Week two- The origin of Africa

Question 1

What are the three predications of where the name Africa came from?

Answer 1

1. The Latin Africa meaning sunny
2. The Greek aphrike means not cold/ without cold
3. The historian Leo Africanus “Land of the Free of cold and Horror”

Question 2

Old representation of Africa

Answer 2

Nobles living primitive lives in unspoiled rural settings leads to the general thought of othering

Question 3

Where do yo see the embedded assumptions about africa

Answer 3

1. media (news/movies)
2. the academy ( academia)
3. Policy makers and development professionals
4. Tourist/ visitors/ missionairies

Question 4

How the media shows stereotypes of Africa

Answer 4

1. Agenda setting
2. Framing
3. Priming

Question 5

What is agenda setting

Answer 5

The ability to tell people what to think about and how to think about something

Question 6

What is Framing

Answer 6

Telling what parts of an issue are important

Question 7

What are examples of media stereotyping Africa?

Answer 7

1. Dominance of white perspective: Tarzan’s book; out of Africa
2. Unsympathetic: Hotel Rwanda; Blood Diamond;

Question 8

What are examples of celebrity activity

Answer 8

1. Resource provision
2. adoption

Question 9

Reframing African Affairs

Answer 9

The african studies program, geography of Africa, the African institute

Question 10

What are examples of policy makers and development professionals

Answer 10

1. World Bank
2. The IMF
3. World Vision
4. Oxfam
5. Care International
6. Save the Children
7. Compassion Canada
8. invisible Children
9. Canadian International Development Agency

Question 11

What are the dangers of a single story

Answer 11

There is not a homogenous story of Africa and that narrative can be really harmful when

Question 12

What are two major misconceptions about Africa

Answer 12

1. That it’s a single country or entity
2. marginal area

Question 13

What are the five regions of Africa

Answer 13

1. North Africa
2. West Africa
3. Central Africa
4. East Africa
5. South Africa

Question 14

What is the African Transition Zone

Answer 14

From Guinea to Tanzania has a long-standing Islamic influence

Question 15

What is the percentage of African living in Urban areas

Answer 15

in 2011 40% predicted by 2050 up to 60%

Question 16

Where is the shortest doubling period

Answer 16

East Africa had the shortest doubling in 7 years

Question 17

What accompanies urbanization

Answer 17

Stable food supply, water, shelter, security, transportation, and communication

Question 18

What is urbanization

Answer 18

Urbanization is the shift from an agrarian-based society to urban based

Question 19

What is the urban revolution

Answer 19

Portrays the profound urbanization and the wider societal impacts

Question 20

What are some socio-spatial transformations in rural areas?

Answer 20

1. Spread of mobile phones
2. Foreign direct investment in agriculture
3. inflow of remittance
4. Introduction of hybrid seed

Question 21

How does western media affect Africa

Answer 21

Western media focuses on the negative crisis in Africa

Question 22

Saving Africa

Answer 22

The narrative that Africa needs saving by humanitarian intervention some do help but other do not

Question 23

Problem with a single story

Answer 23

One person has to begin somewhere and sometimes proceed to the middle of an event

Question 24

The new Africa

Answer 24

The new Africa shows an upbeat economic representation of leading African countries’ performance and increased economic momentum

Question 25

What is the dark continent

Answer 25

The idea that Africa is populated by deprived and depraved African natives