Communicating Perspectives on Political Violence and Related Issues in Africa
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 23rd, 2014
I came across the following website in some of my online research. It is an interesting tool you can use to compare two countries to one another. I thought it might be of use for our group page. http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 22nd, 2014
GPI Combined Major Factors: Militarization Society & Security Domestic & International Conflict Note the last two major factors are very close in rankings with on another and are closely associated with political violence because of political instability. Political Pressure Group & Leaders: FARDC (Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo) – Army of the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 22nd, 2014
Ethnic Group: Over 200 African ethnic groups of which the majority are Bantu; the four largest tribes – Mongo, Luba, Kongo (all Bantu), and the Mangbetu-Azande (Hamitic) make up about 45% of the population Languages: French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 18th, 2014
Using interactive Google Maps, the Comparative Politics Map Tour provides images and video clips relating to the politics, history, and cultures of the countries discussed in Patrick H. O’Neil’s, Cases in Comparative Politics. There are several cases from Africa that can be accessed so I thought this would be an interesting way to provide some background […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 17th, 2014
Today,4/17/2014, Algeria had their Presidential elections. I was talking to my neighbor who is from Algeria. She told me that no one in Algeria cares about the election because everyone knows that the incumbent president will win again. Then I heard a story on NPR discussing the elections and they conveyed the same sentiment that […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 16th, 2014
Sudan Page
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 15th, 2014
Question: Look at a country or countries that you might focus on and look at how they are rated in a few of the global indexes in the folder labeled Global Indexes. Describe and compare, which features seem consistent with political violence? Relating to the global indexes post, our group focused mainly on Africa and […]