Africa Is Not a Country: It's a Continent (Paperback)

Did you know that? Africa is not a country? It’s a continent. There are 52 countries in Africa. Africa has more gold, jewels, plutonium, platinum, chrome, and copper than any other continent. Africa’s Nile River is the longest river in the world. The Sahara Desert is the largest desert in the world. It is bigger than the entire United States.

Did you know that Africa is more than three times the size of the United States? Did you know that more than 600 million (600,000,000) people live in Africa, over 100 million in Nigeria alone? Human life began in Africa, and people lived there over 4 million years (4,000,000), before we lived anywhere else. The first civilization and the first city were built in Africa. Did you know that the pyramids of Egypt are the only “Wonders of the World” that still exist?

-From the Introduction