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aardvark	a large mammal with a long snout, long ears, a long tail, and with long fur mostly around its legs. Aardvarks are active at night, when they use their powerful claws to dig open ant or termite nests. They catch their food with their long, sticky tongue. Aardvarks live in southern and central Africa. Although they are sometimes called anteaters, aardvarks are not closely related to any other kind of mammal.
acacia	a tree that grows in tropical areas of the world, especially in parts of Africa and Australia. The branches of an acacia spread out very wide and evenly across the top. Sometimes the top of the tree looks almost flat.
Africa	the second largest continent. Africa is south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. It is in the Eastern Hemisphere.
African	of or having to do with Africa, or its people or languages. [2 definitions]
Afro	of or pertaining to Africa (often used in combination). [1/2 definitions]
Afro-Eurasia	the land mass of Earth that includes all of Africa, Europe, and Asia.
Albert Schweitzer	a French physician, musician, and missionary in Africa (b.1875--d.1965).
Algeria	a country in northern Africa. Algiers is the capital of Algeria.
Angola	a country on the western coast of Africa. Luanda is the capital of Angola.
antelope	an animal with horns, a long neck, long legs, and hooves. Antelopes are known for their fast running. Antelopes are mammals that eat plants and chew their cud. The smallest kind of antelope is only one foot tall; the largest antelope is six feet tall at the shoulder. Gazelles, gnus, and impalas are all antelopes. Most antelopes live in Africa; some also live in Asia. [1/2 definitions]
aoudad	a wild sheep of northern Africa with long, thick, curved horns and long fringes of hair on the neck, chest, and forelegs.
apartheid	a policy of racial segregation, esp. the official segregation of blacks and whites as it existed in the Republic of South Africa from 1948 until 1994.
ape	a mammal in the group of primates, which includes chimpanzees, gibbons, gorillas, and orangutans. Apes do not have tails. They have very flexible hands and feet. Apes range in size from three to six feet tall, and they can weigh up to 450 pounds. Apes live in the forests in Africa and Asia. [1/2 definitions]
Arabian camel	the single-humped camel native to the area from North Africa to India; dromedary. (Cf. Bactrian camel.)
asp	any of several small, poisonous snakes found in Africa and Asia Minor, such as the cobra or horned viper.
ass	a mammal with long legs and hooves that is closely related to the horse. A donkey is a domestic ass. Asses look like horses but are smaller and have longer ears. Wild asses live in Africa and Asia and are in danger of becoming extinct. [1/2 definitions]
Atlantic	an ocean bordered by Europe and Africa on the east and North and South America on the west; Atlantic Ocean.
Atlantic Ocean	an ocean that is bordered by Europe and Africa on the east and by North and South America on the west.
Atlas Mountains	a range of mountains in northwest Africa stretching across the southwestern part of Morocco and northern parts of Algeria and Tunisia.
aurochs	an extinct wild ox once common in northern Africa, Europe, and western Asia, and probably an ancestor of domestic cattle. [1/2 definitions]
Australopithecine	a tool-making primate of an extinct genus of hominids that inhabited eastern and southern Africa.

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