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Africa is the world's 3rd largest continent. At 11,608,000 Sq. Miles (30,065,000 Sq. Km) it covers 20.3% of the total land area on earth. Africa was named for the Afridi tribe, who dwelt in Northern Africa around the area of Carthage. Another theory is that the name comes from the Greek word aphrike (without cold) or the Latin word aprica (sunny). The Romans originally used Africa to denote the northern part of the continent.
Central Africa
- Equatorial Guinea
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Republic of the Congo
Eastern Africa
- Burundi
- Comoros
- Djibouti
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Seychelles
- Rwanda
- Somalia -- Somaliland -- Puntland
- Tanzania
- Uganda
Northern Africa (see also North Africa)
Southern Africa
- Angola
- Botswana
- Lesotho
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Reunion
- Swaziland
- South Africa
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Western Africa
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Gabon
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea-Bissau
- Liberia
- Mali
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Togo
Links:
- An Irish anarchist in Africa provides a readable and compelling, but biased, introduction to today's western Africa.