The document provides information about Africa, including its geography, people, languages, education, and literature. It notes that Africa is the second largest continent, separated from Asia by the Suez Canal and Red Sea. It describes the complex diversity of Africa's people and over 800 languages spoken. It highlights some of Africa's most prominent authors like Chinua Achebe, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The document also discusses Africa's rich tradition of oral literature and praise singing, as well as the variation in education standards across Africa.

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3.  The second largest
continent after
Asia. It separated
from Asia by the
Suez Canal, the
Gulf of Suez, and
the Red Sea.
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4. Indian Ocean
 Madagascar
 Mauritius,
 Reunion,
 Zanzibar,
 Pemba
 Seychelles,
 Comoros
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OFFSHORE ISLAND

5.  Complex mosaic of
people, languages and
culture.
 Few are ethnical
homogeneous.
 Few developed a
strong sense of
national unity.
 Identified by their
own tribe.
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6.  Language Spoken estimated
at between 800 and 1,700.
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7. Afro-asiatic Language
 Berber
 Kushitic
 Semitic
 Chad
 Coptic
L A N G U A G E S
5 MAJOR LANGUAGE SPOKEN

8. Click Languages
 Khoisan – Khoilkoi of Southern African.
L A N G U A G E S

9. Niger Congo Languages
 Hausa,
 Peul,
 Wolof
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10. Sudanic Languages
 Kanuri
 Songhia,
 Turkana,
 Masai
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11. Austronesian Languages
 Introduced in Madagascar, 2000 years ago.
L A N G U A G E S

12.  Standards, facilities and programs vary
considerably and reflect differences in
class, ethnicity, sex and location.
E D U C A T I O N

13.  Despite the ignorance of
most so called "literati" to
the domain of African
literature, African literature
in fact is one of the main
currents of world literature,
stretching continuously and
directly back to ancient
history.
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14.  Oral literature or orature may be in prose or
verse. Storytellers in Africa sometimes use call-
and-response techniques to tell their stories.
 Poetry, often sung, includes: narrative
epic, occupational verse, ritual verse, praise
poems to rulers and other prominent people.
 Praise singers, bards sometimes known as
"griots", tell their stories with music.
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15. Chinua Achebe
 He was born on November
15,1930 in Nigeria. He
died on March 12, 2013.
He was a novelist, a poet,
a critic, and a professor.
He was best known for his
first novel which is called
Things Fall Apart. It was
written in 1958
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16. Ngugi wa Thiong'o
 Kenyan writer who was born
on January 5, 1938. His works
include plays, novels, short
stories, and essays. He has
written everything from
children's literature to social
criticism. Most of his work is
in English, but some of it is in
Gikuyu
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17. Chimamanda Ngozi
Adichie
 was born on September 15, 1977 in
Nigeria. She writes poems, short
stories, and novels. One of her stories,
called That Harmattan Morning, was
chosen as joint winner of the BCC
Short Story Awards. She also won the
O. Henry prize for a story called The
American Embassy.
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18. Ayi Kwei Armah
 is a notable Ghanaian writer
who was born in 1939. He
mainly writes novels. He
has written six novels, all of
which have been fairly well
received. His most well
known work is called
"Fragments."
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19. Buchi Emecheta
 is a Nigerian novelist who
was born on July 21,
1944. She has published
over 20 books. Her most
well-known novels are:
"Second-Class Citizen,"
"The Bride Price," "The
Slave Girl," and "The
Joys of Motherhood."
L I T E R A T U R E

20.  Make a Detailed Lesson Plan in
Literature.
TOPIC: “An African Child”
Or
“Africa! My Africa!”
FOR YOUR ACTIVITY! 