Population:
About 840,000,000
Size:
Africa is the world’s second largest continent in both
population and size. Africa is 30,300,000 km squared.
Religion:
About 40 per cent of Africans are Christian. Another 40 per
cent are Muslim. The other 20 per cent follow indigenous African
religions.
Climate:
Variety: Africa has hot, dry desert and tropical wet and dry
regions.
Education:
Only 49.6 per cent of Africans can read
Number
of countries in Africa:
There are 54 countries; only 25 are considered safe to travel
through as tourists.
Largest
cities in Africa:
Cairo, Egypt
Kinshasa, Zaire
Alexandria, Egypt
Language
groups:
Arabic, Hausa, Amharic, Yoruba Oromo, Nguni, Igbo, Akan, Berber,
and Malagasy
What
do farmers grow and sell in Africa?
Bananas, beans, cashews, citrus, fruits, cocoa, coffee, cotton,
dates, olives, palm nuts and oil, peanuts, rice, sugarcane,
sweet potatoes, yams.
What
is the biggest killer in Africa?
AIDS is the biggest killer.
AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
How
many people in Africa have AIDS?
About 25 million people in sub-Saharan Africa have
aids. That’s about 71 per cent of the world’s AIDS
population.
How
is AIDS transmitted?
Sexual activities, needle sharing, mother to child
and blood transfusions. There is only one known case where AIDS
was contracted by saliva.
Is
there a cure for AIDS?
There is currently no cure for AIDS.
What does AIDS do to your body?
AIDS attacks the immune system, making the body vulnerable
to infection
How
many people in Canada are living with AIDS?
There are about 58,929 people living with AIDS in Canada.
If
parents are dying from AIDS then....?
It’s estimated by the year 2010, 18 to 20 million kids
younger than 18 will be orphaned because of AIDS in Africa
Produced
with the support of the Government of Canada through the Canadian
International Development Agency (CIDA).
