This picture is not worth a thousand words.

This is my shirt. It really doesn't mean much.

An outline of the continent of Africa doesn't say much does it? It doesn't tell you the culture of the each of the individual tribes, peoples, and nations that live on this continent, many of whom are separated by arbitrary borders because of the colonial legacy. It doesn't tell you about their religious differences, religious similarities, cultural practices, languages, experiences, politics, everyday life...

So why do we continually refer to the continent of Africa as if it were made up of one kind of people?