Geography 2060A/B Lecture 12: Lecture 12-Subsaharan+Africa+Historical+Overview

• School: Western University
• Department: Geography
• Course: Geography 2060A/B
• Professor: Robert Cecil

Document Summary

Several sub-saharan african countries border on the desert of north africa. Therefore, the northern portion of this broad geographical area has some cities influenced by dry climatic conditions; wetter conditions prevail further south. The cities of the broader sub-saharan zone are the subject of this segment of the course. It is possible to generalize about sub-saharan african cities up to a point, but they do vary substantially in their economic development and their physical appearances and scales. Because of its very special nature and history, it is best to exclude south africa from our general deliberations, leaving it to be discussed on its own after we discussed cities in sub-saharan africa at large. The african cities in this part of the continent exhibit a number of distinct traits created by the forces of colonialism and racism; and by the ongoing processes of urbanization. Land use in the cities reflects their, sometimes tumultuous, origins.