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Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30,300,000 km² (11,700,000 mi²) including adjacent islands, it covers 5.9% of the Earth's total surface area, and 20.3% of the total land area.Sayre, April Pulley. (1999) Africa, Twenty-First Century Books. ISBN 0-7613-1367-2. With more than 840,000,000 people (as of 2005) in 61 territories, it accounts for more than 12% of the world's human population.
Etymology
The name Africa came into Western use through the Romans, who used the name Africa terra — "land of the Afri" (plural, or "Afer" singular) — for the northern part of the continent, as the province of Africa with its capital Carthage, corresponding to modern-day Tunisia.
The Afri were a tribe — possibly Berber — who dwelt in North Africa in the Carthage area. The origin of Afer may be connected with Phoenician `afar, dust (also found in most other Semitic languages). Some other etymologies that have been postulated for the ancient name 'Africa' that are much more debatable include:
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Afribeat - South African based music and arts site. Reviews, artist profiles, and film and music festivals.
Africa Sounds - Focuses on music from Central and West Africa. Includes articles on styles, top performers, new music albums, and United States concert listings.
Meta Description: [ Africa Sounds focuses on African Music from Central and West Africa. It features articles on top performers, new music albums, and tour dates. Africa Sounds focuses on music styles including Soukous, Afropop, Ndombolo, Makossa, Reggae, Bikutsi, Juju, Fuji. Africa Sounds also has a history of ... ]
African Hip Hop - Platform for information and discussion on hip hop from the African continent. News, reviews, downloads amd music store.
Meta Description: [ Hip hop from the motherland :: African Rap ]
African Music Archive - Focuses primarily on contemporary music. Includes projects and a directory of links. [English/German]
Meta Description: [ Webseite des Archive für die Musik Afrikas am Institut fr Ethnologie und Afrikastudien der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitt Mainz. ]
African Music Encyclopedia - African music styles and musicians worldwide, listing of music stores, bookstore, and links.
African Music Hub - The hub of the African Music Discussion Group and the African Music Webring with information on how to join the group.
Meta Description: [ A global portal for African Music, World Music, International music ]
African Music WebRing - List sites or join the ring.
Meta Description: [ The collection of the best African Music Sites around the world. Featuring the music of the African continent, including Ghanian highlife and soukous, Nigerian juju and fuji, Cameroon's makossa, Cote d'Ivoire's zglibithy, Senegalese mbalax, South Africa's Jazz and pop, and East African Taarab.
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African Music WebRing - Ring of sites featuring information about the music of the African Diaspora.
Meta Description: [ The best African Music Sites around the world - featuring all the music of the African Diaspora. To visit a site click on the site name and then use the navigation bar to hop from site to site. If you ]
Afro-Caribbean Music Guide - African musicians by style, label, country, instrument, and year. Biographies, audio samples, lyrics, articles, and links.
Meta Description: [ The Portal of African and Caribbean Cultures : news, music, arts and culture, society, travel ]
Afropop Worldwide - Database of articles on African music and musicians searchable by artist, style, and country. Includes radio shows, reviews and interviews, and a glossary.
Meta Description: [ African music at its best, presented with rigor and style by the experts at the Afropop Worldwide radio show. Immerse yourself in Africa's music and people: Listen to the shows. Search the huge database of African musicians, African bands, African music styles, African music albums -- everything ... ]
AllAfrica.com: Music Top News - Newsfeed source for news and reports on music in Africa. [English/French]
Meta Description: [ allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience ]
CAMA: Explore African Music - Jukeboxes playing African styles and samples of traditional instruments.
Columbia University: Music of Africa - Annotated directory of links.
Dandemutande - Worldwide resource for Zimbabwean music includes e-zine, calendar of concerts and festivals, and database of performers, teachers, instrument makers, vendors, and websites.
East African Music - Descriptions of Kenyan and Tanzanian popular music, discographies, audio files, and a profile of Samba Mapangala and Orchestra Virunga with audio samples.
Gateway of Africa - Musicians listed by country and style. Includes biographies, discographies, worldwide concert listings, and links.
Meta Description: [ Gateway of Africa is the leading portal for African music. ]
Highlife Piccadilly - African music released on 45 rpm records in the United Kingdom between 1954 and 1981.
Music in Eastern and Central Africa - Article by Muttu Mondiya Mama about Congolese and East African musicians and their music.
Musique d'Afrique. - African pop music selections available in streaming audio and through download in Real Audio.
NTAMA - Journal for African Music and Popular Culture - Articles, reviews, recent releases, events in Germany, and obituaries.
Meta Description: [ Online Journal for African Music and Popular Culture ]
Recordiversity - Information and images about collectable records, with the emphasis on seven-inch singles from Africa.
Roots World: African Music - Includes artist profiles, articles, reviews, and audio samples.
Meta Description: [ African Music ]
South of the Sahara: African Music - Stanford University's annotated guide to African music sites.
Meta Description: [ African Music on the Internet ]
Swahili Music Portal - MP3s of historical recordings fusing traditional and pop and jazz influences.
The Leopard Man's Guide to African Music - Biographies, discographies, and reviews of African artists and bands. [English/Norwegian]
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World Music: African Music in Australasia - Includes history, instruments, musicians categorized by country and style, and interviews [Flash].
Yahoo Groups: African Music - Mailing list established in 1995, open to all. [Requires free membership]
Meta Description: [ african_music: African Music Group ]
Zimbabwe Music Guide - Chimurenga, jit, rhumba, sungura, soukous music and musicians. Includes profiles, discographies, audio samples, guitar tablature, listing of record labels and music stores, and links.
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