Summary of East Africa Today

Today in East Africa, Tanzania and Kenya are popular tourist destinations. With more than 2million tourists visiting each year, because European country took off all the natural resources from these two countries long times ago, now tourism is a major source of income for both countries. A Safari is an program for tourist to view Africa's wildlife. However Tanzania is still a poor country of mainly subsistence farmers, because of the limited soil and technology. Also in Kenya, Kenya's farming would endanger Africans wildlife. One of the Kenya's product is Geothermal energy, it is energy produced from the heat of Earth's interior. Even though their countries are built of physical nature, cities of Tanzania and Kenya's are well developed. In Africa there is unique destruction call Genocide, which is the international destruction of a people between hatred of Hutu and Tutsi in Rwanda. If you look at the coast region, there is something called 'The Horn of Africa' 4 countries are making this Horn of Africa. They are the Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and Djibouti which located on the Red Sea and the Indian ocean. They called Horn of Africa because it resembles the horn of a rhinoceros.

Africa Current Event 3

Another news from Brundi. This article is opening to the public at 17:22 GMT, Tuesday, 11 November 2008. The title called 'Burundi opposition leader jailed' The leader of Burundi's opposition Movement for Brundi's Democracy has been imprisoned, accused of insulting the president. Alexis Sinduhje, leader of the opposition was sent to the central prison in the capital of Brundi, called Bujumbura. Police already made him stay 9days, until that time he won't be able to meet his 40 followers. After sending him to the Bujumbura, Burundi defied from the EU and the US and asked for Alexis Sinduhje release. Mr Sinduhije, the best known for having founded a popular private radio station, the African Public Radio. His lawyer said insulting the president was very unexpected.

Feedback November 10 - 14 - Imperialism Cartoon

On this political poster you might notice someone took a step on the land that formed Africa. And the land that man took his step is very dried. This political map is might showing the imperialism in Africa. I think Cartoonist who drew this poster wants to tell European countries treated African countries very badly. Because when you look on the Africa, you might easily notice the footprint. This footprint must belongs to European. And the ground they took a step is dried up because during the imperialism period in Africa, many European countries sucked up all the resources and get rid of culture of Africa. Also the picture is dark and black so this shows the bad mood. Maybe cartoonist put some words or article to make this cartoon more persuasive.

Summary of History and Culture of East Africa

For almost a century, nearly all the countries of East Africa were colonized by many European countries. Many European countries controlled East African countries and they forced East African countries to trade their resources. When they traded their resources they also automatically traded their culture too. Christianity from the Europe influenced the lives of many East African. For examples, Christian missionaries from Egypt first introduced Christianity to Ethiopia as early as the AD 300s, and then about 200 years later Christianity spread into Nubia which is an area of Egypt and Sudan today. Early in the 1200s, a powerful Christian emperor called 'Lalibela ruled Ethiopia. He built 11rock churches during his reign. As you can see, European countries influenced the culture not only take the resources.

Refection - Scramble of Africa

When we were playing scramble of Africa, We got the France for countries. Our goal was to negotiate and created a process for the partition of Africa into European colonies or spheres of influence. But also European powers are interested in gaining access to raw materials and resources for their industrialization. In this case France was interested in gaining petroleum, iron and zinc and also desires colonies in order to develop a diamond industry to rival Belgium. France also wishes to slow down or stop thee expansion of the British Empire. At the beginning of the game, my group choose place for southern and southern east to build the first colonies, because there were lot of resources and mineral that France wanted. After the first round we kept add land of southern and southern east Africa , 50 percent for each. There was some factor we considered when we add our territory, we consider if neighbor around us might attack our land. I think green(France) won the game because they got the most of the land of Africa. Yellow(Portugal) lost the game because they got the least land they needed from Africa. During this game I got confused that our goal is to claim most of the places in Africa or gain more products they interested in.

