Black Mother and Child Johannesburgh South Africa GPE 1022
Sub-Saharan Africa is a common if imprecise term that encompasses African countries located south of the Saharan Desert. It is commonly used to differentiate the region culturally, ecologically, politically and, more controversially, racially, from other parts of the continent. Because the indigenous people of this region are primarily dark-skinned, it is sometimes used as a euphemism for "Black Africa". Some criticize the use of the term, because, having become in many quarters synonymous with Black Africa, it can leave the mistaken impression that there are not indigenous Black populations in North Africa. Furthermore, the Sahara cuts across countries such as Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, and Sudan, leaving some parts of them in North Africa and some in sub-Saharan Africa. Owen 'Alik Shahadah argues that the term sub-Saharan Africa has racist overtones: Sub-Saharan Africa is a racist byword for "primitive", a place which has escaped advancement. Hence, we see statements like “no written languages exist in Sub-Saharan Africa.” “Ancient Egypt was not a Sub-Saharan African civilization.” Sub-Sahara serves as an exclusion, which moves, jumps and slides around to suit negative generalization of Africa. However, some black Africans prefer to be culturally distinguished from those who live in the north of the continent GPE 1022
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Location: Johannesburgh South Africa
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