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[[Image:Africa98.jpg|right|thumb|Political Map of Africa]]

[[Image:Africa98.jpg|right|thumb|Political Map of Africa]]

'''Africa''' is the continent south of [[Europe]] and southwest of [[Asia]]. [[Young earth creationism|Young earth creationist]] scientists are not in agreement in regards to whether Africa was man originated. [http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2001/0125eden_found.asp] [http://www.icr.org/article/1208/] [[Theory of evolution|Evolutionists]] consider Africa to be the birthplace of humanity. Geography described in the [[Book of Genesis]] places the [[Garden of Eden]] in [[Ethiopia]], and evolutionary science puts ''Homo sapiens'' as originating somewhere in Africa.{{fact}}

'''Africa''' is the continent south of [[Europe]] and southwest of [[Asia]]. [[Young earth creationism|Young earth creationist]] scientists are not in agreement in regards to whether Africa was man originated. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2001/0125eden_found.asp</ref> <ref>http://www.icr.org/article/1208/</ref> [[Theory of evolution|Evolutionists]] consider Africa to be the birthplace of humanity. Geography described in the [[Book of Genesis]] places the [[Garden of Eden]] in [[Ethiopia]], and evolutionary science puts ''Homo sapiens'' as originating somewhere in Africa.{{fact}}

==Colonization==

==Colonization==

This imperialism had both good and bad effects. On the good side, the Europeans brought advances in technology, built hospitals, and improved the infrastructure, such as railroads, telephones, telegraphs, sanitation and other public works.  This improved trade and communications, and reduced disease. Europeans also built schools, but used them to teach European language, culture, and religion rather than respecting local traditions. Literacy did improve as a result, however. However, the Europeans displaced Africans from their individual farms and shifted them into working for European businesses, which resulted in lost control of their land and saw a reduction in their own food crops. African workers were also purchased and shipped to other territories outside of Africa. Europeans disrupted African cultural groups and village life, resulting in arbitrary geographical boundaries that continue to cause war and strife to this day.

This imperialism had both good and bad effects. On the good side, the Europeans brought advances in technology, built hospitals, and improved the infrastructure, such as railroads, telephones, telegraphs, sanitation and other public works.  This improved trade and communications, and reduced disease. Europeans also built schools, but used them to teach European language, culture, and religion rather than respecting local traditions. Literacy did improve as a result, however. However, the Europeans displaced Africans from their individual farms and shifted them into working for European businesses, which resulted in lost control of their land and saw a reduction in their own food crops. African workers were also purchased and shipped to other territories outside of Africa. Europeans disrupted African cultural groups and village life, resulting in arbitrary geographical boundaries that continue to cause war and strife to this day.

[[Category:Continents]]

[[Category:Continents]]