assumptions many Westerners make when discussing the continent. There isn't a single "Africa"- there isn't even a single "Nigeria," but rather a multitude of different peoples and cultures, equally as complex as those found in other regions of the world. This map does a very good job at illustrating the complexity and richness of the continent. 
Mark Hathaway's curator insight,
October 30, 2015 7:20 AM
People often underestimate how diverse Africa really is. We often have the tendency to lump all Africans together in one large ethnic group. The actual number of different ethnic groups in Africa is rather staggering. This map can also be used as a partial explanation for the amount of ethnic conflict in Africa. Often times, these ethnic groups are squashed together in states with poorly drawn borders. Under that situation, ethnic conflict becomes inevitable.
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This is another old classic image that I might have shared earlier but it merits repeating. As Salvatore Natoli (a leader in geography education) once said, "In our society we unconsciously equate size with importance and even power." This is one reason why many people have underestimated the true size of Africa relative to places that they view as more important or more powerful. Tags: mapping, Africa, perspective, images.
Maria la del Varrio's curator insight,
December 5, 2014 11:01 AM
It is incredible big, but unfortunately most of the north area is cover by the big Sahara and most of the are is typically unfertilized. 
Jason Schneider's curator insight,
March 9, 2015 4:29 PM
As we can see, there's a little overlapping here and some empty spots but it's pretty accurate. The United States and China are in the top 5 largest countries of the world list and they still fit in the 2nd largest continent of the world, Africa. I'd like to see the size comparison between Africa and Russia. I did some research on that and it turns out that Russia is a little over half the size of Africa, maybe the size of the combination of the United States and China. |
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Ethiopia is due to launch a light rail transit system later this year, the first of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa. Via ismokuhanen
Raymond Dolloff's curator insight,
December 14, 2015 11:59 PM
As Africa, namely Sub-Saharan Africa, lacks the technology that is required to develop and maintain this type of transportation is a great start. Time shows that if a country is given a decent amount of time to develop something good will come to it. Advances in technology today make it easier for development to happen, but once again it comes down to the ease of access to this technology in order to properly develop this and maintain it at all times.
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Solar panels provide all the energy needed to power this brick dormitory designed by Louise Braverman to house medical staff at a rural village in Burundi. The Village Health Works Staff Housing accommodates an 18-bed dormitory for the healthcare workers in the 16-hectare village of Kigutu. It was designed by New York-based Louise Braverman as part of a wider masterplan for the area. Via Lauren Moss
Lola Ripollés's curator insight,
December 30, 2014 4:12 AM
It is great to use well available resources. 
A. Perry Homes's curator insight,
December 31, 2014 2:12 PM
Tech and design, together, can make beautiful things 
Stafford Battle's curator insight,
January 8, 2015 4:34 PM
Africa will help lead the solar revolution. |
Very interesting piece on how several African governments are enforcing measures to limit the spread of Coronavirus and their impacts on individual rights