Definition:

Merriam-Webster: the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets

Wikipedia: increase in the global relationship of culture, people, and economic activity

Globalization

Africa and Trade

Africa’s Per Capita GDP

2nd poorest inhabited continent (Asia 1st)

60% of Africans are employed by the agricultural sector

15% of Africans are employed by the Industrial sector

• Africa supplies natural resources to nations around the world

• Largest exporter of gold and diamonds

• Top Producing Countries:1. Nigeria 2. Algeria 3. Angola 4. Libya 5.

Sudan

• 60% of people in Africa are farmers

• Most are subsistence farmers• Cash crops are focused on• Coffee, cocoa, rubber, cotton

• Established in 2002• 54 members, • Goals: work to improve political,

economic conditions throughout Africa

African Union

African Independence Changed the Makeup of

the UN

Africa served as a battle ground between the U.S.

and Soviets during the Cold War!

African Ethnic & Religious Rivalries

Nigerian Muslims welcome Sharia

law. January 2000

Regional Rivalries in Sudan in July 2006

Health Statistics

Poverty & Starvation

Darker = Poverty

Lower Life Expectancy

Low Standard of Living

Disease

Global Water Stress

Low Education Levels

Low Literacy Rates

Unstable Governmentsand Dictators

Civil Wars

Yellow =Civil Wars in

Africa in 1900’s

Red =Civil Wars in

Africa in 2000’s

Children Used as Soldiers

Environmental Issues

First, Second, & Third Worlds

with a North-South Divide

International Aide Groups

United Nations

UNICEF(United Nations Children’s Fund)

European Nations

United States

Red Cross

Charities(Doctors Without

Borders/World Vision/Feed the

Children

Christian Missionaries

The W.H.O.(World Health Organization)

European Union

Main Issues Facing Modern Africa Today: Starvation, AIDS, Poverty, Healthcare, Corruption, Education