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Racism
A reluctance to cooperate, accept, or affiliate one's self with other races.
Racism is prevalent even in Africa, were Apartheid refused Black people in South African the same rights as white people.
Matrilineal
Descending or being inherited through the female line.
Many African societies follow a kinship system, many of them having their earnings and relation tracked in a matrilineal fashion rather than the common method of tracking through the father.
Separation due to race
Segregation prevented the black children from eating with the white children at lunch.
Economic activity outside of government control.
Much of African families' income relies heavily on the informal economy, as it is easier for them to work with schedule and quick-sales wise.
A disease and infection that lowers the body's ability to get infection, and is transmitted sexually and through blood contact.
*See epidemic
Discrimination and segregation based on race that curs in South Africa.
*See Racism
The action of attributing spirits and feelings to objects.
Literacy rate
Much of African culture includes animism, so they must take care to respect all of nature and its believed spirits.
The number of people who can read and write expressed through percentages.
The different types of jobs and different pay available to the different genders.
The division of labor in many parts of Africa has become prevalent, but organizations such as IFAD are working to get men and women to do jobs more suited too themselves, rather than only their genders.
In Sudan, over half of the people can read or write, making their literacy rate at about 66%
A disease spreading widely and rapidly in an area or over many areas.
The AIDS/HIV epidemic in Western Africa has not gained as much attention as of late, but is still spreading rapidly.
A familial relationship.
*See matrilineal
Malnutrition
The lack of proper nutrition within a person or group of people
The child could not find enough food to eat consistently, and died of malnutrition.
A targeted and systematic attack with intention to kill against a specific type of people.
The mass killings in Darfur are not getting stopped by the UN even though it is genocide.