Africa is a continent NOT a country

Confessions of the Mind criticises those who persist in referring to Africa as a country “Africa is a continent and not a country”.…”I am really tired of having my continent generalized and also having Nigerian folks here telling me that: When I go back to Africa *in the midst of non-Africans and Africans alike*Yeah I know Africa, but can you please be specific. You don’t get non-Africans going when I go back to Europe or something like that. Or say they speak “European”

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