World History
"Africa will grow faster than any other continent, including Asia," argues Howard W. French in this excellent NY Times story.
The growth is based on a demographic transformation--strong population growth skewed toward the energetic youth and rapid urbanization. According to French, "the continent is urbanizing at rates unsurpassed in human history."
French believes that this unprecedented growth requires America to rethink its African foreign policy. "The United States has a big potential role to play in helping African nations think through issues of urban creation, renewal and planning, as well as the development of better systems of sanitation, power, transportation and housing."
The author, Howard W. French, is an associate professor at the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University and wrote the article on the eve of president's Obama's visit to three Africa democratic nations.
This might be an terrific story for students to read as they study the post-cold war period in world history. Thanks to Nicholas Kristof for tweeting the story.
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World History
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The growth is based on a demographic transformation--strong population growth skewed toward the energetic youth and rapid urbanization. According to French, "the continent is urbanizing at rates unsurpassed in human history."
French believes that this unprecedented growth requires America to rethink its African foreign policy. "The United States has a big potential role to play in helping African nations think through issues of urban creation, renewal and planning, as well as the development of better systems of sanitation, power, transportation and housing."
The author, Howard W. French, is an associate professor at the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University and wrote the article on the eve of president's Obama's visit to three Africa democratic nations.
This might be an terrific story for students to read as they study the post-cold war period in world history. Thanks to Nicholas Kristof for tweeting the story.
- Liberia - The Second Black Republic In The World
I found this informative article at ezinearticles.com. As the site allows for the reproduction of articles by blogs and other websites, I am going to go ahead and reprint it here. The author of the article is Alejandro Guevara Onofre. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
- The Art Of African Exploration
The Art of African Exploration is a collection of 19th-century European paintings, drawings, and maps. It gives a good indication of how Africa as seen by Western eyes. This is yet another quality collection from the Smithsonian Institution Libraries....
- H-africa: African History And Culture
H-Africa: African History and Culture - H-Net discussion group dedicated to the history and culture of Africa. Features subject overview, thesis abstracts, reviews, bibliographies, essays, links to related resources, and subscription information. From...
- History Of Central African Republic
History of Central African Republic. This is a good overview to the history of this African nation. The major emphasis is on recent history. From the site: The C.A.R. appears to have been settled from at least the 7th century on by overlapping...
- History Of Nations
History of Nations. This is a site which has a history of every nation on Earth. At least, every nation which is currently independent. (There is nothing on Welsh history for example.) This is an informative and easy to use site which I am sure I will...