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Article: Africa: what every black person should know.(EBONY IN AFRICA)
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- Ebony
- Article date:
- December 1, 2007
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AFRICA, THE MOTHERLAND AND CRADLE OF HUMANITY, has a history as varied and as rich as her natural resources. Scientific evidence confirms that early man walked eastern and southern Africa as many as 3 million years before the birth of Christ. Ancient Black civilizations in Egypt and Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq) thrived in northern Africa. However, by the end of World War II, only two countries in Africa were not colonized--Ethiopia (formerly Abyssinia) and Liberia. Today, Africa, the second-largest of the Earth's seven continents (Asia is larger), consists of 52 countries--each with its own unique story.
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