Southern Africa

Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. Within the region are numerous territories, including the Republic of South Africa; nowadays, the simpler term South Africa is generally reserved for the country in English.

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    If the study of his images
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    Within the very object that we seek,
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    America is not civil, whilst Africa is barbarous.
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