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Why Africa is called as a dark continent?

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Which continent is called the black continent?

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Where continent was referred to as the 'Dark Continent'?

Africa.


Which continent is known as 'dark continent'?

Africa.


What nicknames became attached to Africa?

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Why did the aprica called the dark continents?

Africa was called the Dark Continent because no outsider dared to go into the interior of the continent. It was filled with jungles and unknown diseases. That is why Europeans especially stuck to the coast.


What nickname was given to Africa from all the deaths of explorers?

I believe that it was called "The dark continent." Dark had nothing to do with skin color.


Why is Australia known as the dark continent?

Australia is not known as the "Dark Continent", that would be Africa.


Africa is referred to as what?

The Dark Continent


What is ment by 'dark continent'?

Africa


What was Africa nicknamed?

The Dark Continent


Why was West Africa called the dark continent given its political background?

because they were sold as slaves


Africa is know as the continent?

It was known as the Dark Continent in the past.