Africa
Africa is a country well known for its natural resources and the thirst the west has had for these resources. Some of these resources include diamonds and chromioum, gold, cobalt, uranium, phosphates, platinum, coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore and land. It also has bauxite, nickel, manganese, copper, cocoa, coffee, palm oil and wild life. Unfortunately the world has known about Africa’s natural resources for centuries, which has led to a plumage of Africa’s vast resources without just compensation for Africa’s societies. Such actions have led to vastly low GDP’s for the majority of African countries. Most African countries have had a problem with direct colonization and imperialism. Such elements destroyed historical forms of government, which African’s already instituted prior to the precursor. Before the Europeans arrived Africans had their own bartering system utilizing gold dust, salt and cowree shells. African’s had their own system of supply and demand which were influenced by necessity, time of day, scarcity, quality of product and consumer’s relationship with the sel
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Some common words found in the essay are:
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Approximate Word count = 1842
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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