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South Africa

South Africa lies at the southern tip of the continent of Africa and includes Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island and Prince Edward Island). It’s natural resources include gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, tin, rare earth elements, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, and natural gas. South Africa’s 48,810,427 people host many official languages: IsiZulu, IsiXhosa, Afrikaans, Sepedi, English, Setswana, Sesotho, Xitsonga, siSwati, Tshivenda, and isiNdebele. The ethnic makeup of the republic is black African (79%), white (9.6%), colored 8.9%, and Indian/Asian 2.5%.
Throughout its history, South Africa has seen several stages of independence. the British and the Afrikaners ruled together beginning in 1910 under the Union of South Africa, but in 1948, the National Party was voted into power and instituted a policy of apartheid - the separate development of the races - which favored the white minority at the expense of the black majority. South Africa became a republic in 1961 after a whites-only referendum. Internal anti-apartheid protests and insurgency led to the regime's eventual willingness to negotiate a peaceful transition to majority rule. The first multi-racial elections in 1994 brought an end to apartheid, and today South Africa recognizes “Freedom Day” in honor of that April 1994 election. South Africa since then has struggled to address apartheid-era imbalances in decent housing, education, and health care.
South Africa is a middle-income, emerging market with an abundant supply of natural resources; well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors; a stock exchange that is the 18th largest in the world; and modern infrastructure supporting a relatively efficient distribution of goods to major urban centers throughout the region.

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  Carl Akerlof

  Professor, Physics

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  Khalid Al-Naif

  Director, Development Consulting Services

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  Barbara A. Anderson

  Professor, Sociology

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  Adam Ashforth

  Professor, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

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  Kelly M. Askew

  Director, African Studies Center
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  Stuart Batterman

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  Sarah Andrea Burgard

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  Mark Creekmore

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  Paul Edwards

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  Julie Ellison

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  Kathleen Ford

  Research Scientist and Adjunct Lecturer, Epidemiology

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  Oveta Fuller Ph.D.

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  Kevin Gaines

  Director, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies
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  Larry Gant

  Professor, Social Work

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  Thomas Gladwin

  Max McGraw Professor, Sustainable Enterprise
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  Susan Goold M.D.

  Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
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  Michael D Gordon

  Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Chair, Business Information Technology

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  Nesha Z. Haniff

  Lecturer, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies
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  Ted Hanss

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  Jane A. Hassinger

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  Gabrielle Hecht

  Professor, History

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  Margaret Hedstrom

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  Yazier Henry

  Lecturer, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

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  Daniel Herwitz

  Mary Fair Croushore Professor and Director, Institute for the Humanities
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  Lori Hill

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  Terry Joiner M.D.

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  Shake Ketefian

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  Rani Kotha

  Deputy Director, Global Health Programs

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  David Lam

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  Kathleen Ludewig Omollo

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  Gregory B. Markus

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  Jerome O. Nriagu

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  Ken Resnicow

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  Thomas Robins

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  Rachel Snow

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  Rebecca Thornton

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  Edward West

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  Marc Zimmerman

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