I remember back in secondary (high) school in Nigeria, we were taught about the different continents on the planet. Learning about the countries and capitals of the world was important in my geography class. I was finally able to understand that some countries have funny names such as Turkey and Hungary, and that Switzerland and Swaziland are two different countries. So coming to the USA I expected people to also know about the countries in Africa. So imagine how I felt when someone here tells me that Africa is a country. Someone could say "Hey I want to go to Africa", but also say, "I want to go to France",... or Italy, or England. So its okay to know that Europe is made up of different countries while Africa is just one. How is it possible that we were made to learn about other countries in other continents but out there they do not learn about the 54 African countries? You will be amazed that some people do not even know that countries like Lesotho and Swaziland exist, and that Madagascar is also made up of humans.Well, we can say that this is not very well stressed in schools and educational institutions. You can also talk about the media and public personalities. For example the American rapper, Rick Ross, once tweeted, "Just landed in the beautiful country of Africa". As expected he came under scrutiny from many of his followers. Maybe if Africa is taken more seriously then people will be forced to do more research on what we have on our planet. The bottom line is, let us try to learn about things we do not know. They sound basic but some people do not take out time to utilize google to its full potential. Social network is not the only way to get information. As earlier stated, there are 53 countries in African today, so that means Africa is NOT a country.
