HIS 1111 Lecture 12: Post Colonial Africa 1966-1989
2 Dec 2017
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Lecture outline: pro ling sub-saharan africa, the decade of hope, rise of the african junta and lost decade 1973-1986, case study: rwandan genocide, features that make sub-saharan africa distinct, rise of military dictatorships was tide to the cold war. Urbanization of africa: a very large part of this urbanization takes place inside the capital city, it has the most money available and is the most secure, the capital city can contain over half of the country"s population. Nkrumah and ghana (1957: during the apogee of the decolonization, this movement"s geographical heart was sub-saharan africa, after nkrumah was elected prime minister while marred in a british cell in 1957, Britain consented to ghana"s independence: ghana proved to be a rolling stone that touched o independence through most of. Western paths instead of choosing their own methods. Cut dependency by adopting tari s to stimulate native industries.