Africa corrent event 2

This news is from Kenya. The title of this article is 'Italian nuns kidnapped in Kenya'

Summary : 10 November 2008, official and witnesses said suspected somali gunmen have kidnapped two nun from Italy in Kenya and taken them to the border to Somalia. The kidnappers took them about 400 miles from the border town of El Wak to the north-east of the capital, Nairobi. gunmen were esape in three hijacked vehicles. Becuase government of Somalia is not functioning at all, they didn't know who had carried out the kidnapping.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7719990.stm

Summary for Physical Geography of East Africa

East Africa is region of spectacular landscapes and wildlife. It's built with huge mountains, valley and and plain. One of the famous rift valley called 'Great Rift Valley' looks like a giant scar, these cliffs rise as much as 6,000 feet. Rift valleys are places on Earth's surface where the crust stretches until it breaks. Most rift valley form when Earth's tectonic plates move away from each other. East Africa also has many volcanic mountains one of them called 'Mount Kilimanjaro', rises to 19,340 feet, which is highest mountain in Africa. The mountain's peak has long been covered in snow. This high elevation keeps the low temperature to stays the snow same. There are many rivers and lakes that flew down from Nile river (longest river in Africa) along the drier eastern rift valley. Near the eastern rift, heat from the Earth's interior makes some lakes so hot that no human can swim in them. However seasonal droughts are common in Africa. During this period, crops, plant and animal die and people began to starve. But North of the equator, areas of plateaus and mountains have a highland climate and dense forests. Temperatures in the highlands are much cooler than temperatures on the savanna, and this mild climate makes farming possible and people automatically move to another place for farming.

TBAS - can we trust?

I cna trust the impormation from TBAS because firstable, this book is A newbery honor book. Also the author of this book 'Julius Lester' past through the time of slavery and I believe he didn't make up all these stories. Also every single impormation has citiaion such as page number, so It was became more easy form me to believe this story.

Africa news current events

There are 9 countries that considered as east Africa. I got the one of the big news from Tanzania. This last updated at 18:12 GMT, Thursday, 2 October, 2008. The title of Article called “Albinos in Burundi flee killing”- On Thursday in Ruyigi, Burundi, four of Albinos moved to a provincial centre under police’s protecting. After this, Authorities had arrested six people who related to murder of an albino girl in August. The Assaulter, who in connection of this crime killed 26 Tanzanians in less than a year, A BBC correspondent's investigation there revealed that witchdoctors were behind the killings. They sought Albinos their body part to make potions what they emphasized that could make people rich. A man and a teenager girl, two of the Albino killed in Burundi, appeared their body with missing legs and arms. Police reported the tip of the girl's tongue was also removed. Neighbors of another teenage albino girl killed in Ruyigi in August chased away her attackers, six of whom were later came to retrieve her body parts when they got arrested by police. Police revealed that they were planning to sell the body parts in Tanzania. Our correspondent says that albinos in Burundi, estimated number around 200 are now living in fear for their lives, right now.

I choose this article that I considered as a news. My reasons are Emotions, progress and Reference to something negative. When you just look at the title automatically you might feel scaredand fear. And I thought it will make readers to want to read this article. When I finished reading article I hope there will be more development of albions safety in Burundi which will be progress. Also this aritcle is basically negative. I make me to read this article.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7649420.stm

5 Themes of Geography

As you can see this picture shows the Chinatown. This Chinatown is actually located on Gin Lin way in Los Angeles, California. This picture could be example of 5 themes of geography because it shows all theme of geography which are movement, region, humans interactions environmental, location and place. Idea of China move itself from China to America. Also this picture is example of Chiness region. Many people who visit this town even the tourist interact and affect by Chiness culture. Place might be Los Angeles.

Violence leads to more violence

"Violence leads to more violence" I think that this quote is realistic because for example in the play 'Julius Caesar', conspiracy include Brutus and Cassius made a plot and killed Caesar cruelly which was a violence. And this violence leads to more violence. Because after the Caesar's death Antony, Octavius and many citizens took revenge for Caesar's death. Which was making a civil war again. This war finally end by killing the Brutus and Cassius, give them huge pain. Which was more violence. Killing of Caesar leads to Civil war and killing more people such as conspiracy and poor innocent people who don't deal with anything about killing the Caesar. This "Violence leads to more violence" situation can appear around you easily for example if you hit somebody without any reasons or purpose (which is violence that cause more violence) that person might get really mad to you, and gets satisfied by hitting you back. Which more violence.