Fourteen percent of the world’s population can be found there. The entire United States, China, and India can fit comfortably in the continent with room left over. Africa is north, south, east, and west. Three oceans touch its borders. Africa is amazing. I mean, come on. Science has traced the first humans back to the continent, and civilization is thought to have begun there. The place is rich with oil, diamonds, and jollof rice. It is not a monolith, and it is not solely populated by helpless people who need to be pulled from the depths of misery. There are feasts and famines. There are
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