Africa ndiro ziwumbe riri panzvimbo yechipiri pakukura kwenharaunda uye Africa ndiyo yechipiri pakuwanda kwehugari hwavanhu ichitevera Asia. Nharaunda yeAfrica yakakura kusvika 30.2 million km², izvi zvichisanganisira zvitsuwa zviri pedyo nayo. Chikamu chinosvika 6% yenharaunda yeEarth chinotorwa ne ziwumbe reAfrica uye chikamu chinosvika 20.4% chevhu chiri muAfrica. Africa yakapoteredzwa ne: gungwa reMediteranean kuMaodzanyemba; gungwa reIndian Ocean kuMabvazuva nekuChamhembe; negungwa reAtlantic kuMadokero nekuChamhembe. Madagascar ndiyo chitsuwa chikuru chinoverengwa kuva mudunhu reAfrica. Zvimwe zvitsuwa zvinosanganisira: Seychelles; Mauritius; Cape Verde; Equitorial Guinea; Robben Island; Zanzibar nezvimwewo zvidiki. Africa ine vanhu vanosvika 1.2 billion (2016) vazhinji vacho vanhu vatema. Vanhu vekuEurope vakapamba Africa mumwaka wechizana 19 (19th century); pakazopera mwaka wechizana 20 Africa yose yanga yawana rusununguko. Ghana ndiyo yakatanga kuwana rusununguko mugore ra1957 , Namibia ndiyo yakapedzisira mugore ra1990. Africa inopatsanurana neEurope pagungwa reMediterranean ichinobatana neAsia paSuez panova panocheka napo muronga Suez Canal. Dunhu reSinai riri mhiri kwemuronga Suez Canal munyika yeEgypt rinoverengwa kunzi riri muAfrica.