Encyclopedia - Geography Of Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Africa - Plains
The area between the east and west coast highlands, which north of 17° N is mainly desert, is divided into separate basins by other band...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - Geography
Main article: Geography of Africa Africa is the largest of the three great southward projections from the main mass of the Earth's surfac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Africa - Extreme Points
This is a list of the extreme points of Africa, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location on the con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia - Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30,370,000 km² (11,730,000 sq mi) includin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - East Africa - Geography
Some parts of East Africa have been renowned for their concentrations of wild animals, such as the "big five" of elephant, giraffe, lion,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - East Africa - Geography
Some parts of East Africa have been renowned for their concentrations of wild animals, such as the "big five" of elephant, giraffe, lion,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Geography
South Africa is located at the extreme south of Africa, with a long coastline that stretches more than 2,500 km and across two oceans (th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Geography
South Africa is located at the extreme south of Africa, with a long coastline that stretches more than 2,500 km and across two oceans (th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - West Africa: Encyclopedia - West Africa
West Africa is the region of. western Africa that is generally considered to include the countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - West Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - West Africa - Geography And Climate
The fourteen countries that constitute the strictest definition of West Africa occupy an area of about 5,091,980 km². The vast majority ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cape Colony: Encyclopedia - Cape Colony
1 Dutch was the sole official language until 1806, when the British officially replaced Dutch with English. Dutch was reincluded as a sec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Geography
South Africa is located at the extreme south of Africa, with a long coastline that stretches more than 2,500 kilometres (1,550 mi) and ac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Horn Of Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Horn Of Africa - Geography And Climate
The Horn of Africa, almost equidistant from the Equator and the Tropic of Cancer, is an arid region. Socotra is a small island off the co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - West Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - West Africa - Culture
The game Oware is quite popular in many parts of West Africa. Football is also a pastime enjoyed by many, either spectating or playing. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - West Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - West Africa - History
The history of West Africa can be divided into five major periods: first, its prehistory, in which the first human settlers arrived, agri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - West Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - West Africa - Regional Organizations
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), founded by the 1975 Treaty of Lagos, is an organization of West African states wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - East Africa - History
East Africa - Imperialism Period. East Africa during the 19th and early 20th century became a theatre of competition between the major ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Africa - Determinants
The intractable nature of Africa's poverty should not, according to modern economic theory, be the case, and the root causes of Africa's ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - East Africa - History
East Africa - Period of European Imperialism. East Africa during the 19th and early 20th century became a theatre of competition betwee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Africa - Attempts At Promoting Growth
The relative economic failure of Africa has long been an important issue both in Africa and abroad. Many attempts at solving Africa's pov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Africa - Regional Variation
Economy of Africa - Variation. While no African nation could be considered wealthy enough to join the ranks of the developed nations in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Africa - Effects Of Widespread Poverty
Main Article - Poverty in Africa Many of the causes of Africa's economic malaise are also its effects. These include the disease, warfare...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Africa - Economic Sectors
Economy of Africa - Agriculture. Africa's economy is more reliant on agriculture than that of any other continent, with around 60% of A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Africa - History
Main article: Economic history of Africa Before the advent of the Roman Empire, Ancient Egypt had been one of the most prosperous and adv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Africa - Central Banks And Currencies
There are two African currency unions; the West African Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO) and the Central African...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Agriculture
South Africa has a large agricultural sector, and is a net exporter of farming products. There are almost a thousand agricultural coopera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Government
The Republic of South Africa is a constitutional democracy with a three-tiered system of government and an independent judiciary, operati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Provinces
When apartheid ended in 1994, the South African government had to integrate the formerly independent and semi-independent Bantustans into...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Demographics
South Africa is a nation of 44.8 million people of diverse origins, cultures, languages, and beliefs. The 2001 Statistics South Africa ce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - East Africa - Politics
Until recently most governments were illiberal and corrupt, and several countries were riven with political coups and ethnic violence. Si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - East Africa - Politics
Until recently most governments were illiberal and corrupt, and several countries were riven with political coups and ethnic violence. Si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Media
South Africa also has a large, free, and active press that regularly challenges the government. Major scandals have erupted when the pres...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Culture
While it may be argued that there is no "single" culture in South Africa because of its ethnic diversity, South Africans of all races and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Media
