Africa First Thoughts

The first thing that came to mind when I thought of Africa was the song Africa by Toto:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCca5mPMp9A
It makes me think that Africa is an enchanting place that someone can't be dragged away from because they love it so much.

It also made me think of this book I just read in AP Lit:

In this book, a man travels into the Congo and sees the atrocities that go on there in the name of progress. I thought of this book because of the injustice Africa experienced starting in the 1880's when Europe treated the continent as land for the taking.