continent

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Up a spiral staircase in his Nairobi workshop, surrounded by springs and stems, minute hands and hour chimes, Ravinder maintains a family tradition that spans two anti-colonial uprisings, three continents and five generations.

From The Wall Street Journal

Eva's childhood would also see her regularly travelling across Europe to attend different schools, being taken in by various people as she moved around the continent.

From BBC

I guarded that tape like it was made of gold, carrying it across continents and oceans, until it gave up the ghost.

From Salon

Widely considered East Africa’s leading novelist and one of the continent’s most articulate social critics, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o examined the enduring traumatic effects of colonialism on both individuals and the national psyche.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ghana in recent years has been promoting itself as a destination for people from the continent and the African diaspora to visit.

From BBC