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U.S. Imprints on Sub-Saharan Africa: A Guide to Publications...
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Sub-Saharan Africa is a major producer of gold, producing up to 30% of global production. Major suppliers are South Africa, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Guinea, and Mali. South Africa had been first in the world in terms of gold production since 1905, but in 2007 it moved to second place, according to GFMS, the precious metals consultancy.
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West Africa is comprised of 16 countries. The northern portion of the subregion includes the Sahel region, which is the semi-arid strip of land that separates the Sahara Desert in the north from the savannahs to the south. Half of the countries of West Africa are situated in the Sahel, while the other half are located in the savannah region, close ...
Middle Africa comprises the central part of the African continent. The subregion consists of 9 countries, of which the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the largest, and the island country of Sao Tome and Principe the smallest. Middle Africa has the largest area of tropical rainforest on the continent. The rainforest area consists of the no...
East Africa consists of 18 countries. The mountainous Horn of Africa, which includes the countries of Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Djibouti is the northernmost part of the subregion. To its north is the Gulf of Aden, across from which is the Arab country of Yemen, on the Arabian Peninsula. Both Eritrea and Djibouti are adjacent to the Bab al-Mandab Strai...
Southern Africa is the smallest of the Sub-Saharan African subregions. It consists of 5 countries, with South Africa being the largest and Eswatini being the smallest. Most of Namibia and Botswana are part of an arid lowland region called the Kalahari Basin, which also covers a large, northwestern part of South Africa. A large southwest portion of ...
Sub-Saharan Africa is the term used to describe the area of the African continent which lies south of the Sahara Desert. Geographically, the demarcation line is the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. Since the end of the last ice age, the north and sub-Saharan regions of Africa have been separated by the extremely harsh climate of the sparsely ...
Key Takeaways. Sub-Saharan Africa includes the African Transition Zone and the regions south of the Sahara. The African Transition Zone is a transitional zone between type A and type B climates and between the religions of Islam and Christianity. Sub-Saharan Africa is a realm of plateaus and basins with four main river systems.
Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsahara, or Non-Mediterranean Africa is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara. These include Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the African countries and territories that are situated fully in that specified region, the term may also include polities that only have part of ...
Mar 7, 2019 · It seems Africa is defined by a wall of sand. But what is “sub-Saharan Africa”? The answer might seem obvious. Anywhere south of the desert is, geographically, “sub-Saharan”. The first ...
