Africa
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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"European manufacturers dream night and day of Africa, of a lake in the Saharan desert, of a railroad to the Soudan. They anxiously follow the progress of Livingston, Stanley, Du Chaillu; they listen open-mouthed to the marvelous tales of these brave travelers. What unknown wonders are contained in the “dark continent”! Fields are sown with elephants’ teeth, rivers of cocoanut oil are dotted with gold, millions of backsides, as bare as the faces of Dufaure and Girardin, are awaiting cotton goods to teach them decency, and bottles of schnaps and bibles from which they may learn the virtues of civilization." --The Right to Be Lazy (1883) by Paul Lafargue |
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Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. With more than 900 million people (as of 2005), it accounts for about 14% of the world's human population. Africa, particularly central eastern Africa is the birthplace of the human race.
Independence
By 1914, Africa had only two independent nations, Liberia, a nation founded in West Africa by free black Americans earlier in the nineteenth century, and the ancient kingdom of Ethiopia in East Africa.
See also
- African migration
- African culture
- Black music
- African American culture
- Underground Railroad
- African diaspora
- Music of the African diaspora
- Black people
- Poverty in Africa
