1. Africa

2. Africa

3. Africa

4. Africa

5. Sub-Saharan Africa

6. Welcome to Africa
Africa is the second largest and second most populated continent in the world.

7. Africa by the Numbers Over 11,700,000 square miles
Over 1,000 spoken languages
1.1 billion people (2nd largest)
54 Nations

8. Developing

9. Africa Largest Cities Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania Lake Victoria
Lagos, Nigeria – estimated 21 million
Cairo, Egypt – estimated 17 million
Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
Tallest mountain in Africa at 19,340 feet
Lake Victoria
Feeds the world’s longest river, the Nile at 4,258 miles
Sahara Desert
Largest desert in the world

10. Africa is a Divided Continent with Different Racial and Cultural Zones
Sahara Desert Northern Africans
Light-Skinned
Speak Arabic
Muslims
Sub-Saharan Africans
Black Africans
Bantu/Swahili
Thousands of tribes and cultures

11. Africa Colonization
Portuguese established coastal colonies in the 15th century
Europeans penetrated the African interior by the late 1800’s
British & French Missionaries
Established primarily Catholic and Protestant colonies

12. Africa Colonization

13. Africa – Political Change
By WWI only Liberia and Ethiopia remained free
The second half of the 20th Century brought independence
Independence did not mean freedom
Tribal loyalties often took precedence over allegiance to new nations
Anarchy
Civil War
Dictatorships

14. Africa – Religion Sub-Sahara – Animism & Christianity
North Africa – Islam

15. Africa – Economy
Economics – highly dependent on mineral resources such as diamonds, gold, platinum, etc.
Developing – most of the countries are classified as developing. Why?
Colonialism, Slavery, and Religion
Low literacy rates & low per capita GDP’s
Religious and tribal differences are responsible for the lack of national unity and economic prosperity