A satellite composite image of AfricaWorld map showing Africa (geographically).Africa in the Blue marble picture, with Antarctica to the south, and the Sahara and Arabian peninsula at the top of the globe.Map of Africa 1890
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Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30,300,000 km² (11,700,000 sq mi) including its adjacent islands, it covers 5.9% of the Earth's total surface area, and 20.3% of the total land area. more...

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With over 840,000,000 people (as of 2005) in 61 territories, it accounts for more than 12% of the world's human population.

Etymology

The name Africa came into Western use through the Romans, who used the name Africa terra — "land of the Afri" (plural, or "Afer" singular) — for the northern part of the continent, as the province of Africa with its capital Carthage, corresponding to modern-day Tunisia.

The Afri were a tribe — possibly Berber — who dwelt in North Africa in the Carthage area. The origin of Afer may be connected with Phoenician `afar, dust (also found in most other Semitic languages). Some other etymologies that have been postulated for the ancient name 'Africa' that are much more debatable include:

  • the Latin word aprica, meaning "sunny";
  • the Greek word aphrike, meaning "without cold" (see also List of traditional Greek place names). The historian Leo Africanus (1495-1554) attributed the origin to the Greek word phrike (φρίκη, meaning "cold and horror"), combined with the negating prefix a-, so meaning a land free of cold and horror. However, the change of sound from ph to f in Greek is datable to about the 10th century, so this is unlikely to be the origin.

Ancient Africa lay to the west of Egypt, while "Asia" was used to refer to Anatolia and lands to the east. Originally Egypt and the Levant had an indeterminate position between these locations, though as part of the Persian empire they were sometimes absorbed in the loose concept of "Asia". A definite line was drawn between the two continents by the geographer Ptolemy (85 - 165 AD), indicating Alexandria along the Prime Meridian and made the isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea the boundary between Asia and Africa. As Europeans came to understand the real extent of the continent, the idea of Africa expanded with their knowledge.

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Asante Ashanti Seated Figure on Stand, GhanaAsante Ashanti Seated Figure on Stand, Ghana $93.00 Zulu Stool/ Headrest, South Africa, African Art, OldZulu Stool/ Headrest, South Africa, African Art, Old $190.00
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Nande Face Mask, Bwami Society, Dr Congo, AfricanNande Face Mask, Bwami Society, Dr Congo, African $182.00 Dogon Standing Female "Nommo" Figure, African 19 inchDogon Standing Female "Nommo" Figure, African 19 inch $93.00
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Leele Wooden Face Mask, Zaire/Drcongo, AfricanLeele Wooden Face Mask, Zaire/Drcongo, African $151.00 Zaramo Stool Fetish Altar Tanzania AfricanZaramo Stool Fetish Altar Tanzania African $135.00
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Bamana Medicine, Hunting Jacket, Africa, 19th centuryBamana Medicine, Hunting Jacket, Africa, 19th century $1,850.00 Bamileke Mask, Encrusted Patina, Cameroon AfricanBamileke Mask, Encrusted Patina, Cameroon African $155.00
Antique Venetian Fancy "Ham & Eggs" beads-Bohemian bdsAntique Venetian Fancy "Ham & Eggs" beads-Bohemian bds $215.00 Bamana Maternity Figure Custom Stand Superb UnusualBamana Maternity Figure Custom Stand Superb Unusual $1,552.00
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