GEOG 122 Lecture 1: Lesson 1
Document Summary
Few resources: deserts, droughts, semi-nomadic tribes, ethiopian uplands too poor to be colonized, but! French somali land became djibouti: opens up question of jurisdiction, colonial boundaries ignoring social geography. Of all us aid went to ethiopia: marxist military faction prevailed. Instability and regional insurgencies, including ethnic somalis in ogaden: 1977: ethiopia and somali at war. Us kicked out of ethiopia, ussr moves in. Ussr booted out of somalia, us moves in. Ussr now has naval base at red sea, us claimed former ussr base in berbera. Superpowers humiliated and quit: 1993 black hawk down. Social geography in ethiopia: social geography of tribal and linguistics identities. Next 10 years, propping up ethiopia: 4 million dollars. As war between ethiopia and somalia continues, input of cuban fighters on side of ethiopia. Military instability lead to famine: aid provided, but troops were forced out due to instability and fighting. No effective government in somalia, bt old warlords.
