Africa

Modern Africa is engaging and full of surprises. There are 60 cities with populations over one million, some cities have as many as 15 million residents. Millions of cars, trucks, and varying means of transport are found in city, town, and village alike. The modern media tends to focus on isolated, rural peoples and on animals in their depiction of Africa. We are rarely shown more than a hint that modern Africa does indeed exist. Yet, with its teeming millions, developing industries on the horizon, and eons of political and cultural dynamism, the stories from this new Africa are bursting to be told. Africa is the world's second largest continent. More than three times the size of the United States, Africa is home to enormous mountains, tropical rainforests, grassy savannas, three large deserts, and the world's longest river. In general the culture is rich, unique and diverse, with great craftsmanship, magical tribal dancing and fabulous musicians. Between the majestic Egyptian necropolises, the TWA/MBUTI(pygmid) civilizations, the Zulu kingdoms, our imagination can't help running amuck... Africa is where it all started. Africa is also about luxurious vegetation, wild animals, adrenaline safaris, infinite rivers and vertiginous falls. Africa evokes the tam-tam of the drums, the lollapalooza of exotic dancers. It holds the keys of life mysteries for aging and health, and Africa has an enormous reservoir of natural and human resources. Did you know that besides oil and diamonds Africa is the continent that has almost all the world's reserves of the scarcest and most precious minerals which are used in minute amounts in electronic and space-age materials, medical instruments, and other high precision devices. Without these minerals there would not have been a New Technology Age.