Pleaseread Ch. 7 (Sub-Saharan Africa) in your textbook (World Regional Geography) and then watch atleast three of the following short videos from Frontline World.
For this week’s DB assignment you should discuss one or both of the following questions:
– Howmuch should Sub-Saharan Africa’s current challenges (poverty, conflict,debt, etc.) be attributed to factors such as European colonization oroutside forces such as globalization …or how much are they now theresponsibility of Africans?- Does(and if so, how much) the international community have a responsibilityto help Africans with challenges such as diseases (HIV/AIDS, Malaria,etc.), poverty, inequitable land distribution, ethnic and religiousconflict, debt, etc.? If so, please give some specific examples of whatshould and can be done.
Here are the links:
Congo: On the Trail of an Ak-47. China’s calling card in Africa
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/08/congo_on_the_tr.html#
Liberia:
Give peace a chance
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/05/liberia_give_pe.html
Zimbabwe:
Shadows and Lies
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/zimbabwe504/video_index.html
This
Land is Ours: Who should own Namibia’s farms?
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2005/08/this_land_is_ou.html
Somalia:A Reporter’s Search for Al Qaeda
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/02/somalia_a_repor.html
Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/ghana804/Your posting for the week should: 1.) Be at least five full paragraphs in length; 2.) Clearly address the assignedquestion or topic; and 3.) Demonstrate your engagement with, andunderstanding of, required readings and/or films. In most weeks, you areexpected to clearly demonstrate (by making specific references in yourcomments) that you have viewed a few of the assigned PBS Frontline Worldfilms assigned for that week.