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Images of development in Africa: the danger of a single story?

What are your images of the continent of Africa?

Watch the video above and consider...
  • What do you see that matches your images and ideas of what Africa is like?
  • What is not part of your expectations? How does it challenge your ideas (or even prejudices) about Africa?

Now think more carefully about how you perceive the continent of Africa. Create a mind-map to summarise your ideas/images. You could use the diagram below as a starting point.
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Images of Africa

Study the images below and then complete the table at the bottom. Again consider which images challenge your ideas? Why?
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Click on the table to open a copy in Google Docs,
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The Danger of a Single Story

  • In your own words, summarise the main point or points that Chimamanda makes in her talk.
  • How does this connect to how we might view people who live in LICs?
  • What can we do about this? What can we do ourselves to make sure we are fair when we think about people? How can we educate/challenge others?

Barriers to development in Africa

Understand how environmental, economic and political challenges have restricted Africa’s development.
You are going to think about some of the challenges that Africa has faced which have affected development.
Each group will be given a topic to research and present to the rest of the group. You must think about why this “challenge” has restricted Africa’s development.

You must include the following:
  • Map of Africa to show where the problems are
  • Explanation of the problem/issue
  • Ideas about how development has been restricted by this challenge
You should include:
  • Ideas of innovative solutions or ways to move past the problems

Health issues and disease

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Diarrhoea in Africa
Diarrhoeal disease in Africa
HIV/AIDS in Africa
Malaria in Africa

Political corruption

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cnn
the economist
Transparency.com

Landlocked countries

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Landlocked 1
World Bank
World Bank 2
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War and conflict

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Global issues
the week
BBC
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Legacy of colonialism

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what were the reasons?
How did colonialism affect development in Africa?
Colonialism and development

The Good News

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the africa the media never shows you
development data
african progress in figures
tourism development
african run businesses

Summary 

Click on the table below to open your own copy of the table. Use the information from your classmates' presentations to complete in detail.
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Essay

​What are the key barriers to economic development in the continent of Africa? Explain using examples to support your argument. Suggest some strategies to overcome these barriers and possible sources of optimism for future African development.
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    • Development >
      • An unequal world?
      • Billionaires investigation
      • Africa: the danger of a single story
      • Patterns of development
      • Trade and development
      • Fair Trade
      • Sustainable Development Goals
    • Tectonic Hazards >
      • What is risk?
      • Alfred Wegener and Continental Drift
      • Plate tectonics
      • Distribution of tectonic hazards
      • Measuring earthquakes
      • Why do people die in earthquakes?
      • School earthquake plan
      • Earthquake assessment
      • Volcanoes - what are they? Why are they important?
      • Volcano "Science Fair"
      • Causes of tsunami
    • Population >
      • Why study population?
      • Population distribution
      • Population growth
      • Population pyramids
      • Demographic transition model
      • Migration
      • Migration examples - case studies
      • Refugees in Indonesia
      • Population revision activities
    • Weather and Climate >
      • Weather vs Climate and why is it important?
      • Climate graphs
      • Why does it rain?
      • What affects temperature and why is Jakarta so hot and wet?
      • What causes wind and how do we measure it?
      • Microclimates
  • IGCSE
    • Course information
    • Physical: Hazardous environments >
      • Distribution of tectonic hazards
      • Causes of tsunami
      • Measuring earthquakes
      • Earthquake case study 1: Haiti
      • Earthquake case study 2: Christchurch
      • Why do earthquakes do more damage in LICs than in HICs?
      • How are volcanic eruptions measured?
      • Tropical storms - distribution
      • Causes of tropical cyclones
      • Tropical cyclones - case study
      • Why live in hazardous areas?
    • River Environments >
      • Hydrological cycle
      • River basins
      • Factors affecting river regimes
      • Fluvial processes: erosion
      • Fluvial processes: weathering and mass movement
      • Fluvial processes: transportation and depositon
      • River features and their formation
      • How rivers change from source to mouth
      • Uses of water
      • Water pollution
      • Water supply
  • IBDP
    • Changing population >
      • Global patterns of economic development
      • Physical and human factors affecting global population distribution
      • Case study 1: China
      • Case study 2: Niger
      • Demographic transition
      • Megacity growth
      • Forced migration and internal displacement
      • Ageing populations
      • Pro-natalist and anti-natalist policies
      • Gender equality policies
      • Trafficking policies
      • The Demographic Dividend
    • Global climate vulnerability and resilience >
      • Atmospheric system
      • The energy balance
      • Changes in the energy balance
      • The enhanced greenhouse effect
      • Climate Change and the Hydrosphere, Atmosphere and Biosphere
      • Impacts of climate change on people and places
      • Disparities in exposure to climate change risk and vulnerability
      • Government-led adaptation and mitigation strategies
      • Civil society and corporate strategies
    • Global resource consumption and security >
      • Progress towards poverty reduction
      • Measuring trends in global consumption
      • Global patterns and trends in the availability and consumption of water
      • Global patterns and trends in the availability and consumption of land/food
      • Global patterns and trends in the availability and consumption of energy
      • Water food and energy nexus
      • Recycling and waste
      • Malthus vs Boserup
      • Resource Stewardship strategies
      • Sustainable Development Goals
    • Freshwater - drainage basins >
      • The drainage basin as a system
      • How rivers change from source to mouth
      • River discharge
      • River processes
      • River landforms
      • Factors affecting flood risk
      • Attempts at flood prediction
      • Flood mitigation
      • Flood mitigation case studies
      • Water scarcity
      • Agricultural activities and water quality
      • Pressures on lakes and aquifers
      • Internationally shared water and conflict
      • Water management: participation of local communities
      • Dams as multi-purpose schemes
      • Water management: Integrated Drainage Basin Management (IDBM)
      • Managing wetlands
    • Leisure, Sport and Tourism >
      • Growth and purpose of leisure time
      • Categories of tourism and sport
      • Economic development and participation
      • Factors affecting personal participation
      • Factors affecting growth of tourism hotspots
      • Spheres of influencee
      • Factors affecting a national sports league
      • Festivals
      • Niche national tourism strategies
      • Role of TNCs
      • Tourism as a national development strategy
      • International sporting events
      • Consequences of unsustainable growth
      • Sustainable tourism
      • Future international tourism
      • Political and cultural influences on sport
    • Extended Essay in Geography >
      • Supervisor meetings
    • Skills/concepts >
      • Infographics
      • 4 Ps
      • Mock examination revision and preparation
  • Geography and ToK
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    • Knowledge and Technology
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