Africa

Africa is the second largest of the earth's seven continents, covering about 30,330,000 sq km. It comprises about 22 percent of the world's total land area. It consists of 54 countries, including its adjacent islands, 53 if you consider Western Sahara part of Morocco. The continent, as of 2009, has a population around 1 billion, with almost 800 languages spoken. Most archaeologists and anthropologists currently agree that human beings originated in Africa and then spread out across the world.

The continent is host to diverse cultures, to the worlds longest river, the Nile, and is rich in natural resources.The history of the continent is comprehensive, with large parts of Africa colonized by Europeans early on. Africa was the origin of the slave trade to colonial America. Books on the history of the continent and specific countries can be found via booksellers and internet search engines, or by scrolling through university archives and curriculum book assignments.

Tourism is a booming industry in parts of Africa, and you can find numerous blogs about it. National Geographic Africa carries some of the best information, but there are many travel agents dealing specifically with African vacations. They are found easily online. It is suggested when traveling to Africa from the United States that you check the State Department's current travel warnings. 

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• Giant Crack in Africa may Become Ocean!

  
  DeClubz - The Weird and Bizarre Blog — Authority: 438
  Scientists predict that giant crack found in Ethiopia may eventually become an ocean, will it?  – link A 35-mile rift in the desert of Ethiopia will likely become a new ocean eventually, researchers now confirm. The crack, 20 feet wide in spots, opened in 2005 and some geologists believed then that it would ...
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• The Children of Ham in Ancient Texts – Edited by Wally

  
  Rasta Livewire — Authority: 134
  The Children of Ham in Ancient Texts – Edited by WallyThe KJV Bible – The Children of HamAnd the sons of Ham; Cush (northern Sudan), and Mizraim (Egypt), and Phut (East Africa), and Canaan (Palestine). And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before [...]
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• NYT > World: Mandela Endures as South Africa’s Ideal

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 469
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from NYT > World , available at NYT > World . Even as Nelson Mandela fades from view, he retains a vital place in South Africa’s public consciousness.
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• Mandela Endures as South Africa’s Ideal

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  Former South African President Nelson Mandela during his 90th birthday celebration in Johannesburg in 2008.
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• Saint Gregory Palamas: The Black Moors of Europe – Rasta Livewire Retrospect

  
  Rasta Livewire — Authority: 134
  aint Gregory PalamasBorn 1296, Constantinople (Istanbul)Died November 14, 1359, ThessalonikiVenerated in Eastern Orthodoxy, and Eastern Catholic Churches.Canonized 1368, Constantinople by Patriarch Philotheos of Constantinople.Think!Related Posts:Guess Who Came To See Obama, Natty Dreadlocks: Obama and the Bob Marley ...
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• The Itations of H.I.H. Prince Ermias Sahle-Selassie Haile Selassie – Rasta Livewire Retrospect

  
  Rasta Livewire — Authority: 134
  H.I.H. Prince Ermias Sahle-Selassie Haile Selassie, grandson of H.I.M. Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia placed a wreath of red, yellow and green flowers at the African American Civil War Memorial on September 12th, the first day of the 3rd Ethiopian Millennium – (Ethiopia still follows the original Egyptian ...
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• Portraits of a Rising Zimbabwe (1 of 5)

  
  Disposable Words — Authority: 91
  —— This is part one of a five part assignment for IOM International Organization for Migration on the rebuilding of Zimbabwe after an unprecedented economic and civil collapse. Photos Copyright ©2009 Austin Andrews / International Organization for Migration (IOM) except where noted. Not to be reprinted or ...
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• BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition: Freedom fighters

  
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  This is a syndicated post. Original article from BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition , available at BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition . The Africans who fought the Nazis - and colonialism
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• The Expeditioner Travel Guide To A South African Safari

  
  The Expeditioner Travel Magazine — Authority: 429
  On the first leg of my trip to Southern Africa, I headed to the eastern edge of the country to Kruger National Park, the massive wildlife preserve roughly the size of Israel. Kruger is one of the world’s best places for wildlife viewing. In this video I go in search of lion, while also catching glimpses of ...
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• South Africa Arrests Bloggers Critical of Government

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 758
  South African police have arrested at least one blogger (possibly three) in an apparent crackdown on Government dissent. According to local media , Albert Oosthuizen who runs zasucks.com – was arrested allegedly on the basis of an outstanding warrant from 1993. Two bloggers from the Boerevryheid blog are also ...
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• Somalia – UN accuses US of delaying food aid to Somalia (The Daily Star Lebanon)

  
  Global News Blog Headlines — Authority: 533
  UN accuses US of delaying food aid to Somalia (The Daily Star Lebanon) The United Nations says it’s running out of food for millions of starving Somalis in part because the United States is delaying aid amid fears it could be intercepted by militants linked to Al-Qaeda.Starting last month, the UN World Food Program ...
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• A Strange System: Food: Hard Travelin’ Blues

  
  Science & Soul — Authority: 106
  You walk through the aisles of your local supermarket.  Apples in June.  Watermelons in February.  Oranges in December.  Weird star fruit in….well I don’t actually know if star fruit have a picking season.  So how do we have these fruits and vegetables when it is not time for them to be picked. Most of our ...
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• Freedom fighters

  
  heave-ho.org — Authority: 461
  The Africans who fought the Nazis – and colonialism See the original post here:  Freedom fighters
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• Summarising the South African Adventure…

  
  Learning from Sophie — Authority: 127
  Waking up on the plane to our first glimpse of Southern Africa Parachutes are fun! Giving and receiving This wee lassie has one mischievous personality…and fell asleep in my arms 3 days in a row.  Alone we can do little, together we can do much. We’d been singing and dancing to ...
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• Stoned to Death for Having Unmarried Sex in Somalia

  
  IT DAWNED ON ME — Authority: 103
  33-year-old Abas Hussein Abdirahman, who confessed to adultery in an Islamic court, was stoned to death on 11/7/09 in Somalia for having sex with his girlfriend. She will be stoned to death after she gives birth to their baby. The BBC reports that an eyewitness…one of 300 to the stoning…said that Abas “…was ...
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• Giraffes stage a comeback in Niger, living alongside farmers

  
  Blog :: rhinestonetshirts.com — Authority: 163
  The giraffe population of Niger, on the edge of extinction 10 years ago, is on the rise and moving to new habitats.
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• Giraffes stage a comeback in Niger, living alongside farmers

  
  Recording — Authority: 515
  The giraffe population of Niger, on the edge of extinction 10 years ago, is on the rise and moving to new habitats.
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• Giraffes stage a comeback in Niger, living alongside farmers

  
  bibisi news — Authority: 462
  The giraffe population of Niger, on the edge of extinction 10 years ago, is on the rise and moving to new habitats.
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• Proud to be Tony Blair Supporters … & WHY

  
  Tony Blair — Authority: 431
  Original Home Page All Contents of Site – Index Is ‘President Blair’ a shoo-in? Yes and No “Ban Blair-Baiting” petit ion - please sign Why Iraq is NO reason to reject President Blair The FT : A central European diplomat says that Tony Blair, although not presently favourite for EU ...
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• Interview: Malmsey Rangaka, M’hudi Wines CEO

  
  Travelwires.com — Authority: 438
  Can you introduce yourself and tell us about your tourism businessI am Malmsey Rangaka, the CEO and Managing Director of M’hudi Wines.  M’hudi Wines is the first wine tourism farm to be 100% owned... Send your news worthy industry press releases for publication today to muzi at travelwires dot com.
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