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Views of Africa TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 Africa Land of Splendor 6 CENTRAL AND WESTERN AFRICA Congo Two Countries One Name 8 Ghana Gold Coast of Africa 10 Accra Ghana From Trading Post to Modern City 12 Guinea Forests and Minerals 14 Liberia Africa’s Oldest Republic 16 Nigeria Land of 500 Languages 18 Senegal Land of Teranga 20 EASTERN AFRICA Ethiopia Ancient Country in Africa’s Horn 22 Addis Ababa Ethiopia The City Called New Flower 24 Kenya Cradle of Humanity 26 Nairobi Kenya From Swamp to Capital City 28 Seychelles An Island Paradise 30 Mogadishu Somalia Seaside Somalian Capital 32 Kampala Uganda City on the Hill of Antelopes 34 NORTH AFRICA Algeria Desert Land on the Sea 36 Egypt The Pharaohs and the Pyramids 38 Suez Canal Egypt Joining Two Seas for a Shortcut 40 Libya Oil Country of Africa 42 Rabat Morocco Built for Victory 44 Sudan and South Sudan Land of Contrasts 46 SOUTHERN AFRICA Angola Land of Oil and Diamonds 48 Botswana The Jewel of the Kalahari 50 Madagascar Island Sanctuary 52 Lilongwe Malawi On Malawi’s Fertile Plains 54 Windhoek Namibia Namibia’s Windy Corner 56 South Africa A People Apart 58 Harare Zimbabwe City in a Garden 60 GLOSSARY 62 INDEX 63 Brit a nnic a LEARNING LIBRARY Have a great trip
33 50 1 15 52 31 40 20 23 22 42 26 13 30 5 21 3 37 36 7 49 39 16 19 12 27 9 8 11 COUNTRIES OF AFRICA 01 Algeria 02 Angola 03 Benin 04 Botswana 05 Burkina Faso 06 Burundi 07 Cameroon 08 Central African Republic 09 Chad 10 Comoros 11 Congo Dem Rep of the 12 Congo Republic of the 13 Côte d’Ivoire 14 Djibouti 15 Egypt 16 Equatorial Guinea 17 Eritrea 18 Ethiopia 19 Gabon 20 Gambia 21 Ghana 22 Guinea 23 Guinea-Bissau 24 Kenya 25 Lesotho 26 Liberia 27 Libya Full name is the Democratic Republic of the Congo formerly Zaire Annexed by Morocco Islands of Cape Verde Mauritius Réunion off map 28 Madagascar 29 Malawi 30 Mali 31 Mauritania 32 Mayotte France 33 Morocco 34 Mozambique 35 Namibia 36 Niger 37 Nigeria 38 Rwanda 39 Sao Tome and Principe 40 Senegal 41 Seychelles 42 Sierra Leone 43 Somalia 44 South Africa 45 South Sudan 46 Sudan 47 Swaziland 48 Tanzania 49 Togo 50 Tunisia 51 Uganda 52 Western Sahara 53 Zambia 54 Zimbabwe 2 2 35 4 54 44 47 25 Alabaster sphinx at Memphis Egypt Roger Wood Corbis 46 45 38 6 51 24 48 29 53 34 17 18 14 43 41 10 32 28 Giraffe Kenya Royalty-Free Corbis
AFRICA L andofSplendo r Africa’s splendor is seen in its beautiful landscapes its amazing animal life and its diverse human culture The African continent is the home of more than 800 million people living in more than 50 countries Africa is the second largest continent on Earth after Asia Africa’s long coastline is shaped by the Atlantic and Indian oceans and the Mediterranean and Red seas In the north of the continent lies the Sahara It is the world’s largest desert and covers almost all of northern Africa Located in southwestern Africa are two other major deserts the Kalahari and the Namib D I D YO U K N O W is ine of Africa S u r p r i s i n g l y t h e c o a s t l ine of Europe shorter than the coastl lest continent This the second smal large inlets because Africa has few bays or gulfs features that add to length by causing detours coastal away from a straight coastl ine is The African continent has two major rivers the Nile and the Congo The Nile is the longest river in the world At the southern end of the Nile is Lake Victoria Africa’s largest lake Not far to the southeast of Lake Victoria is Mount Kilimanjaro the highest point in Africa One of the world’s major waterfalls Victoria Falls is also in Africa Africa is known for its wildlife There are elephants rhinoceroses hippopotamuses lions and leopards Other animals include antelope gazelles giraffes baboons gorillas hyenas and chimpanzees Most of these animals live in Africa’s open grasslands or in tropical rainforests S H EA R C H LIG countries T The people of Africa belong to hundreds of ethnic groups Each group has its own language traditions religion arts and history During its political history Africa has been the site of Egyptian dynasties African kingdoms European colonies and independent Find and correct the error in the following sentence Africa is one of the smallest continents LEARN MORE READ THESE ARTICLES ALGERIA CONGO SOUTH AFRICA Answer Africa is one of the largestcontinents 7
