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Appreciating the heterogeneity in the unity of Africa: A socio‐ecological perspective on Africa's geographies
The Canadian Geographer ( IF 1.482 ) Pub Date : 2019-11-12 , DOI: 10.1111/cag.12576
Shuaib Lwasa 1
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The African continent is known by various metaphors and geographies, but for many there are also unknowns about the continent. Geopolitically, Africa is a continent that is considered remote—an economically emerging continent seen as entangled in persistent challenges of wars, political dictatorship, poverty, disease, and more recently migration. Given these predispositions it is typical to stereotype events, practice, and behaviour as “African.” There is, however, now recognition of the continent as emerging economic power house. But unpacking the diversity of Africa reveals a huge potential with respect to resource endowments, diversity of ecology, socio‐cultural economic advancement, politics, language, and demographics. Colonial history coupled with traditional Africa shaped the geopolitical boundaries that have added to the confusion about this massive and diverse continent. Intellectual discourses either amplify the differences due to specificities of geographical focus or generalizations such as the contested notion of “African.” However, using socio‐ecological lenses, Africa is unified by these very differences in addition to being a massive landmass with several big and small island states. Appreciating these differences is useful to understanding the observed patterns of social, economic, and political systems that unify the continent. This paper illustrates the notion of “African” to describe the heterogeneous nature of a “unified” continent. Some illustrative examples between Africa and other continents are used.

中文翻译:

欣赏非洲统一性的异质性:非洲地理学的社会生态学视角

非洲大陆以各种隐喻和地理区域而闻名,但对于许多人来说,非洲大陆也未知。从地缘政治上讲,非洲是一个被认为是偏远的大陆,是一个经济新兴大陆,被视为卷入持续的战争,政治独裁,贫困,疾病以及最近的移民挑战。考虑到这些易感性,通常将事件,实践和行为刻板为“非洲人”。但是,现在人们已经认识到该大陆是新兴的经济强国。但是,打开非洲的多样性展现出在资源end赋,生态多样性,社会文化经济发展,政治,语言和人口统计方面的巨大潜力。殖民历史加上传统的非洲塑造了地缘政治边界,加剧了对这个庞大而多样的大陆的困惑。知识分子话语会由于地理重点的特殊性或诸如“非洲”这一有争议概念之类的概括而扩大差异。但是,使用社会生态学的镜头,非洲除了具有许多大大小小的岛屿国家的庞大陆地之外,还因这些差异而统一了起来。认识到这些差异对于理解所观察到的统一非洲大陆的社会,经济和政治系统的模式非常有用。本文阐述了“非洲”的概念,以描述“统一”大陆的异质性。在非洲和其他大洲之间使用了一些说明性示例。知识分子话语会由于地理重点的特殊性或诸如“非洲”这一有争议概念之类的概括而扩大差异。但是,使用社会生态学的镜头,非洲除了具有许多大大小小的岛屿国家的庞大陆地之外,还因这些差异而统一了起来。认识到这些差异对于理解所观察到的统一非洲大陆的社会,经济和政治系统的模式非常有用。本文阐述了“非洲”的概念,以描述“统一”大陆的异质性。在非洲和其他大洲之间使用了一些说明性示例。知识分子话语会由于地理重点的特殊性或诸如“非洲”这一有争议概念之类的概括而扩大差异。但是,使用社会生态学的镜头,非洲除了具有许多大大小小的岛屿国家的庞大陆地之外,还因这些差异而统一了起来。认识到这些差异对于理解所观察到的统一非洲大陆的社会,经济和政治系统的模式非常有用。本文阐述了“非洲”的概念,以描述“统一”大陆的异质性。在非洲和其他大洲之间使用了一些说明性示例。这些巨大差异使非洲统一了起来,除了拥有数个大小岛国的庞大陆地。认识到这些差异对于理解所观察到的统一非洲大陆的社会,经济和政治系统的模式非常有用。本文阐述了“非洲”的概念,以描述“统一”大陆的异质性。在非洲和其他大洲之间使用了一些说明性示例。这些巨大差异使非洲统一了起来,除了拥有数个大小岛国的庞大陆地。认识到这些差异对于理解所观察到的统一非洲大陆的社会,经济和政治系统的模式非常有用。本文阐述了“非洲”的概念,以描述“统一”大陆的异质性。在非洲和其他大洲之间使用了一些说明性示例。
更新日期:2019-11-12
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