"Africa... where the web of life is spun from cheaper thread! Africa... where elephants have a graveyard and men are left to rot where they fall! Africa... where pestilence, carnage, and rapine are not disasters but a way of life! Africa... dark flame that lures the ruthless human moths who lust for easy riches! Africa... home of the fierce t'ungala warriors who have no word for "mercy"... or "wheel" or "calendar" or "disinfectant" or "light bulb", "printing press", "steam engine", "fork", "can opener", "telescope", "toilet paper", slow down, you're rolling it too fast! I can't read it if you roll it so fast! That's better. It is written that a wise man was once asked "What are the four principle products of Africa?" and, without hesitation he replied, "Gold, ivory, diamonds, and blood!""

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