Africa Is A Poor Third World Country

Like many other continents in the world Africa has a lot of differences in itself for example there are differences in geography ,language, politics, religion and other things in life due to Africa’s lack of political government over an extended period of time.

Uganda is a country that covers 7,108 sq mi in area and a host of 33.3 million people found in East Africa. It is bordered by Congo on the West, Kenya on the East, Tanzania and Rwanda on the south and Sudan on the North. It

Africa nowadays is viewed as a pretty poor continent, but if it were not for a single event, it wouldn’t be in the shape it is today. This event is best known as the scramble for Africa. The European powers had begun taking land after King Léopold the second claimed that initial piece of land. European powers gathered in 1884 to discuss which part of Africa were theirs to avoid fighting, however this was done between European countries, and the thought of even inviting a spokesperson from Africa was beyond them. The people of Africa were enslaved and forced to work the land for natural resources such as rubber and diamond. After the European powers claimed all that they could, two independent countries remained. These two countries were Liberia and Ethiopia. The “Eurocentric” perspective that the European powers had at the time allowed for them to commit these horrible acts and see nothing wrong with what they had

Going into my sophomore year of high school I was fortunate enough to get accepted by the Schuler Scholar Program. In the program each scholar is a assigned a reading coach. During the first session my reading coach, Wyatt, told me to write down a couple questions that I had about anything. When I heard "anything" the first thing that came to my mind was Africa. For a while I've been wondering about the topic. Since my step father’s mother is from Africa, it is a topic that comes up a lot at the dinner table. Sometimes we visit his mother’s side of the family, and they make African food and play music and it is always a good time. Being African American and white, I have always wanted to learn more about the culture and roots of my African American side. I saw this as a perfect opportunity to do just that. So in my journal I wrote "Why isn't Africa the most powerful continent"

Modern African states have various problems ranging from corruption, to armed conflict, to stunted structural development. Africa’s ongoing political instability and economic crisis have hindered the improvement of Africa. Thus, the lack of money, advancement in technology, and climate has hampered economic development. Despite European mistreatment and oppression African’s have endured hardships that have encouraged economy, education, and political

Africa is the world’s oldest inhabited continent, filled with the richest recourses and perhaps the richest history. However, in order to truly understand Africa’s amazing culture and society, we must first start at the very beginning. We must first look at how Africa came about, why it looks the way it does and why it’s location makes it such a unique place.

Africa is the world’s poorest inhabited continent, with more than one third of its residents living on less than a comparative US dollar per day. Africa is stereotyped as poor, overpopulated, and uncivilized. Historians refer to Africa as one united land mass rather than multiple independent nations. Africa’s limited use of technology, agricultural based economy, and independent self-government prior to independence has made gathering data on the continent difficult. Africa as a whole has little data

Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of The Congo. The Congo to the south west by Rwanda and to the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of lake victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda is in the Africa great lakes region.

Africa has had some atrocities occur in its history. One of those was the tyranny of King Leopold. In order to gain control of Congo King Leopold would use violent force and control economic monopolies. His violence was fairly unknown by the rest of the world until some missionaries and other Europeans came into Africa and witnessed the horrors. The missionaries would go on to write about what they experienced and spread the word to inform society of what is occurring.

Ending world poverty is not an easy task. Many have tried to end this global problem with the notion that there is enough for the whole world. However, some regions have failed to succeed in the trial to end deprivation. In spite of the failure to end poverty, people like Jeffrey Sachs continue to have the optimism to demolish poverty. Class assignments reading and discussions have enabled the inspiration to acquire policies that could stop the cyclical development of poverty. These policies include the improvement and affordability of primary education in the developing region of sub- Saharan Africa. The prevention and cures of treatable diseases. As well as, the elimination on the food crisis in sub-Saharan Africa. The inspired

The dictionary states that a third world country is a developing nation in the midst of Africa, Asia, or also Latin America. The country of Ethiopia is described as a third world country due to its great poverty rate. This country has a peculiar land layout and is ranked 16th in the world with its population. Ethiopia is a country with interesting cultural ways and rich with historic events. Unfortunately some factors brought the Ethiopian country to become one of the world's poorest countries. History of this great nation dates as far back as the 4th century C.E and as time progressed many interesting facts have

The people of Kenya have gone though many changes since gaining their independence in 1963. They now have the freedom of speech and religion. Kenya has also increased its educational system by building more schools.

Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. A landlocked country just means that the entire country is surrounded by land. Uganda gained its independence in 1962. The government is multiparty Democratic republic. Uganda is located in east central Africa, the coordinates are 1N and 32E. Uganda is bordered by five countries’, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, and Tanzania. The population is about 37 million. English is the official national language, it is the language taught in schools and used in court houses, etc. The religion in Uganda is Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous beliefs, and Muslim. The climate is tropical, generally rainy with two dry seasons. The capital of Uganda is Kampala.

African nations regularly fall to the bottom of any list measuring economic activity, such as per capita income or per capita GDP, despite a wealth of natural resources. The bottom 25 spots of the United Nations (UN) quality of life index are regularly filled by African nations. In 2006, 34 of the 50 nations on the UN list of least developed countries are in Africa. In many nations, the per capita income is often less than $200 U.S. per year, with the vast majority of the population living on much less. In addition, Africa's share of income has been consistently dropping over the past century by any measure. In 1820, the average European worker earned about three times what the average African did. Now, the average European earns twenty

Dr. Kwasi Konadu’s course “Intro to Contemporary Africa” covers a wide range of topics relating to the continent of Africa. Throughout the course, students become aware of how the continent of Africa has arrived at this present time in history. From the beginning chapters about geography and historical context all the way to the final chapter on the trends and prospects for Africa, there are a few conclusions that students can soundly arrive at. As far back as scholars have researched, a range of different cultures have come into contact with Africa including European and Islamic cultures. A lot of the interaction has been forced upon the continent, and has been accompanied by violence, physical and otherwise. However, it is clear