10/15/12

In class today Mr. Schick taught us key concepts and ideas for our new unit through a PowerPoint presentation. First, we learned about ethnicity heritage and how that can affect ethnic tensions in a country. For example in Nigeria, before British colonization there were several different mini countries with their own territories in Nigeria. Nevertheless, when the British took over they put all these tribes into one huge country. There was peace until the British left. After they left tension grew between several ethnicities. Eventually the battle boiled down to the Christians in the South and the Muslims in the North who despise each other, yet they are both in the same country! (This is coincidentally the same case with Sudan) 1 country several ethnicities that cause rift between each other. But the case in Nigeria is not as bad as others, in countries like Sudan, The more powerful side completely dominates the less dominate side. This means complete annihilation. In Nigeria, Both Sides are equal so war amounts to nothing, But in others….