BBT Week 4

How big is Africa?

Well, the following part is sort of ruined for me, since I already know where we are heading. But I'll pretend I don't know what is going to happen and proceed with answering the prompt of this BBT.

To begin, I want to say that I don't know any actual accurate measurements. And as my World History teacher, you already know my limited knowledge in geography. Therefore, my interpretation of the size of Africa depends on the maps that I see. This puts me at the mercy of distortions and illusory tricks. Usually, cartographers stretch different countries/continents to fit different standards and perspectives. At the end of the day, I guess I just don't know how big Africa is. I have measurements,statistics, but those huge numbers have no meaning for me. The things I know for sure are that Africa is too big for me to visualize with my naked eye, the way I am right now. I also know that Africa is smaller than Asia and bigger than Europe. But I cannot make observations that are more precise, and I have to base myself in general observations.
So going back to the question "How big is Africa?". I think that I can provide general descriptions but nothing deeper. Africa is bigger than Europe and smaller than Asia. I do not know accurate measurements, and even if I did, that information will just be a bunch of digits for me, that I cannot really visualize or grasp completely.