Who Lives in Africa?
Three out of four people living in Africa are black, but there are also many Arabs, Asians, Europeans, and mixed races. But Africa is not without problems, and its people rank among the poorest in the world. Many of the people are starving; thus, there are thousands of deaths each year. Countries in Africa Nations in Europe once controlled most of Africa, but in the 1950s Africans started to win their independence and build new countries. Africa consists of two large areas made up of different lands and peoples. North Africa North Africa includes the world’s largest desert, the Sahara Desert, and stretches north to the Mediterranean Sea. This desert takes up more than one-fourth of the area of Africa. Between the Sahara and the Mediterranean seashore lies a coastal section, which receives rainfall that helps crops grow. Many people live here, and this area includes the lands of Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, and Egypt. Mostly Arab people, who speak Arabic and are Muslims, live in No
