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[[Image:Africa pol 2003.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Political boundaries of Africa]]
[[Image:Africa pol 2003.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Political boundaries of Africa]]
[[Image:Africa ref 2003.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Shaded relief of Africa]]
[[Image:Africa ref 2003.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Shaded relief of Africa]]
'''Africa''' is the continental landmass to the southwest of Asia, with its only physical land connection being the [[Sinai Peninsula]] in [[Egypt]]; the remaining borders are the [[Mediterranean Sea]] to the north, the [[Red Sea]] and [[Indian Ocean]] to the east, and the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the west.
'''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 where 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.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v12/i1/eve.asp</ref>
==Land==
===Topography===
==Colonization==
===Climate===
===Drainage===
===Flora===
===Fauna===
===Resources===
===Arable land===
==People==
===Ethnic groups===
===Languages===
===Religion===
===Education===
===Health===
===Demography===
==Economy and Commerce==
===Industry===
===Agriculture===
===Forestry===
===Fishing===
===Transportation===
===Trade===
== History ==
===Colonization===
European nations held the [[Berlin Conference]] in 1884-1885 in order to decide how best to colonize Africa. Ethnic and cultural differences within Africa were ignored, and lines of demarcation were drawn to aid the European nations in this effort. All of Africa, except for Ethiopia (which resisted Italian control in 1896) and Liberia, was divided and colonized by the European nations.
European nations held the [[Berlin Conference]] in 1884-1885 in order to decide how best to colonize Africa. Ethnic and cultural differences within Africa were ignored, and lines of demarcation were drawn to aid the European nations in this effort. All of Africa, except for Ethiopia (which resisted Italian control in 1896) and Liberia, was divided and colonized by the European nations.