South Africa also has a large, free, and active press that regularly challenges the government. Major scandals have erupted when the pres...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Horn Of Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Horn Of Africa - Ecology
The Horn of Africa is a UNESCO's Biodiversity Hotspot and one of the two entirely arid ones. However the Horn of Africa suffers largely f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - History
South Africa - Pre-history. Main article: History of South Africa South Africa contains some of the oldest archaeological sites in Af...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - History
South Africa - Pre-history. South Africa contains some of the oldest archaeological sites in Africa. Extensive fossil remains at the St...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Horn Of Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Horn Of Africa - History
Horn of Africa - Ancient history. The Kingdom of Aksum was an African state located in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Yemen that thrived betwee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Economy
South Africa is a middle-income country with an abundant supply of resources, well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Economy
South Africa is a middle-income country with an abundant supply of resources, well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Agriculture
South Africa has a large agricultural sector, and is a net exporter of farming products. There are almost a thousand agricultural coopera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Demographics
South Africa is a nation of 44.8 million people of diverse origins, cultures, languages, and beliefs. The 2001 Statistics South Africa ce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Crime
Crime is a major problem in South Africa. According to a survey for the period 1998 - 2000 compiled by the United Nations, South Africa w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Government
The Republic of South Africa is a constitutional democracy with a three-tiered system of government and an independent judiciary, operati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Provinces
When apartheid ended in 1994, the South African government had to integrate the formerly independent and semi-independent Bantustans into...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Languages
South Africa has 11 official languages: English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Swati, Ndebele, Southern Sotho, Northern Sotho, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Politics
South Africa has a bicameral Parliament, comprising the National Council of Provinces (or upper house) with 90 members, and a National As...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Flora And Fauna
South Africa has more than 20,000 different plants, or about 10 percent of all the known species of plants on Earth, making it particular...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Culture
While it may be argued that there is no "single" culture in South Africa because of its ethnic diversity, South Africans of all races and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Politics
South Africa has a bicameral Parliament, comprising the National Council of Provinces (or upper house) with 90 members, and a National As...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Flora And Fauna
South Africa has more than 20,000 different plants, or about 10 percent of all the known species of plants on Earth, making it particular...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - History
South Africa contains some of the oldest archaeological sites in Africa. Extensive fossil remains at the Sterkfontein, Kromdraai and Maka...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Economy
South Africa is a middle-income country with an abundant supply of resources, well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Agriculture
South Africa has a large agricultural sector, and is a net exporter of farming products. There are almost a thousand agricultural coopera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Government
The Republic of South Africa is a constitutional democracy with a three-tiered system of government and an independent judiciary, operati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Provinces
When apartheid ended in 1994, the South African government had to integrate the formerly independent and semi-independent Bantustans into...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Flora And Fauna
South Africa has more than 20,000 different plants, or about 10 percent of all the known species of plants on Earth, making it particular...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Demographics
South Africa is a nation of 44.8 million people of diverse origins, cultures, languages, and beliefs. The 2001 Statistics South Africa ce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Culture
It may be argued that there is no "single" culture in South Africa because of its ethnic diversity. Today, the diversity in foods from ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Crime
Crime is a major problem in South Africa. According to a survey for the period 1998 - 2000 compiled by the United Nations, South Africa w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of South Africa-related Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of South Africa-related Topics - Politics
List of South Africa-related topics - Offices. Parliament of South Africa President of South Africa State President of South Africa Li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Politics
South Africa has a bicameral Parliament, comprising the National Council of Provinces (or upper house) with 90 members, and a National As...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Languages
South Africa has 11 official languages: English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Swati, Ndebele, Southern Sotho, Northern Sotho, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Media
South Africa also has a large, free, and active press that regularly challenges the government, a habit formed during the apartheid era w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of South Africa-related Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of South Africa-related Topics - History
List of South Africa-related topics - Events. Zulu War (see also Anglo-Zulu War) Boer War Pretoria Convention Sharpeville Massacre ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transvaal: Encyclopedia Ii - Transvaal - Geography
The Transvaal province lay between Vaal River in the south, and the Limpopo River in the north, roughly between 22 1/2 and 27 1/2 S, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Algeria: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Algeria - Historical Setting
History of Algeria - Geography. In geography, the fertile coastal plain of North Africa, especially west of Tunisia, is often termed th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Algeria: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Algeria - Chapters Of The Series
Main article: Prehistory of Central North Africa The area which now consists of Algeria was settled by hunting people who left behind viv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ashanti Confederacy: Encyclopedia Ii - Ashanti Confederacy - People
