Burundi
Burundi and Rwanda were once merged together by European colonists
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Cameroon
Has the tallest mountain in west Africa, Mt. Cameroon
Chad
Named after Lake Chad
Eqypt
The great pyramid of Giza is the oldest of the ancient 7 wonders of the world
Kenya
On reaching the age of 18, a male belonging to the Maasai tribe has to undergo circumcision, if he screams, he is banished from the community forever
Malawi
Malawians do not own identity cards, using drivers licenses and passports as proof of identity.
Mali
Mansa Musa, emperor of the Malian empire in the early 1300s made his pilgrimage to Mecca with 12,000 slaves, 60000 men and 80 camels that each carried between30-50 pounds of gold.
Sudan
The country’s official name is derived from the Arabic bilad al-sudan, which means “land of the blacks”
Tanzania
Has the world’s largest volcano crater, the Ngorongoro
Zambia
Second biggest copper producer in Africa
Zimbabwe
In 2004, a tremor occurred in Zimbabwe for the first time
