What are the Top Ten African countries you feel contribute to the image of africa when it comes to culture, beauty, mentality, Historically and etc? Or When you think of Africa, what ten African countries pop into your mind.

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Personal opinion

1.South Africa -Passion, Economy, Music and Influence

2.Nigeria - Population, Economy, Art and Nollywood

3. Ethiopia- Historical infrastructure, origins

4.Egypt- History, knowledge and connections

5.Ghana- Passion, Pride, culture, ambitions and Art

6.Congo- History, diamonds, culture, connections

7.Rwanda- history, values, ambitions

8.Mozambique- Beauty, landscapes, art

9.Tanzania- Beauty, landscapes, climate

10.Mali- Rich History, ancient gold, untapped wealth

Rivertemz: Personal opinion

1.South Africa -Passion, Economy, Music and Influence

2.Nigeria - Population, Economy, Art and Nollywood

3. Ethiopia- Historical infrastructure, origins

4.Egypt- History, knowledge and connections

5.Ghana- Passion, Pride, culture, ambitions and Art

6.Congo- History, diamonds, culture, connections

7.Rwanda- history, values, ambitions

8.Mozambique- Beauty, landscapes, art

9.Tanzania- Beauty, landscapes, climate

10.Mali- Rich History, ancient gold, untapped wealth

Nice list

Image in what sense ?

Humm I don't believe the perception non Africans have about Africa and Africans really changed or is about to change, not that I care

And we shouldnt care , I'm only interested in nationalistic African countries , non white-western dependent countries with the population living well and being proud of who they are and what they have .
I don't see any tho I Believe Zimbabwe is the closest

Ghana-quite cocky sometimes

but very clean, neat, civilized people

For me it's:

South Africa
Economic influence, Nelson Mandela, Walt Disney movie Lion King, Shaka Zulu, Hosting the 2010 World cup, Patrice Motsepe, Gold
http://blogs.longwood.edu/khalilahali22/2013/04/29/african-music-in-the-lion-king/

Nigeria
Nollywood, Fashion, Economic influence, Music, Population, Art(bronze cast sculptures of the Oyo and Benin empire), Aliko Dangote, Oil

Egypt
Historical and biblical influence from the Nubian to Egyptian empire(Nefeteri, Cleopatra, Tut), Pyramids

Ghana
Ghana empire, Ashanti, Fashion, Black stars soccer team, Jerry Rawlings, Gold, Arts,

Kenya
Safari, Lupita Nyongo, President Barack Obama's Racial and heritage connection, Professor Maathai(first african woman to win Nobel peace prize)

Ethiopia
Historical, The birth place of humanity, Queen of Sheba, Never colonized, Coffee
http://www.abebatoursethiopia.com/about_ethiopia/interesting_facts

Madagascar
The Caribbean of Africa, lemurs, Unique wildlife not found in other parts of the world
http://www.escapehere.com/destination/8-cool-facts-about-madagascar/?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=eh_search&utm_term=facts%20about%20madagascar&gclid=CKjHj8PyscACFfA-MgodGBIAag

Congo
The birth place of soukous music, The great apes(gorillas) are only found there, gold, copper,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soukous

Zambia
Victoria falls, copper,

Tanzania
Mount Kilimanjaro, wildlife(elephants), world earliest skull found in Tanzania.
http://africabridge.org/2012/06/10-fun-facts-about-tanzania/

anonymous6:

Nice list

i wasn't specific enough, but i tried to get out of what i vaguely knew, but im well aware of the countries listed and some of their trade-marks as individual nations

Rivertemz: i wasn't specific enough, but i tried to get out of what i vaguely knew, but im well aware of the countries listed and some of their trade-marks as individual nations

if you want you can add to it but so far the list is good

CAMNEWTON4PRES: Image in what sense ?

Humm I don't believe the perception non Africans have about Africa and Africans really changed or is about to change, not that I care

And we shouldnt care , I'm only interested in nationalistic African countries , non white-western dependent countries with the population living well and being proud of who they are and what they have .
I don't see any tho I Believe Zimbabwe is the closest

Well when it comes to image I mean what comes to mind, and I am talking about people(including Africans) that know about Africa being a continent and know most of the countries to a extent. I understand what you mean about non-Africans perceptions, and you are right we shouldn't care but I do feel the perception of Africa from decades ago to now is different however There are many that believe that Africa is a jungle land, tarzan land, disease, corruption, war, starvation and etc and that view is not going away soon but many other images of Africa that wasn't never seen about africans decades ago are being seen more now by people due to technology. I don't think Africans should care but they should be aware about it.

Onilaiscool: Ghana-quite cocky sometimes

but very clean, neat, civilized people

One thing I know about Ghana is they don't have NEPA issues like Nigeria

Passion of what?

tck2000:
Passion of what?

what?