Tanzania - a journey to Africa
Friday, 14 August 2009
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Written by Robert Kuster
Tanzania - Robert Kuster
A journey to Africa
"Remember that Africa is not only a photo-safari, Africa is people" a friend told me before leaving for my journey. Now I know what he meant. For many of them, surviving is an every-day fight. However, Africa also means many emotions, children waving, and a lot of dust. Everywhere. Three years after my visit I am still trying to organize all those colors and images in my head. There everything is different, in every possible way.
45.64
7, up to 20 in some regions
159 out of 177 countries
78.7
22 out of 177 countries
1.2
50
34.000
18
1
51
47
20
0.000021
178
193
2590
0
69
274
13.5
700
30:1
74:1
3
97
7, up to 20 in some regions
159 out of 177 countries
78.7
22 out of 177 countries
1.2
50
34.000
18
1
51
47
20
0.000021
178
193
2590
0
69
274
13.5
700
30:1
74:1
3
97
Life expectancy in Tanzania (United Republic of) by 2006, in years 
Estimated HIV infected population in Tanzania by 2003/2004, in percentage
Rank of Human Development index of Tanzania in 2007/2008
Life expectancy in Germany by 2006, in years
Rank of Human Development index of Germany in 2007/2008
People without access to clean drinking water, in billions
World’s population that lives on less than 2 dollars a day, in percentage
Number of children that die every single day of poverty and preventable diseases
The increase of those living on less than one dollar a day between 1985 and 2000, in percentage
Share of world’s population which owns 40% of all existing money, in percentage
Number of corporations among the world's top 100 economies, as based on annual GDP
Number of U.S. based corporations among these 51 corporations
Help promised to Sub-Saharan Africa for a period of three years on the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, July 2009, in billions dollars
20 billions dollars compared to the GDP of the G8 countries over three years means, in percentage
Combined external debt of Sub-Saharan Africa, owed to rich countries and to institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank, in 1996, in billions dollars
Estimated money that Sub-Saharan Africa has injected directly into the Western economies through trade mis-pricing and repayment of debt, over the past 26 years, in billions dollars
Official Gold reserves in Switzerland in 1999, in tones
Gold mines in Switzerland
Estimated children aged 5-14 in Sub-Saharan Africa that are engaged in child labor, in millions
Estimated capital flight from Sub-Saharan Africa per year, in billions dollars
Revenue of the Catholic and Protestant Church in Germany in 2008 from church-tax, in billions dollars
Estimated total assets of both churches in Germany (including money, stocks, company investments, ground and real estate), in billions dollars
The income gap between the fifth of the world's people in the richest countries versus the fifth in the poorest countries, in 1960
The income gap between the fifth of the world's people in the richest countries versus the fifth in the poorest countries, in 1998
US dollars in circulation that exist as physical currency, in percentage:
US dollars in circulation that essentially exist in computers alone, in percentage:
All data are gathered from Zeitgeist, Brand Eins, Human Development Index, publicly available UN documents, and other international media.
More than just numbers.
Estimated HIV infected population in Tanzania by 2003/2004, in percentage
Rank of Human Development index of Tanzania in 2007/2008
Life expectancy in Germany by 2006, in years
Rank of Human Development index of Germany in 2007/2008
People without access to clean drinking water, in billions
World’s population that lives on less than 2 dollars a day, in percentage
Number of children that die every single day of poverty and preventable diseases
The increase of those living on less than one dollar a day between 1985 and 2000, in percentage
Share of world’s population which owns 40% of all existing money, in percentage
Number of corporations among the world's top 100 economies, as based on annual GDP
Number of U.S. based corporations among these 51 corporations
Help promised to Sub-Saharan Africa for a period of three years on the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, July 2009, in billions dollars
20 billions dollars compared to the GDP of the G8 countries over three years means, in percentage
Combined external debt of Sub-Saharan Africa, owed to rich countries and to institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank, in 1996, in billions dollars
Estimated money that Sub-Saharan Africa has injected directly into the Western economies through trade mis-pricing and repayment of debt, over the past 26 years, in billions dollars
Official Gold reserves in Switzerland in 1999, in tones
Gold mines in Switzerland
Estimated children aged 5-14 in Sub-Saharan Africa that are engaged in child labor, in millions
Estimated capital flight from Sub-Saharan Africa per year, in billions dollars
Revenue of the Catholic and Protestant Church in Germany in 2008 from church-tax, in billions dollars
Estimated total assets of both churches in Germany (including money, stocks, company investments, ground and real estate), in billions dollars
The income gap between the fifth of the world's people in the richest countries versus the fifth in the poorest countries, in 1960
The income gap between the fifth of the world's people in the richest countries versus the fifth in the poorest countries, in 1998
US dollars in circulation that exist as physical currency, in percentage:
US dollars in circulation that essentially exist in computers alone, in percentage:
All data are gathered from Zeitgeist, Brand Eins, Human Development Index, publicly available UN documents, and other international media.
More than just numbers.
All photographs © 2006 by Robert Kuster. A warm thanks for his kind generosity. Other photographic series available in the official website
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