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9 Cards in this Set
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Cold War and Africa
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-Never had a chance to deal with internal problems before having to choose sides
-Unlike America who was separated by oceans and was therefore excluded from problems in Europe -Every African country forced to choose between Capitalism or Socialism |
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New Cold Wars (external conflict affecting Africa)
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-Religious
-Economic domination |
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Religious
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-Christians vs Muslims
-Due to some population still subscribing to indigenous religions has become a battle field for conversions -Islamic Frontier: imaginary boundry that separates Muslim North from Christian South -Ivory Coast and Nigeria filled with Holy Wars |
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Religion in Africa and Middle East
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-Countries asked to take sides even though struggle has nothing to do with Africa
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Religion in Africa: Ethiopianism
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-movement separates African Christianity from that of Western Christianity
-Extremely fundamentalist -Socially conservative |
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China and the West in Africa
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-More economic than political or ideological
-China fills need for raw materials |
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China and the West: Zambia
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-Most of Zambia's wealth comes from copper
-Zambia a land locked country and could not get copper out to ports -Because Zimbabwe and Angola engaged in liberation movements most railways destroyed -China decides to play a bigger part in the world and offers to build railway from copper belt to Dar-Es-Salaam (Tan-Zam Railway 1979) -Zambia survives due to this railway -Both Africans and Chinese profit equally from endeavor |
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ZAMBIA: Tan-Zam Railway 1979 (what was offered)
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-1 1/2 billion interest free loan
-50,000 Chinese laborers |
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China and the West: Southern Sudan
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