Facts about Africa Missionaries In Africa

African continent has been suffering from several problems for many centuries including poverty, poor education standards, starvation, infectious diseases, famine, water, and slavery, among many others. Many government and non government organizations and agencies including missionaries from all over the world have been actively involved in solving some of these problems in some of the poorest countries in the world, mainly in the African continent.





Millions of people in some of the African countries including Uganda, Mombasa and Nairobi, to name the few, scattered over different remote regions of the nations try to eke out a living, often unable to survive due to lack of water, food, proper hygiene and sanitation facilities, and treatment for contagious diseases. Despite it being a land of natural treasure with rich sources of precious metals, Africa still continues to reel under some of the problems for which many missionaries are working in Africa. Missionaries of Africa and catholic societies of religious men reach out to thousands of men, women, and children to teach, heal and help them from some of the tragedies that has gripped the African nations for many centuries.

Big Brother Africa 3

Big Brother Africa 3 is the third series of an African Reality Television Show produced by Endemol, an international film and television distribution and production company based at Netherlands. Big Brother Africa, a reality show, was first aired in August 2008 and it covers 12 nations withing Africa, namely, Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The series portrays a contestant living in an isolated house in Johannesburg who tried to avoid being evicted by the viewers and the final contestant wins large amount of cash prize.





In every weekly show, the housemates nominate two other housemates for eviction in the diary room by giving justified and valid reasons. Moreover, every week , the viewers in the 12 countries vote to eliminate a housemate they do not like. Majority of the votes from any particular countries is counted to take the decision. Apart from the 12 countries, other countries in Africa also vote, which counts as 13th vote. Some of the nominees and winners from different countries include: Hazel Warren from Malawai, Latoya Lyakurwa from Tanzania, Lucille Naobes from Namibia, Mimi from Ghana, Morris Mugisha from Uganda, Munya from Zimbabwe, Ricco from Angola, Sheila from Kenya, Takondwa from Zambia, Tawana from Botswana, Thami from South Africa, and Uti from Nigeria.

Facts About Africa Day

May 25 is the Africa Day, which is celebrated as commemoration of founding of Organization of African Unity (OAU). On 25 May, 1963, leaders of 30 of the 32 independent states of Africa signed a founding charter in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. Then after in 1991, OAU established African Economic Community and in 2002, OAU became African Union. Thus, 25 May is celebrated every year as the Day of African Unity.





Africa Day is also celebrated by the African-Americans and many other nations in the world. 47th Africa Day was celebrated on 25 May 2010 in New York City. The function was hosted by African Union in collaboration with Universal peace Foundation and chaired by the United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon where 600 members including 17 Ambassadors were present. The function was followed by an amazing and festive banquet featuring cuisines and culinary from all the 53 member nations of Africa. The growing role of Africa as a world power and towards world peace was another main theme of The the Africa Day 2010.

Facts About Africa People of Africa

Africa is a continent that has one of the most diverse ethnic groups and people belonging to hundreds of different tribes that have their own languages and dialects. Bantu Language speaking people of Africa are one of the major ethnic groups who can be found in South, East and Central Africa. People in North Africa belong to main groups: Berber and Arabic speaking people. Before decolonization, Europeans could be found in almost all the parts of Africa. South Africa has the largest population of White Africans.





Bantu-speaking people, Nilotic groups, Pygmy people, indigenous Khoisan groups, Bushmen people from Kalahari Desert, Berbers, indigenous Egyptians, Semitic people, Tuareg nomadic people of Saharan Africa, Nubians, Nilo-Saharan, Amhara people, and Tigrayans are some of the native and indigenous peoples of africa. Apart from the native Africans, people of Africa also include an important minority of Afrikaners, Anglo-Africans, and Colored who constitute the largest European-Descended groups in Africa. As a result of British colonies and European colonialism, Africa also saw large communities of settlers from Asia and especially the Indian subcontinent.

Facts About Africa Colonialism in Africa

African continent is home to wide varieties of ethnic groups and people speaking hundreds of different languages and dialects. Colonization and Colonialism have been in existence in Africa for many centuries including rulers and peoples from Arab nations, European nations and Asia. Arabs from Asia arrived in Africa in the seventh century who brought along with them Islam and Arabic languages to Africa, North Africa in particular, which remains a predominantly Arab speaking nation. East Africa also has large population of Arab Muslims and Southwest Asian settlers.





Europeans are known to have their presence in Africa from Greek and Roman era. In 16th century, Portuguese and Dutch arrived in Africa and established trading posts and forts along the coasts between western and southern Africa. Today, a large population of descendants of Europeans, mainly Dutch, French and German can be found in South Africa. Furthermore, Portuguese people settled in Angola and Mozambique and Italians in Libya, Ethiopia and Somalia. A large presence of Britishers can be found in Rhodesia, South Africa and Kenya. Large communities of people from Indian origins can also be found in South Africa and other parts of Africa, who came to Africa as a result of European Colonialism and British Colonies.