Migration in Africa

Table of Contents – AfricaDate Title Lesson #

4/22 Overpopulation/Graying Population 63

**AFRICA**

4/27 Cover Page 64

4/30 Desertification 65

5/5 Colonization 66

5/12 Migration 67

Types of Migration

• 1. Voluntary Migration – when people move because of jobs– Example: gold discoveries like California

• 2. Forced Migration – when people because of conflict or violence– Example: Civil Wars

Cause Explanation

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Cause Explanation

1. Slavery

2. Civil War – Sierra Leone

3. Civil War - Uganda COPY THIS

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Cause #1 - Slavery• Forced Migration - Triangular Trade led to

enslaved Africans being sold/traded for goods and forcefully sent to the Americas.

Where were most of the Africans forced to move?

Cause #2 - Civil Wars

A. Sierra Leone

• Politics: Sierra Leone is recovering from a 10-year civil war which ended in 2002; war centred around a power struggle and had a regional dimension

• Economics: Sierra Leone is bottom of UN's league for human development

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A. Sierra Leone

• 1991 – People flee the country after a brutal civil war begins

• Rebels (RUF) vs. the Government

Rebels use amputation and rape as tools of war.

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A. Sierra Leone

Clip Questions

1. Why do they use these tactics?

2. What natural resources are they fighting for?

B. Uganda• Politics: Multi-party politics restored

in 2005

• Security: Government and Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels have signed a truce aimed at ending a 19-year conflict

• Economy: Uganda is vulnerable to changes in the world price of coffee, its main export earner

• International: Uganda has been actively involved in the DR Congo conflict. LRA leaders are wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes

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B. Uganda• The violence has displaced more than

1.6 million people. • The RUF has abducted 20,000

children.

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B. Uganda

Clip Questions

1. What type of tactics are used in the Ugandan Civil War?

2. How has this conflict contributed to migration?

To Do List – 1st Period

Here are your assignments and due dates.

1. Review Sheet – due tomorrow when you walk in the room.

2. Blogging Assignment – due Friday at midnight

3. Darfur Project – due Saturday @ 10 AM

Directions

1. Complete the Migration worksheet. Go to www.orso2ndperiod.wikispaces.com and open the power point titled “Migration in Africa FINAL” DUE TOMORROW

2. Complete the Map from yesterday. DUE TOMORROW

3. Complete the African Art Assignment from Friday. Go to www.orso2ndperiod.wikispaces.com and open the power point titled “African Art”