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1. No African country names begin with the letters F, H, I, J, O, P, Q, V, W, X, or Y.

2. Africa is surrounded by water but by definition Africa is not an island because Africa is a continent.

3. The Republic of the Congo is one of the most urbanized countries in Africa.

Bees and Flies Were Once Human Folktale

Bees and Flies Were Once Human Folktale

Traditional folktale originating among the tribal people of Ethiopia



African folktale bees and flies were once human is a daring folklore nature myth of receiving reward for being busy as a bee. 


African folktale, bees and flies were once human is a daring folklore nature myth of receiving reward for being busy as a bee.


Two tribes of people who lived together were not at all alike, for one of the tribes looked for food and carried it away to put it up safely before the summer rains ended, while the other played and sang and danced all day long.


"Come and play with us," said the lazy people, but the busy workers answered, "No, come and work with us. The dry months will soon be here and if we do not put up food now we shall have none for the dry months."


So the busy people bought honey from the flowers, but the lazy people kept on playing. They laughed together and whispered to one another, "See those busy workers! They will have food for two tribes, and they will give us some. Let us go and dance."


While the summer lasted, one tribe worked and the other played. When the dry weather came, the busy workers were sorry for their friends and said, "Let us give them some of our honey." So the people who played had as much food as if they, too, had brought honey from the flowers.


Another summer was coming, and the workers said, "If we should make our home near the lilies that give us honey, it would be easier to get our food." So the workers flew away, but the lazy people played and danced as they had done before while their friends were near, for they thought, "Oh, they will come back and bring us some honey."


The dry months came, but the lazy people had nothing to eat, and the workers did not come with food. God of the earth said to them, "Dear little workers, you shall no longer walk from flower to flower. I will give you wings, and you shall be bees. Whenever men hear a gentle humming, they will say, 'Those are the busy bees, and their wings were given them because they were wise and good."


To the other tribe God of the earth said, "You shall be flies, and you, too, shall have wings; but while the workers fly from flower to flower and eat the yellow honey, you shall have for your food only what has been thrown away. 



Africa is surrounded by water but is not an island, here are a few African Island facts.

Madagascar is the 4th large island in the world and is located in the Indian Ocean supporting a unique biology, about 90% of its plants and animals are found nowhere else on earth.

Composed of 155 islands, Seychelles is Africa's smallest country. By far the largest island is Mahe, home to about 90% of the population and the site of its capital city of Victoria.

Cabo Verde has a strategic location 310 miles or 500 km from the west coast of Africa near major north-south sea routes; important communications station; important sea and air refueling site.

Africa is surrounded by water but by definition Africa is not an island because Africa is a continent. Continents can not be considered islands because of their size and also by historic definition since many people who study geography define islands and continents as two different things.

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