Congo, eritrea, ethiopia, kenya, lesotho, malawi, mozambique, namibia, rwanda, south africa. The country boasts of an impressive eleven official languages and other several recognized languages, with each of the group having its own vibrancy and culture. All groups reflect strongly held racial and ethnic identification, with ethnic loyalties competing more or less evenly with racial identification. Media in category demographics of south africa the following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total. Rather than see this as an impediment to development, the continent should take advantage of this rich cultural diversity in its quest for economic development and should change the attitudes of its people. The ethnic groups in south africa have a variety of origins. A substantial majority of the south africans still live in the rural areas where cultural traditions have survived. South africa, officially the republic of south africa rsa, is the southernmost country in africa. It is located near south africa s south coast, on the n2 highway, 274 km east of cape town about half way between cape town and knysna. The two regional dummies for sub saharan africa and latin america have negative. Ethnicity and religion as sources of political division in africa john f. Statistics south africa asks people to describe themselves in the census in terms of five racial population groups.
We use two data sources to construct conflict indicators. Geographic region ethnicity n family sublevel latitude. A census is a count of all people in the country on a predetermined date called the reference date. Cape town was one of the host cities of the tournaments of 1995 rugby world cup and 2010 fifa world cup. In terms of population density, that equated to 41. Class relations, although the central relations in south africa are not the only relations, there are social relations such as race and ethnic relations, for a social structure is a complex network of social relations both class relations. At independence, bantulanguage speakers made up approximately two thirds of the population.
The country defeated the british in what is often referred to as the first boer war and remained independent until the end of the second boer war on 31. However, reports suggest that is an underestimation. The first modern inhabitants were the san bushman huntergatherers and the khoi hottentot peoples, who herded livestock. Conventional wisdom suggests that ethnicity is phenomenally problematic in africa it is held partly responsible for the irrationalities of the development project, for political instability and weak national identity. It held its first universal suffrage elections in 1994, after a transition from white minority rule under. The literature on ethnicity and tribalism in africa is so voluminous that this essay cari only survey the most important lines of research and refer to some relevant casestudies.
The fact that despite large geographic and ethnic divergences, the huntergatherer populations like the hadza from africa and the matses from south america or the rural agriculturalists like the tunapuco from africa and the malawi and venezuela from south america exhibit similarity in their gut microbiome structure advocates for the dominance. Ethnicity and nation building in contemporary africa. Accommodating ethnic diversity in the interim constitution 183 5. Subsaharan africa has a wide variety of climate zones or biomes. Race and ethnicity in the united states introduction to.
Twin parallel rift valleys that are part of the east african rift system run through the. South africa population 2020 demographics, maps, graphs. The burden of malaria in africa about 90% of all malaria deaths in the world today occur in africa south of the sahara. Contrasting patterns of y chromosome and mtdna variation. The management implications of ethnicity in south africa article pdf available in journal of international business studies 3. The words braaivleis, rugby, sunshine and chevrolet come from a song in a radio and television advertisement that became very popular amongst south africans, especially the. Rethinking african democracy claude ake journal of democracy, volume 2, number 1, winter 1991, pp. Located south of the equator, on the southern tip of africa, south africa is in both the eastern and southern hemispheres. The first european settlers began to arrive in south africa in 1488. Eastern africa consists largely of plateaus and has most of the highest elevations in the continent. Ethnicity, cultural diversity and poverty in south africa. Relations congressional research service summary south africa is a multiracial, majority black southern african country of nearly 52 million.
Evidence from apartheid south africa harvard university. The information presented here is the basic reference for the analysis in this chapter. Statistics south africa continues to classify people by population group, in order to monitor progress in moving away from the apartheidbased discrimination of the past. The state of the discipline in south africa executive summary introduction the study1 was initiated in 19989 as part of a wider project of the national research foundation who invited professional societies to participate in a research endeavour to. The first one is the uppsala conflict data program ucdp georeferenced events dataset version 17. Negroes largest racial group, most of the continent south of the sahara. This is partly because of the tendency to view ethnic difference as a major cause or driver of civil wars or political instability in africa. As of 2016, the urban area of pretoria has a population of 2. Pdf the management implications of ethnicity in south africa. The marginalization of africa has given the west more latitude to conduct its relations with africa in a principled way. In south africa, for the past three censuses which have been conducted since the first democratic elections 1996, 2001 and 2011, this reference date has been the night of 910 october 2011. Apply theories of intergroup relations, race, and ethnicity to different subordinate groups.
The population of those countries which fitted neatly into a latitude band were summed. This ethnic group has a dutch, french, german, and english ancestors. The 2011 census figures for these categories were black african at 76. The sahara has a number of distinct physical features, including ergs, regs, hamadas, and oases. The real figure may be as high as five million, including some. Africa ethnicity africa variety of races, languages and religions important influence on economic and political affairs.
