BEA JOY LORRAINE A. ARCENIO

IV-9 BSE HISTORY

PHILIPPINE NORMAL

UNIVERSITY

HISTORY OF

AFRICA

ECONOMIC

STATUS OF

AFRICA

AGRICULTURE

TROPICAL WET

SAVANNA

HIGHLAND

MEDITERRANEAN

DESERT

TROPICAL WET

occur along the Equator, the Gulf of Guinea,

and the east Madagascar coast.

SAVANNA

occur in much of eastern and southern Africa.

DESERT

occur in northern Africa, especially in the

Sahara and the Sahel.

MEDITERRANEAN

occur along the extreme northern and

southern coasts of Africa

HIGHLAND

occur in the highest elevations of Africa,

particularly in the Ethiopian Highlands.

FORESTRY AND FISHING

MINING AND DRILLING

• Unfortunately, several African

conflicts and civil wars have

been caused and funded by the

diamond industry.

• In 2002, the United Nations

created the Kimberley Process

Certification Scheme (KPCS)

"One half of the African continent

lives below the poverty line. In

sub-Saharan Africa, per capita

GDP is now less than it was in

1974, having declined over 11

percent."

Causes of the

economic

underdevelopment

over the years

According to researchers at

the Overseas Development Institute, the

lack of infrastructure in many developing

countries represents one of the most

significant limitations to economic

growth and achievement of

the Millennium Development Goals

African countries suffer from

communication difficulties caused by

language diversity.

Dependency theory asserts that the wealth

and prosperity of the superpowers and their

allies in Europe, North America and East

Asia is dependent upon the poverty of the

rest of the world, including Africa.

The economic impact of the

colonization of Africa has been

debated. In this matter, the opinions

are biased between researchers,

some of them consider that Europeans

had a positive impact on Africa; others

affirm that Africa's development was

slowed down by colonial rule.