Africa+Lesson

=**AN AFRICAN ASSIGNMENT**= If you lose the assignment, her is the link: [|Africa Assignment]


 * Part 1**: Africa is divided into many tribes, languages, and ethnic regions.
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 * Part 2:** Europe once controlled the entire world. Africa was the last continent that Europe conquered.
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 * Part 3:** In the 1950s and 60s, African countries started gaining their independence from Europe. Once African countries had their independence, many of the countries erupted in wars.
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 * Part 4:** Another part of the problem in Africa, is the lack of education. The continent of Africa has the lowest literacy rate in the entire world.
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 * Now that you understand some of the reasons why Africa has a lot of problems, I want you to learn about some of the more recent conflicts Africa has been trying to overcome.

Part 5:** Rwanda and Burundi was recently in a violent ethnic war. The Hutu tribe tried to ethnic cleanse the Tutsi tribe.



[|Rwanda Genocide]
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 * Part 6:** Africa has more children soldiers than any continent in the world.
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Articles: Article 2:** [|Child Soldiers]

[|More Child Soldiers]
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 * Part 7:** In Sudan, a civil war has been out of control for over 13 years. The government wants to turn Sudan into an Islamic Republic. The Christians in the south and the Muslims in the east do not want an Islamic Republic. The government has been killing and taking the Muslims and Christians as slaves and selling them throughout the Middle East. Of course, the government denies the existence of slavery.

[|Slavery in Sudan]
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[|Darfur]
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 * Part 8:** Other big problems in Africa are deforestation, desertification, AIDS, and starvation.


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Part 9:** Now that I have depressed you. Here are some cool things about Africa! media type="youtube" key="LU8DDYz68kM" height="344" width="425"
 * Video 3:** This is one of my favorite videos! So you better like it!

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 * Video 4:** This is a video my friend took when she was in Africa.

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 * Video 5:** If you were to go on a safari to Kenya or Tanzania, the Masai tribe would be your guides.

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 * Video 6:** This is shows a Zulu war dance. The Zulu tribe lives in the South Africa area.

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 * Video 7:** I did not write any questions for this video - I know you are sad. However, I do want you to know that this choir is from South Africa. As you watch the video think about what you have learned about Africa. Why is this choir not only important to South Africa, but all of Africa?