Welcome post!
Hello! I'm Charlotte, a third-year BA Geography student. I have chosen to focus my blog on Environmental change and Water in Africa as I believe I can provide a unique human geography perspective on a subject area dominated by physical geography and natural sciences. This first post will provide a brief introduction to writing about Africa, Climate injustice and Water Scarcity. Western media often portrays Africa as a homogenous group which relies on international aid in order for society to function. Not only is this fabricated from ignorance, but the creation of a Western saviour is also factually incorrect. Africa is an extremely diverse continent; socially, culturally and environmentally. Comprised of 54 countries and 900 million people (Wainaina, 2005) , Africa is a continent yet to be researched in its entirety. It is commonly understood that Africa emits less greenhouse gases than any other continent , as shown in Figure 1. Despite this, African nations are most...