Mukuringataranyika ye Afurika, zvinovonikwa kuti inopatsanurana neYuropu pa Bhahari re Medhiteraniya ichinobatana neEzhiya paMuronga we Suwaisi apo panova panochekana napo Muronga we Suwaisi.Mugimbakirwa we Sinai uri mhiri kwe Muronga we Suwaisi munyika yeIjipita iri kumaodzanyemba eAfurika.
Nzvimbo iri kwakanyanya kuenda nechekuMaodzanyemba inonziRasi bhene Sakha ,Tunisia (37°21' N) ; iri kwakanyanya kuenda nechekuChamhembe inonziKabho Agulhasi muAfurika Chamhembe (34°51'15" S). Pakati penzvimbo idzi pane nhambwe inokwana makiromita ezvuruzvisere (8000km). Uko kwakanyanya kuenda nechekuMabvazuva kuneRasi Hafuni iri muSomariya (51°27'52" E); kwakanyanya kuenda nechekuMadokero kune Kabho Vherite (17°33'22" W). Kubva paRasi Hafuni kusvika kuKabho Vherite pane nhambwe inosvika makiromita ezvuruzvinomwe-nemazanamana (7,400km). Muganhu wemahombekombe eAfurika ne gungwa wakareba kusvika makiromita ezvuruzvemakumimaviri-netanhatu (26,000km).
Nyika hombesa muAfurika iArujeriya , nyika dukusa iSeyisheri yakavumbwa sechaunga chezvitsuwa zviri kuMabvazuva eAfurika. Nyika idukusa pagurunyika yeziwumbe iGambia .
Huwandu hwe vagari veAfurika hwakakwira zvakanyanya pamakore makumi mana apfuura, nokudaro Afurika ine vanhu vazhinji vechidiki. Mune dzimwe nyika dze Afurika chikamu chinodarika muzana wechishanu (50%) wevanhu vari pasi pamakore makumimavairi-neshanu (25) ekuberekwa. Huwandu hwe vanhu muAfurika hwakakwira kubva pamamiriyoni mazanamaviri-nemakumimavirinerimwe (221 mamiriyoni) muna 1950 kusvika pabhiriyoni-nekerishaiwe (1.0 bhiriyoni) muna2009
Marudzi evanhu vanotauramitauro ye Chibanthu ndivo vanotaura chikamu chikurusa mudunhu rinobva pakati peAfurika zvichienda kuchamhembe nekuchamhembechemabvazuva . Mudunhu iri munowanikwa wo marudzi evatema vechiNairi vanowanikwa kuChamhembe che Sudhani nekuMabvazuva eAfurika, pamwe neVaswahili uyeVakhoekhoe vanowanikwa kuchamhembe che Afurika. Marudzi eVakhoekhoe ndivo vanonzi vakatanaga kusvika kuchamhembe kwe Afurika kuchizotevera vatauri vendimi dzeChibanthu. Vakhoekhoe ndivo vane rudzi runonziVasan (Vasangovanhu muchikare).
KuMaodzanyemba kwe Afurika kune mapoka maviri:Vabheribhe neVaarabhu kumadokero; Vaijipita ne Varibhiya kumavirira. Verudzi rwechiArabhu vakasvika mudunhu iri muzanagore rechinomwe , ndivo vakawunza mutauro weChiarabhu nechinamato cheUyisalama kunzvimbo idzi. Vanhu veMarudzi aShemu vakauyawo mudunhu iri vachisanganisira:Vafonisi ne Vahysko -Vagiriki veVarhoma vakagarawo munzvimbo iyi. Verudzi rwechiBheribhe ndivo ruzhinji munyika yeMoroko uye muArujeriya mune Mabheribhe vane chitsama chakati kurei. Rudzi urwu ndirwo rune vanhu vanogara mugwenga reSahara pakazhinji.
Munyika dzeEriteriya neItopiya muneVaamhara neVatigiriya vanotaura mitauro yeMarudzi echiShemu iri pamupanda wendimi dze Afurika-Ezhiya. Mudunhu rimwechetero muneVaoromo neVasomari vanotaura mitauro yeMarudzi echiKushi iri pamupanda wendimi dzeAfurika-Ezhiya .
Mumwaka wakanga Afurika ichiri pasi peVarungu kwakanga kuine varungu munyika zhinji asi iye zvino vasara vane chitsama munyika shoma. Mumakore akawana nyika dze Afurika kuzvitonga varungu vakatama kubva munyika dzinoti:Arujeriya ,Kenya ,Kongo ,Rhodhezhiya ,Mazambuko neAngola . Zvinofungirwa kutiVaputukezi vanokwana miriyoni-rimwe nekerishaiwe (1.0 mamiriyoni) vakabuda muAfurika mumwaka 1960-1979. Parizvino varungu vanowanikwa vashoma munyika dzinoti:Afurika Chamhembe ,Zimbabwe ,Namibhiya neRhewuniyone (kurevaReunion ) . Nyika ine varungu vakawanda ndiyo Afurika Chamhembe uye nyika iyi ndiyo ine verudzi rwechiJudha zvakanyanya muAfurika- zvinonzi Afurika Chamhembe ine huwandu hwe zvuruzvemakummanomwe-nerimwe (71,000) verudzi rweVajudha . Marudzi ane madzitateguru vekuYuropu anosanganisira, Vafurikana (kurevaAfrikaner ),Vangirofurikani (kurevaAnglo-Africans ) (vakabva Bhuritani) uyeMakaradhi .
Kuvuya kwe Varungu vakavuya nechitsama chevanhu vakabva kuEzhiya zvikurusei marudzi eIndia. Misha inogara marudzi echiIndia inowanikwa muAfurika Chamhembe uye muKenya neTanzania . Zvitsuwa zviri muBhahari re India zvakagarwa vevanhu vakabva kuEzhiya- imwe nguva vairoorana neVaafurika pamwe neVayuropa . Vanhu vari muMatagadzikwa ndeverudzi rweOstironezhi asi vanosangana nemarudzi anotiVabanthu ,Vaarabhu , Vaindia ne Vayuropa. Mumwaka wachizana 20 kumahombekombe eAfrika kumabvazuva nekumadokero kwakasvikavo vane chitsama vemarudzi ekuRebhanoni neChayina .
Pakuverengwa kwemitauro yemuAfurika , kunonziziwumbe iri rine mitauro inosvika zviuruzviviri, (2000). Mitauro mizhinji irikuvarwa ndeye muAfurika asi kune imwewo yakavuya kubva kuYuropu ne Ezhiya. Kunonzi Afurika ndiyo nzvimbo ine vanhu vanotaura mitauro mizhinji pane dzimwe dzose.
Mugore raZvuruzviviri-neguminemotsi (2011) mumwedzi waKurume nyika yeJapani yakaita kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakasumudza mvura kubva mugungwa ikaita mafashama padunhu. Chiitiko ichi chakaparadza zvivakwa zvizhinji nehupenyu hwevanhu. KuChamhembe kweAfurika kundengenyeka kwenyika kushoma; mugore raZvuruzviviri-nemotsi (2001) Afurika Chamhembe, Vutswana ne Zimbabwe dzakanzwawo kundengenyeka kwenyika asi hapana zvivakwa zvakaparadzwa. Padambudziko iri musiki wakaropafadza dunhu reAfurika.