The Dark Continent...Blogged!

It's kind of sad how, 400 years after Africa and Europe first made real cultural contact, Africa is as much as a mystery as ever. Say the word "Africa" and images of famine, war, pestilence, and he who sat upon him was Death, and Hell followed after him are sure to follow. I remember learning the states of Africa in 7th grade geography. To this day I know that there's a difference between Niger and Nigeria, and where these respective countries are located. But who's in charge there, what the economies are, whether there's political chaos or not, these things I know as well as the topography of Jupiter. Still less do I know what the people are thinking and doing.




This should help with that.