Africa Under Colonial Rule

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NAME: KUZIWAKWASHE AMANDAH NYANHANDA STUDENT ID: R 139792 BC FALCULTY: MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION (FMA) COURSE TITLE: AFRICAN STUDIES COURSE CODE: HAS 100 LECTURERS: MR.MUCHANYUKA & MR.MABULALA Assignment 1: Due 26Feb2015 QUESTION 1: Draw the map of Africa under colonial rule and use a key to show the European colonies in Africa. QUESTION 2: Name the countries found in each of the regions of Africa. ANSWER: The continent of Africa can be conceptually subdivided into a number of regions or sub-regions. One common approach categorises Africa directionally, by cardinal directions and the follow are the five regions and the countries found in each of these regions :-  North Africa which lies north of the Sahara and runs along the Mediterranean coast, with the countries Mali; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt And Sudan.  West Africa is the portion roughly west of 10° east longitude, excluding Northern Africa and the Maghreb. It contains large portions of the Sahara Desert and the Adamawa Mountains. The countries found in this region are Ivory Coast; Niger; Nigeria; Togo; Benin; Ghana; Burkina Faso; Liberia; Sierra Leone; Guinea; Mali; Guinea-Bissau; Gambia; Senegal; Mauritania and the Cape Verde islands.  East Africa stretches from the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa to Mozambique, including Madagascar; Burundi; Tanzania; Kenya; Uganda; Rwanda; Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; South Sudan; Mayotte; Mauritius; Seychelles; Reunion; Comoros; Malawi and Somalia.  Central Africa is the large mass at the centre of Africa which either does not fall squarely into any other region or only partially does so. The countries found in this region are Cameroon; Chad; Gabon; Angola; Central African Republic; Democratic Republic of Congo; Equatorial Guinea and the Sao Tome & Principe islands.  Southern Africa consists of
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