# Africa

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Category: Geography
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Updated: 2026-05-15T22:18:00.196Z
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## Summary

Every human alive has African ancestors. The genetic, fossil and archaeological record agree: Homo sapiens emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago, and a small population that left between 70,000 and 60,000 years ago is the source of every non-African human. Key sections include: Africa. The continent.; Opening Where humans came from.; Chapter I The shape of the continent.; Chapter II The Sahara.; Chapter III The Sahel.; Chapter IV The Congo Basin.; Chapter V The East African Rift.; Chapter VI The Nile.; Chapter VII Out of Africa.; Chapter VIII Egypt and Nubia..

## Slide Outline

1. Africa. The continent.
2. Opening Where humans came from.
3. Chapter I The shape of the continent.
4. Chapter II The Sahara.
5. Chapter III The Sahel.
6. Chapter IV The Congo Basin.
7. Chapter V The East African Rift.
8. Chapter VI The Nile.
9. Chapter VII Out of Africa.
10. Chapter VIII Egypt and Nubia.
11. Chapter IX The Mali Empire.
12. Chapter X The Swahili coast.
13. Chapter XI The slave trades.
14. Chapter XII The scramble.
15. Chapter XIII Independence.
16. Chapter XIV South Africa.
17. Chapter XV Two thousand languages.
18. Chapter XVI The youngest continent.
19. Chapter XVII Lagos, Cairo, Kinshasa.
20. Chapter XVIII The African Union.
21. Chapter XIX The continent's economies.
22. Chapter XX The Maghreb.
23. Chapter XXI The Horn of Africa.
24. Chapter XXII The megafauna.
25. Chapter XXIII The world's music came from here.
26. Chapter XXIV Nollywood.
27. Chapter XXV The diaspora.
28. Chapter XXVI The trajectory.
29. Chapter XXVII An African shelf.
30. Chapter XXVIII Watch & read.
31. Chapter XXIX Why Africa is the century's story.
32. The end of the deck.

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