Five Myths Of Africa

To the ‘First World’, Africa - the ‘Dark Continent’ - has traditionally been regarded with a mixture of fear, intrigue, romanticism and disdain. Due to the fact that western society learned about Africa through the blinkered and biased views of colonization, it is unsurprising that to this day many people, even those living within the more developed parts of Africa itself, are highly ignorant of the African continent, its people, its geography and its heritage.
Many myths have been created and perpetuated about Africa, and here we will challenge 5 of these mostly widely held myths of this fascinating, complex continent.

Myth One - Race: All Africans are black.

False. While many African people may be considered ‘black’ by certain cul View the rest of this article