Afri was the name of several peoples who dwelt in North Africa near the provincial capital, Carthage. The Roman suffix "-ca" denotes "country or land".

Other etymologies that have been postulated for the ancient name 'Africa':

the Latin word aprica, meaning "sunny";
the Greek word aphrike, meaning "without cold." This was proposed by historian Leo Africanus (1488-1554), who suggested the Greek word phrike (Ï? ρίκη, meaning "cold and horror"), combined with the privative prefix "a-", thus indicating a land free of cold and horror.

definately the food !!!! :)


Peace

The diversity of ethnic backgrounds, languages (there's got to be more than 300 if you count all the tribal languages), religions, and food (how can i leave that out?!?!).

Perhaps it's many cultures and languages???? and no, I don't know what the original meaning of africa is......please tell us :)



Peace

i dont know the root but whats unique is nature
even the dirt in africa is special.

that smell of rain, that sound of it beating on the tin rooftops, those huge bananas, the jugle, forests, cliffs, everything in africa is just awesome.