The Ashanti (also Asante) are a major ethnic group from Africa who speak a dialect of Akan. Prior to European colonization, the Ashanti C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Subregion: Encyclopedia Ii - Subregion - Subregions By Continent
Here are a few examples of subregions sorted by continent: Subregion - Africa. by UN subregion: Northern Africa Western Africa Middle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transvaal: Encyclopedia Ii - Transvaal - History
The Transvaal was colonized by Boer settlers who exited the British-dominated Cape Colony in the 1830's and 1840's in the Great Trek. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kinshasa: Encyclopedia Ii - Kinshasa - Geography
Kinshasa is a city of sharp contrasts, with posh residential and commercial areas, two universities, and sprawling slums coexisting side ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kinshasa: Encyclopedia Ii - Kinshasa - History
The city was founded as a trading post by Henry Morton Stanley in 1881 and named Léopoldville in honor of King Léopold II of Belgium, w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - South Africa - Military
South Africa's armed forces, known as the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), was created in 1994 following South Africa's firs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Angola: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Angola - Location
Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibia and Democratic Republic of the Congo Geographic coordinates: 12°30â...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Europe - Geology
Main article: Geology of Europe The Geology of Europe is hugely varied and complex, and gives rise to the wide variety of landscapes foun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Europe - Rivers
Main article: List of rivers of Europe Important rivers of Europe with approximate length: Volga 3,690 km Danube 2,860 km Ural 2,428 km ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Europe - Mountain Ranges
Main article: List of mountain ranges of Europe Some of Europe's major mountain ranges are: Ural Mountains, which separate Europe and As...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Angola: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Angola - Flora And Fauna
Both flora and fauna are those characteristic of the greater part of tropical Africa. As far south as Benguela the coast region is rich i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lesotho: Encyclopedia Ii - Lesotho - Economy
Main article: Economy of Lesotho Lesotho's economy is based on exports of water and electricity sold to South Africa, manufacturing, agri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cameroon: Encyclopedia Ii - Cameroon - Geography
Main article: Geography of Cameroon Location: Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria Geogra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zimbabwe: Encyclopedia Ii - Zimbabwe - Geography
Main article: Geography of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe is a landlocked country, surrounded by South Africa to the South, Botswana to the west, Zamb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cameroon: Encyclopedia Ii - Cameroon - Geography
Main article: Geography of Cameroon Location: Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria Geogra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - African Philosophy - Pre-modern African Philosophy
The history of philosophy in Africa before the modern period must be divided into two main parts, defined by geography: North Africa, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Lebanon: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Lebanon - Land
The area of Lebanon is approximately 10,452 square kilometers. The country is roughly rectangular in shape, becoming narrower toward the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Madagascar: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Madagascar - Flora And Fauna
The island of Madagascar has been described as an "alternate world" or a "world apart" because of the uniqueness and rarity of many of it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Saudi Arabia: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Saudi Arabia - Topography And Natural Regions
The Arabian Peninsula is an ancient massif composed of stable crystalline rock whose geologic structure developed concurrently with the A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Mauritania: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Mauritania - Expansion Of The Desert
The climate has altered drastically since the onset of the prolonged drought in the 1960s, part of a recurrent pattern of wet and dry cyc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - Politics
Africa - Precolonial Africa. Africa - Colonial Africa. Colonialism had a destabilizing effect on what had been a number of ethnic gro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - Territories
Africa - Independent states. East Africa East Africa proper Burundi (also sometimes considered part of Central Africa) Kenya Mozambiqu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - Demographics
Africans may be grouped according to whether they live north or south of the Sahara Desert; these groups are called North Africans and Su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - History
Main article: History of Africa Africa is home to the oldest inhabited territory on earth, with the human race originating from this cont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - Demographics
Africans may be grouped according to whether they live north or south of the Sahara Desert; these groups are called North Africans and Su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - Etymology
The name Africa came into Western use through the Romans, who used the name Africa terra — "land of the Afri" (plural, or "Afer" singul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - Languages
Main article: African languages By most estimates Africa contains well over a thousand languages. There are four major language families ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - Culture
Rather than one culture, Africa has a number of cultures that overlap. The most conventional distinction is that between sub-Saharan Afri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - History
Main article: History of Africa Africa is home to the oldest inhabited territory on earth, with the human race originating from this cont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - Economy
Main article: Economy of Africa Africa is the world's poorest inhabited continent: the United Nations' Human Development Report 2003 (of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - Religion
Africans profess a wide variety of religious beliefs, with Christianity and Islam being the most widespread. Approximately 40% of all Afr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - Territories
Africa - Independent states. East Africa East Africa proper Burundi (also sometimes considered part of Central Africa) Kenya Rwanda (a...   » Read the article