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Copy and Paste or Download a list of countries of Africa in many popular formats. Africa is the cradle of all human existence and is currently home to 54 countries. Each African country has its own history, culture, and feeling about it. The countries of Africa cover a wide area and have much diversity in language culture and geography. They are home to many native languages, including Arabic, Afrikaans, Amharic, Swahili, Tigrinya, and Wolof. The continent’s diverse geography has given it plenty of natural resources for trade and agriculture.

The continent is one of the most culturally diverse places in the world and has been home to some of the world’s oldest civilizations. Anthropologists found many fossils and evidence of human occupation in Africa possibly as early as 7 million years ago.

Colonization by Europeans greatly influenced the culture of Africa, but now there is a resurgence in the attempts to rediscover and revalue African traditional cultures. Eastern Africa is a place that contains many different types of people. It is a region that has been historically dominated by Arab, Indian and European cultures. Western Africa is a region that contains many different types of land. It is home to the largest rainforest in the world, the Congo Basin, and has a population of over 400 million people.

There are over 2,000 languages spoken in Africa and Nigeria has around 500 of them. The provinces of Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo each have more than 200 languages. There is certainly much to know and explore on the African continent.

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