Africa Report: Event 1 stereotype, selection bias, culture, biome, climate.
In modern society, (from a western perspective) we see Africa as a place with broken governments, disease and death, poverty and despair and non-educated and illiterate people. The west see Africa as a place of crime a place of danger and Corruption. People are often basing their knowledge of Africa upon racial stereotypes. The media is a dominant force in swaying our perspective and opinion on Africa.
Why do we think of Africa as one country, one culture, one climate and no diversity? This shows the lack of knowledge we have on Africa, as a nation. We would not say Europe is one country or Asia, yet why is Africa portrayed in this way? Take the example of Ebola …show more content…
In the eyes of many, Africa is either a desolate, hot, barren, dry, desert like place. Or a place of humid jungle full of trees with vines which camouflaged snakes hang and a wide variety of exotic animals. These physical aspects are true in Africa but those are only two of the many different physical biomes in Africa. Africa has a great number of biomes: Semi desert in the North, a thin strip of dry savanna running through Senegal, Mali and Burkina Faso all the way to Uganda. 3 quarters of moist rainforest and tropical rainforest covers Central Africa. Temperate grassland covers most of Southern Africa. Montains and wet grassland are situated around the Lakes Victoria, Tanganyika, and Malawi which hold a quarter of the world's supply of fresh drinking water. With ski resorts in Algeria, Lesotho and South Africa and Morocco to Deserts in Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti... Tropical rainforest in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic and more... We see Africa as one country yet look at how diverse and unique each country …show more content…
In Africa alone there are over 3,000 ethnic groups and around 2,000 languages. Dance in African cultures play a key and essential part of ethnic life. Music is an art that often involves noises of animals or indigenous noises such as whistles, or croaks. Art in traditional African culture is not limited to dance; Sculptures create figurines of historic tribal leaders. traditional music is created for initions, battle songs and celebrations. Textiles are also created with patterns and stories weaved into the bright colours. The many tribal cultures have rich spoken traditions. such as Stories and poems were learnt by heart and recited out
In modern society, (from a western perspective) we see Africa as a place with broken governments, disease and death, poverty and despair and non-educated and illiterate people. The west see Africa as a place of crime a place of danger and Corruption. People are often basing their knowledge of Africa upon racial stereotypes. The media is a dominant force in swaying our perspective and opinion on Africa.
Why do we think of Africa as one country, one culture, one climate and no diversity? This shows the lack of knowledge we have on Africa, as a nation. We would not say Europe is one country or Asia, yet why is Africa portrayed in this way? Take the example of Ebola …show more content…
In the eyes of many, Africa is either a desolate, hot, barren, dry, desert like place. Or a place of humid jungle full of trees with vines which camouflaged snakes hang and a wide variety of exotic animals. These physical aspects are true in Africa but those are only two of the many different physical biomes in Africa. Africa has a great number of biomes: Semi desert in the North, a thin strip of dry savanna running through Senegal, Mali and Burkina Faso all the way to Uganda. 3 quarters of moist rainforest and tropical rainforest covers Central Africa. Temperate grassland covers most of Southern Africa. Montains and wet grassland are situated around the Lakes Victoria, Tanganyika, and Malawi which hold a quarter of the world's supply of fresh drinking water. With ski resorts in Algeria, Lesotho and South Africa and Morocco to Deserts in Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti... Tropical rainforest in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic and more... We see Africa as one country yet look at how diverse and unique each country …show more content…
In Africa alone there are over 3,000 ethnic groups and around 2,000 languages. Dance in African cultures play a key and essential part of ethnic life. Music is an art that often involves noises of animals or indigenous noises such as whistles, or croaks. Art in traditional African culture is not limited to dance; Sculptures create figurines of historic tribal leaders. traditional music is created for initions, battle songs and celebrations. Textiles are also created with patterns and stories weaved into the bright colours. The many tribal cultures have rich spoken traditions. such as Stories and poems were learnt by heart and recited out