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South and Central Africa

Why do the miners all work together and help each other and work in a union? ** All miners work together and work in union because they believe “A person is a person because of people.”The people believe this because Africa is not based on one ethnic group which is why everyone works together. In 1980 the African miners finally formed a union, now they work together in unison.



South Africa has influenced South and Central Africa both politically and economically. South Africans in 1923, were divided into four groups based on their skin color. These four groups were whites, which were the Europeans, the colored, the people with mixed ancestry, Asians, mostly Indians, and Blacks. Blacks, Asians, and colored didn’t even have basic rights. The struggle for equality created a sense of nationalism. ANC (African National Congress), a political party, played an important role in gaining freedom for South Africans. One of the prominent members of the ANC was Noble prize winner Nelson Mandela. The economy of South Africa is based on mining, manufacturing goods, and agriculture. The abundance of jobs has caused many people from nearby countries to migrate to South Africa. The migrant workers worked very hard and were paid minimum wages. This caused them to form a union to fight for the rights of migrant workers. South Africa is only one country in the region, but has a great impact on the whole region.
 * How has South Africa influenced the rest of the South and Central Africa?**




 * Where and what is Kinshasa? **
 * Kinshasa is the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. People have been living here since the early 1400s. To make a living the people either fish or trade on the Congo River, and the Congo River is an important way of getting around. However Kinshasa plays a big part in government and industry.**



Vocabulary: ** World Explorer Eastern Hemisphere World Explorer Africa
 * Unison:** working together as one.
 * Migrant Worker:** A person who moves from place to place to find work.
 * Belgian Congo:** Name for a Belgian colony in central Africa in the early 1900s, officially the Congo Free State; gained independence and became Zaire; now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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