Africa
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Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 including adjacent islands, it covers around 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total
Aksum Obelisk, symbol of the Aksumite civilization
Ruins of Cuicul in Djémila, a Roman town in the ancient province of Mauretania Caesariensis
Yam festival in the Ashanti Empire
Christian funeral in the Kingdom of Kongo, c. 1750
North Africa
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North Africa, also known as Northern Africa, is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region. However, it is sometimes defi
Africa
…Possibly Phoenician faraqa in the sense of 'colony, separation'. The terms "North Africa" and "Sub-Saharan Africa" have been subject to recent criticism from some scholars due to its historical root in colonialist discourse which arbitrarily…
The population density of Africa as of 2000
Limestone head of an early Egyptian king, The Petrie Museum. Modern scholars have considered the stone bust to depict an Early Dynastic or Old Kingdom pharaoh.
Marble portrait of a Nubia denizen c. 120–100 BC.
The pyramids of Giza are among the most recognizable symbols of ancient Egyptian civilization.