The peter mokaba stadium is a football and rugby union stadium in polokwane formerly pietersburg, south africa, that was used for the 2010 fifa world cup. Demographic characteristics of south africa in the late 1980s. Evidence for selection human evolution revised april 2018. To the north of highveld, from about the 25 30 s line of latitude, the plateau slopes. South africa latitude, longitude, absolute and relative. The tswana is one of the black ethnic groups in south africa which extends across national borders. South africa is bordered by botswana, lesotho, mozambique, namibia, swaziland and zimbabwe. Ethnicity, cultural diversity and poverty are as much part of south african society as braaivleis, rugby, sunshine and chevrolet. Statistics south africa asks people to describe themselves in the census in terms of five racial. Ethnic groups constitute an identity as defined by outsiders who do not belong to the group but identify it as different from their own groups and by insiders. The african ejournals project has digitized full text of. Pretoria population 2020 demographics, maps, graphs. Ethnicity and religion as sources of political division in.
Compare and contrast the different experiences of various ethnic groups in the united states. According to a fourth perspective on the salience of ethnicity and religion in africa, their relative divisiveness changes by dint of the group size. Located on the shore of table bay, cape town is famous around the world for its beautiful harbor and is considered one of the best places in the world to visit. Pretoria is a city located in the gauteng province in south africa. Cape town is the second most populous city in south africa behind johannesburg, and it is the provincial capital of the western cape. Minorities in a democratic south africa oxford academic journals. Bantu ethnic minority in southern somalia originated as slaves from southern. History of ethnicity in south africa how south africa.
Africa is a vast continent with diversity of cultures. The two most striking highlands are in ethiopia and kenya, respectively, where large areas reach elevations of 6,500 to 10,000 feet 2,000 to 3,000 metres. For more world locations, use the find latitude and longitude tool. When colonists came to the new world, they found a land that did not need discovering since it was already occupied. Annex 4 who subregions by latitude the population of each region was divided according to 10 degree bands of latitude 010, 1020, 2030, 3040, 4050, 5060, 6070. However, reports specify suggest that is an underestimation. This is because the majority of infections in africa are caused by plasmodium falciparum, the most dangerous of the four human malaria parasites. Page 2 of 4 activity educator materials alternatively, you may want to project the figures and examine them together as a class and then let students. Pretoria is one of three capital cities in the country and is the seat of the governments executive branch. Their languages are classified as eastern lacustrine and western lacustrine bantu in reference to the populous region surrounding east africas great lakes victoria, kyoga, edward, and albert in uganda.
Around 61% of them are called afrikaners and speak afrikaans, which has its roots in the dutch language. The sahara is the worlds largest hot desert, covering 8. Countries that include parts of the sahara desert proper in their northern territories and. Located on the shore of table bay, cape town, as the oldest urban area in south africa, was developed by the united east india company voc as a supply station for dutch ships sailing to east africa, india, and the far east. The 2011 south african census was the last held and the next will be in 2021. The following table lists the latitude and longitude coordinates of major world cities in alphabetical order by city name. Zuidafrikaansche republiek, zar, often referred to as the transvaal and sometimes as the republic of transvaal, was an independent and internationally recognised country in southern africa from 1852 to 1902. Demographic characteristics of south africa in the late. Race categorization in south africa refers to the apartheid system. In south africa, ethnicity involved more visible local communities, built on face to face signal of dialect, kinship, status, religion, cultural practices, and on the force of understanding and fear produced by rural isolation.
Institutional recognition and accommodation of ethnic. It has a dry winter season and a wet summer season. Race and ethnicity in south africa south african history. Working paper series explaining african ethnic diversity lse. The following information about political and population characteristics is based upon the situation in south africa in the late 1980s. Vietnam match the following some states have more than one answer. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. South africa has early human fossils at sterkfontein and other sites. At the 2001 census, the final declared total for resident citizens in south africa was 44,819,778.
Latitude and longitude of worlds largest cities infoplease. The culture of south africa is one of the most diverse in the world. Heidelberg is a town in the western cape, south africa. Geography, ethnicity or subsistencespecific variations in. However membership of a population group is now based on selfperception and selfclassification, not. The 2011 south african census was the last held and the next will be in 2021 in 2011, statistics south africa counted 2. Contrasting patterns of y chromosome and mtdna variation in africa. South africa and the democratic republic of the congo in particular are considered megadiverse countries.
Archived from the original pdf on 19 december 2008. Cape town population 2020 demographics, maps, graphs. Ethnic diversity and economic performance harvards dash. It has a capacity of 45,500 but for the purposes of the 2010 fifa world cup the seating capa show coordinates. Race, ethnicity and language in south africa world elections.
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