Proper nounSingular Africa Plural - Africa
Central Africa Eastern Africa
Northern Africa Southern Africa
Western Africa
Derived termsFrom Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² (11.7 million sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area. With a billion people (as of 2009, see table) in 61 territories, it accounts for about 14.8% of the World's human population. The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Suez Canal and the Red Sea to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Not counting the disputed territory of Western Sahara, there are 53 countries, including Madagascar and various island groups, associated with the continent. Africa, particularly central eastern Africa, is widely regarded within the scientific community to be the origin of humans and the Hominidae tree (great apes), as evidenced by the discovery of the earliest hominids and their ancestors, as well as later ones that have been dated to around seven million years ago – including Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Australopithecus africanus, A. afarensis, Homo erectus, H. habilis and H. ergaster – with the earliest Homo sapiens (human) found in Ethiopia being dated to ca. 200,000 years ago. Africa straddles the equator and encompasses numerous climate areas; it is the only continent to stretch from the northern temperate to southern temperate zones. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  creative-i.info The Ed Sun, 02 Aug 2009 09:05:42 GM I left South . Africa. and Swaziland at the beginning of July, only to return two weeks later to put together the project that I am now involved in. I was not sure how it would be to return so quickly, after spending so little time in New ...  palapye.wordpress.com Palapye.com Sun, 02 Aug 2009 06:00:26 GM Palapye.com News Blog. a selection of news about Palapye, Botswana & . Africa. · South . Africa. : 2010 visitor info centres ... Internet Links. Ananzi South . Africa. Search Engine · Flickr · Google · Yahoo · YouTube. Links About Botswana ...  flickr.com (allhails) Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:26:33 GM Cape Town from Table Mountain, South . Africa. , c.18 August 1970. From Google Blog Search: "Africa"  news.google.com New York Times A huge dam being built in Uganda represents one of the largest private foreign investments in Africa . But the global crisis is hurting other ... African economies hit by global slowdown Times of the Internet all 11 news articles » news.google.com THISDAY Nigeria yesterday finished second behind South Africa at the 2009 Africa Junior Athletics Championships, which held at the Germain Comarmond Stadium in ... and more » news.google.com Reuters Ferrochrome, a key ingredient in stainless steel, had been hard hit by the global downturn and large amounts of capacity was shut down in South Africa , ... RPT-IFM CEO sees "healthy" rise in Q4 ferrochrome price Reuters all 13 news articles » From Google News Search: "Africa"  cs.rutgers.edu 1704px x 2272px | 1100.00kB [source page] Africa Photos 294 jpg  cs.rutgers.edu 1704px x 2272px | 1600.00kB [source page] Africa Photos 3 003 jpg  cs.rutgers.edu 1704px x 2272px | 1200.00kB [source page] Africa Photos 2 008 jpg From Yahoo Image Search: "Africa" What country in Africa do the most beautiful people come from? Q. Of course, I would say Eritrea and Ethiopia have the most beautiful people but that's because I'm from there. I think that people from Somalia and Mauritania are the most beautiful people from Africa. And people from the northern part of Sudan. Asked by Meme - Wed Mar 11 16:06:06 2009 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments A. I'd say Northern Africa and Eastern Africa... 1.northern africans look like middle easterners .. 2.eastern africans look quite like a special type of black people though ! Answered by Elany 13 - Wed Mar 11 16:28:24 2009 How can I help a humanitarian cause in Africa? Q. I would like to go to Africa or some other country to help out with a volunteer humanitarian cause but don't know how. Are their any groups I could get involved with that would pay for the flight their and back and any other major expenses, because I don't really have the money to spare.What are the general requirements? Asked by nick - Fri Jan 4 14:52:07 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. Organizations that don't charge fees for volunteering, such as VSO Canada, UN Volunteers and the PeaceCorps are looking for people who can work (read, write and speak) in a language other than English, who have skills and experience that can lead to local people generating income, better feeding their families, improving children's health, etc., or that can lead to the transformation of key institutions, such as government, universities/schools or NGOs. They are looking for people who can commit to a two-year assignment, who have experience working with under-served communities, or who have a lot of experience in very diverse or religiously-conservative communities. The average age of volunteers in these organizations is over 30 (for UNVs,… [cont.] Answered by Jayne says READ MORE BOOKS - Fri Jan 4 15:45:51 2008 How can I get information about helping people in Africa?
Q. I really want to volunteer for like a month to build homes, or just go to Africa and help them, get them medical help, etc Asked by David P - Sun May 13 23:47:54 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. Please come to Tanzania and help people here. Contact me on my email for more details pj_jani@yahoo.ca Answered by pujajanitz - Mon May 14 03:29:16 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Africa" |
