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1. Why do people think Africa as a continent with full of dryness and hot climate?

2. Where do people get their perception about Africa?

3. How can each person’s perception effects other people?

why is it that the media mostly show the negative side of africa, war, poverty, or diseases?
how is it that africa is in poverty when they earn a lot of money from tourists and safari’s?

Do people from around the world look down on Africans just because of where they re from?

Why does it seem that there is always a problem with the economy and politics of certain countries in Africa?

1) Why does poverty only occur in Africa, why not any other continents?

2) Why does it happen to be that people in Afirca are more religious?

3) How come people think of Africa as hot while it is only some places in Africa that are hot?

1)Why do people have the negitive assumtions about africa?
2)How do these negitive assumtions impact africa’s economy and goverment?

1. How do you think people in Africa adapt to their country’s condition?

2. If you think that Africa has deserts, poverty, hot temperature, what would you request to the government to change or improve that condition?

1.) Why do you think people correlate war with Africa?

2.) Why do people think of disease when thinking about Africa?

3.) Looking at what people wrote on the blog as their ten things, do people have bad thoughts about africa?

-How does one’s values affect one’s perception about Africa?

-Why do most people get these perception about Africa? Because of their own experience, because of others, or because of the media?

-Do you think tribes in Africa also percieve more negatives than positive about us, like we do of them? Why or why not?

1) Why do people perceive Africa as a rustic continent?
2) What are the effects on others from these perceptions?
3) Why do people assume that the entire continent of Africa is the same when in truth there are many different countries?

1) how does the perceptions we have on africa effect the perceptions we have on other places in the world?

2)Why do people think that the indigenous religions are the main religons?

1.What do the Africans feel about the other peoples perception about Africa?
2.Why do most of the people think that there are a lot of economic problems in Africa?

1. What do you think the Africans feel about theses negative perception?

2. How would each person thoughts towards Africa’s economics affect the thoughts of each person? Does it have a big impact to the global point of viewM

1) Why are there so many starving people and what will the government do to help them?

2) How will the help from the UN affected the thoughts of people who live in Africa about their government since they are getting help from outside organization ?

Essential Questions
1) What do you think people can do to change their perceptions about this country?

2) How do you think peope in Africa Feel when negative perceptions are used on them?

-Why do you think when “Africa” is mentioned, people tend to think about their poverty/struggle?

-Do people tend to conjure negative perceptions of Africa from the stories of struggle they have heard? What if people haven’t heard the positive side of the story?

-What influences your perceptions of Africa?

1. What happened over time, that made the current daily life of most of Africa, the way it is?

2. In what ways can Africa and other countries around the world, work to solve the problems going on in Africa?

3. Why don’t countries in Africa control the amount of children that are born in families, so overpopulation will be less of a problem and there will be more resources available for everyone?

1) What are the effects of political corruption on Africans?

2) What influences peoples perception on Africa?

3) Despite all the aid Africa has received why have conditions not improved?

1. Why do people usually have negative perceptions on Africa?
2. How does a person’s value influence on what they perceive about Africa?
3. Do you think our percerptions will change after studying about Africa?

1) Why does the media portray Africa to be a disease ridden, poverty filled, continent of war?

2) Why do people go to see Africa even though the media trys to make people perceive it as a bad place to be in?

1. Why do some people think that Africa is a bad country?

2. How could you change people’s perceptions about Africa?

1) Once the media presents an idea, how and why do you think it influences your thoughts?

2) How do the implications of Africa effect its people’s actions and thoughts of themselves and their country?

3) Do all these perceptions affect the developing countries in Africa and their economy? How and why?

1. How come africa was one discriminated for the color of their skin, why not other races?

2. How did africa became so diverse that there are also white people from there? (e.g. south africa)

3. What kind of values influence how others perceive africa?

1) Negative stereotypes on Africa detract tourism. how does that affect Africa’s economy?

2) as we look upon african with negative ideas and stereotypes, how do you think Africans look upon us, considering the fact that our civilizations are very different?

3) how can Africa look to becoming a leading economic civilization if it is still faces political conflicts with tribes?

1. Why do people think that all of africa is war stricken or full of poverty?

2. How can we stop the civil wars within the counrties in Africa?

Many countries in Africa are running low on resources. Why do you think they are in poverty? What has made them so poor?

What are the causes of war in Africa?

1.Why do you think the Nile River is important to African culture?

2.Why do most countries have a stereotype that Africa is poor?

1)How come people in Africa are having wars and diseases?

2)What influences people to think of Africa negatively?

1) Why do people think that Africa is all about poverty?

2)Why do people think that Africa is a dangerous country?

1) What makes people to have negative perceptions about Africa?

2) What can the goverment do to change the economics?

Could there be a solution to the water/food scarcity all around Africa?

How would a person’s precipitation change if they were to be in Africa?

Could there ever be a leader of Africa that will help solve the poverty?

1. What does the governement do to help people who are starving?

2. Why doesn’t the governement help stop the problem in Kenya?

Why do people quickly come to a conclusion that the whole continent of Africa isn’t very developed?

1. Why is it that the media only focuses on the negative points of Africa? For example why is it that all the movies, and books, and documentaries, are about the desert or warring parts? Is it just because of the entertainment, or are they trying to make a point?

2. Why is it that when someone says poverty, most people almost immediately? There are other countries in dire need of help for example, Bangladesh is in the same spot that places in Africa, it is overpopulted, and has many people that are dying of starvation. So even though there are other countries with poverty, why is it that Africa is the most known?

1. How does global perception toward Africa affect foreign aid?

2. Why does most media choose to present one-sided ideas that only apply to some parts of Africa?

What could have gone wrong in Kenya? Why?

There is plenty malnutrition in Ethiopia today, why even with foreign aid do they need additional food?

1) Why does the media concetrate on a very small area in Africa instead of the whole continent?

2)Why do people think that Africa is not a developed continet?. Is is because famous documenantaries and news stuff potray how they discover villages that dont wear normal clothes while the same thing happens in Australia?

1) How will the media’s perceptions toward African’s affect other peoples actions? Would they percieve them as lower class people that have nothing?

2)If global warming continues, how will African wildlife survive?

Sara G. — If Africa is so rich in gold, crops and many trading goods, why is it not the world leader in trade?

1. Why is it that Africans are always shown by the media as people who are victims of circumstance and not people who are too inept to establish a democracy?

2. With it’s sheer size and population, why doesn’t Africa compete with China in the cheap manual labor market, or is that market already too well established by countries like Vietnam and China?

3. The similarity between a country like Thailand and Africa - I know it’s not quite a question, but it’s worth looking at. Both countries plagued by countless military revolts, poverty, general third world-ness. Not to mention both are the topic of way too many CNN specials.

Charles

-Why is there a history of war between the native black groups on the continent of Africa?

-How does the world health organization assist in Africa?

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