Yearbook 2008 Cape Verde. Prior to the local elections in May, Cape Verde introduced for the first time a biometric voter register based on the fingerprints of voters who could be read in the polling stations. In the election, the opposition party Movimento Para a Democracia (Democracy Movement, MPA) strengthened its position ahead of the…
Category: Africa
But what climates can Africa be divided into?
A special feature of this continent, which only Africa can show, is the overlap of the two tropics of the earth. Accordingly, Africa can also mainly be described as a tropical continent, although the subtropics can be found both in the north and in the south. In general, however, the tropical climates follow one another almost symmetrically. Since the so-called “Congo Basin” and the Upper Berguine Coast core areas are known for their tropical, humid climate, only temperatures above 18 degrees Celsius and high amounts of precipitation can be recorded here. In the north, south and east of the continent, however, a hot and humid savanna climate can be found, which is characterized by both rainy and dry seasons. Furthermore, areas near the equator also belong to the hot savannah climate in East Africa.
The exclusively arid regions of Africa are the central regions of Namibia and Kalahari and the Sahara, which have high temperatures every day. Areas on the Red Sea, on the other hand, can undoubtedly be called the hottest places on earth. Because temperatures of up to 50 degrees can be reached here in the summer months of July and August. The north of Sudan is also strongly influenced by this climate, but has lower temperatures. A dry summer and partly Mediterranean climate can only be found in the Cape Country.
In terms of topography, the continent of Africa can be divided into 53 states. It is also worth mentioning that the state of Mauritania has been excluded and Morocco has replaced it. Furthermore, the so-called “Arab Sahara Republic” is not officially to be found, but is recognized as a full member by many other countries on the continent. The Somaliland Republic has not yet been formally recognized either. But regardless of any political point of view, the number of 53 African states remains.
Africa’s languages
There is no continent in which more languages with their different dialects are spoken than in Africa. However, the African languages should by no means be seen as a common language family. The Arabic spoken in North Africa has absolutely nothing to do with the Afrikaans spoken in South Africa. An important subdivision of languages is those that originated in Africa and are only spoken there, and languages that were introduced from outside, such as English and Arabic. The former colonial languages, English, French and Portuguese, are still widely spoken in the former colonies and are usually also the official language of the countries concerned or at least serve as the lingua franca. For more information about the continent of Africa, please check physicscat.com.
Burundi 2008
Yearbook 2008 Burundi. Another year passed without the stability wanting to appear, which everyone hoped for when a power-sharing agreement between the hutu and tutsi ethnic groups came into force in 2005. At the beginning of the year, representatives of the previously dominant hutu party FRODEBU were subjected to several bloody attacks. In April, the…
Burkina Faso 2008
Yearbook 2008 Burkina Faso. Violent demonstrations were conducted on February 20-21 in several large cities in Burkina Faso in protest of the rising food prices. In the country’s second largest city, Bobo-Dioulasso, the protesters attacked government buildings and burned shops, cars and gas stations. The demonstrations, according to a union leader, were an expected reaction…
Botswana 2008
Yearbook 2008 Botswana. Botswana’s relatively successful economy is based on the world’s largest diamond mining. Previously, however, the raw material was shipped abroad for grinding, marketing and sales, but during the year a new industry was opened with thousands of employees for diamond processing. Respected President Festus Mogae left office after ten years and was…
Benin 2008
Yearbook 2008 Benin. In a politically relatively quiet year with no general election, the most notable event was a brief visit by US President George W. Bush, who in February embarked on a quick African tour of Benin. Bush described Benin’s now stable democracy as one of the African success countries that the United States…
Angola 2008
Yearbook 2008 Angola. Parliamentary elections were held in September for the first time since 1992. The elections had been postponed again and again, but the President promised that from now on, general elections should be held regularly every four years. The election was held in quiet forms but with several shortcomings in the arrangements, especially…
Algeria 2008
Yearbook 2008 Algeria. At least 130 people – most police, military and militiamen but also a number of civilians – were killed during the year in police-military violence and the armed Islamist group al-Qaeda’s organization in the Islamic Maghreb. The bloodiest attack occurred on August 19, when 43 people, most of them applicants to a…
Africa Drama and Theater
Traditional theater In sub-Saharan Africa, theater has been played for centuries. In addition to theatrical elements in religious rituals, there are independent theater traditions, e.g. the yoruba people known since the 17th century, the apaman, the kama -tlon of the bamano people, the puppet theater of kwagh-hir and the Madagascar mpilalao. Common to all is…