South African American Culture Research Paper

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Peder Schroeder
Mr. Frye
World Geography 8th Beta
24 September 2014
Egypt, Guinea, South Africa the Story of Geography
There are many different places in Africa. In this paper you will learn about Egypt, South Africa, and Equatorial Guinea. You will learn of the different foods and music. There are many cultures and religions throughout Africa and many countries have different music and different foods.

The African Government is split up into many different “states”, each one having a different government. South Africa’s food is mostly meat based. South Africa has eleven different languages. Egypt’s food is mostly vegetarian based but they do have some meats. Equatorial Guinea’s food is vegetables and meats and fish. The main religion of Egypt is Muslim but used to be Egyptian. The main religion of Equatorial Guinea is Christian. Some Equatorial Guineans believe in witchcraft. The religion of South africa is about 79.8% Christian, 1.4% are muslims, 1.2% are hindus, 0.3% are traditional religions, 0.2% are judaism, 15.1% are nothing, 0.6% are other, and 1.4% are unspecified.
You won't find many of the same music or foods in the many countries of africa. You never know what you might find. Many people in South Africa are
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Brief Guide to the Department of Egyptian and Classical Art.
10: Marvin Lewis (2007). An Introduction to the Literature of Equatorial Guinea
11: Midant-Reynes, Béatrix. The Prehistory of Egypt: From the First Egyptians to the First

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