Online Presentation: Africa - Society

Introduction-This presentation is about the issues surrounding Africa as a society.

Africa dominates the news with information regarding Darfur, AIDS/HIV, and campaigns to end violence and advocate human rights such as Invisible Children. The social issues in Africa have stemmed from many factors--colonization by European and other nations, political conflicts resulting in war, famine which often stems from war, and poverty which is a result of all of these things.

As a group, we have attempted to break down the social aspects of this continent into three distinct categories.   

• Africa's Heathcare
• Education
• AIDS

Recent News

Prevention of AIDS in Africa within the Angola Army. (found on BBC news/ Africa, Angola) Sept 27, 2007. The work of the doctor implimenting safe practices can be viewed in a documentary called Condom Commando.

Outbreak in Uganda in August 2007 of Marburg haemorrhagic fever. http://medilinkz.org/HealthTopics/outbreak.asp?ID=283

Current Situation-There are many issues being debated over in Africa today. Many of these issues are being met with political action, but some of these are still unresolved today.

http://www.africawired.com/hiddenkiller.htm (an article about the social issues in Africa- aka hidden killers)

Issues:

Healthcare  The problem of healthcare in Africa, the organizations helping.

AIDS and HIV 

Education

 Other Social Issues:

-Animal Rights

-Conservation

-Endangered Species

-Enviornment

-Human Rights/Liberties

-Poverty

For more information about an issue not discussed:

Conservation/Environment-

http://www.africanconservation.org/

http://www.ccafrica.com/

http://www.classicsafaris.com/Operators/cca.htm

http://www.projectafrica.com/

http://www.africanculturalcenter.org/2_0environ.html

http://www.usaid.gov/locations/sub-saharan_africa/sectors/env/

Human Rights/Liberties-

http://www.derechos.org/human-rights/afr/

http://www.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v2/v2i3a2.htm

http://hrw.org/doc/?t=africa

Poverty-

http://www4.worldbank.org/afr/poverty/default.cfm

http://www.fightpoverty.mmbrico.com/facts/africa.html

http://www.africanhunger.org/

http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/international/africa/

http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Issues/

*Many of these issues are those that we have in our own country*

Poverty in Africa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngB-s1JymuQ&mode=related&search=