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AFRICAN CULTURE AFRICA Today Africa, the second largest continent is the scene of great political and social revolution. As recently as 1950. only four African countries were independent. But strong national movements during the 1900’s resulted in the end of most European colonies which became independent states. Many of the African countries have rich natural resources which should help them thoroughly. The mines of Africa produce almost all of the world’s supply of diamonds, copper, gold, manganese, and uranium: there are also important deposits of coal, iron, and |K-troleum and potentially great sources of hydro-electric power. Africa grows much of the world's supply of cacao, palm oil and palm kernels, peanuts, and sisal. The forests have valuable hardwood such as cliony and mahogany. Less than a hundred years ago, Africa was called the Dark Continent, partly because much of it had not been explored. Traders and Euro| ean businessmen, looking for natural wealth, pushing further inland trying to meet the ever growing demands of the European market. Mining towns and trading centers grew into full-size cities. While much of Africa was urbanized, there were certain natural barriers. desert and jungle, which defied habitation. With the coming of (letter transportation more and more j eople travel to Africa each year. Some make trips on the longest river in the world which is the Nile River, or the world's largest desert, the Sahara. Africa with its natural and human potential should look forward to a prosperous future. The People It is difficult to categorize the people in Africa. All possess different characteristics and methods. Most people of tropical Africa possess these characteristics: dark skin and light bone structure. However, Africa is really a great melting pot. and skin color ranges from almost white to blue-black. West Africa is the home of the Bantu Africans who predominate the lower part of the continent. Their skin is lighter and they are generally smaller than the West Africans. There are alxxit 100.000 Pygmies. They average al out four feet six inches in height, and weigh altout eighty-eight pounds. Their skin is yellowish brown. The Pygmies are found mainly in the tropical forests of the upper Congo Basin. They live as hunters and foragers. Africa also has giants. Some of the Nilotic people of the Watutsi Tribe stand seven feet tall. The)' have thin lips, narrow noses, and long heads. The Watutsi Tribe, whose towering warriors dance with spears and feathered headdresses, are Nilotes. Alxxit 750,000 Europeans live in Tropical Africa. Rhodesia has the largest European population, and whites control the government of that country. There arc alxxit 400,000 Asians in the tropical part of Africa, mainly on the cast coast. Many of these migrated from India. Pakistan, and the Aral) nations.
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