Global Area #6 "Africa"
Africa has 54 Sovereign Countries Spread Across 12 Regions
Africa has the largest number of sovereign countries and is the global area divided into the most Worldguru Academy regions with 54 countries and 12 regions. Africa is home to the World's newest country; South Sudan. Africa is also home to the country with the most recent name change; eSwatini which used to be Swaziland. The absolute monarch was tired of people outside of Africa confusing Swaziland with Switzerland which prompted the name change. More information about eSwatini's name change can be found in this National Geographic news article .
For Worldguru Academy's purposes, Africa is divided into twelve regions :
Mediterranean Africa
containing 5 sovereign countries
Saharan Africa
containing 5 sovereign countries
The Heart of Africa
containing 2 sovereign countries
Horn of Africa
containing 4 sovereign countries
Equatorial Africa
containing 5 sovereign countries
Africa's Armpit
containing 3 sovereign countries
Gold Coast of Africa
containing 5 sovereign countries
Africa's Western Coast
containing 6 sovereign countries
African Island Nations
containing 5 sovereign countries
Sub Equatorial Africa
containing 6 sovereign countries
Just Above South Africa
containing 5 sovereign countries
South Africa & the Big Island
containing 4 sovereign countries
Global Area Header:
1 Global Area Location Globe #1 details.#1: Solely used to identify the current global area.
2 Global Area Location Globe #2 details.#2 Located at the far right of the global area theme image is a clickable globe And, will transport you to the next "Global Area" along Worldguru Academy's Route thru the World.
3 Horizontal Menu #3 details.#3 Is the Global Area page's "Horizontal Menu" containing 4 menu items :
from left to right:
The Ubiquitous "Home" button
Clicking "Home" returns you to Worldguru Academy's "Home Page" where you can easily navigate to any of the 6 Global Areas containing sovereign countries.
"Regions" button
Hovering over the "Regions" button produces a drop down menu that provides an alternative means of selecting the desired region you wish to study contained in the global area.
"Route Visualization Tool" button
Every "Global Area" SVG map has a subtle depiction of Worldguru Academy's "Route thru the World" as it traverses each global area. The "Route Visualization Tool" removes all subtlety from the route and the country locations along it.
"Quiz" button
Hovering over the "Quiz" button produces a drop down menu that lets you select 1 of 3 quizzes or find out about the quizzes.
Just above the "Horizontal Menu" you will find navigation "breadcrumbs" which indicate your current location as well as provide an alternative means of navigating to other parts of the site.
Global Area SVG Map:
Africa's SVG Global Area Map!
Oceania -> Asia -> Europe -> North America -> South America -> Africa
Route Visualization Tool
The "Route Visualization Tool " accessed through the "Horizontal Menu" shows the "Route thru the World" depicted in an obvious manner with numbered circles over each country's capital. When a numbered circle is moused over the name of the capital followed by the name of the country belonging to the circled location is displayed.
