Looking at Africa as a single entity has been a question of how the world perceives it. When news about Africa hits the stands it is rarely about specific places but rather a story about the whole of Africa. Seeing Africa as one thing has led most of the world, especially Western cultures, to view it in a generalized way, which has led to a negative stereotype of Africa and its people. During the period of European expansion, many in Europe knew only about Africa, through the letters of self-styled anthropologists and adventurers who described Africa as a dark continent; the people were dark-skinned and primitive; they worshiped idols and practiced mysticism. This was evident in the way the British colonist described Africans and Africa as “the savage was the very embodiment of filth and disorder, his moral affliction all of a piece with his physical degeneration and his environment pestilential” (Comaroff 216). The earth was dark, hot and humid; full of jungles that hid all kinds of dangers. The animals were wild and ferocious, every step whether on land or river was a step into the unknown. The idea that Africa was Europe before it became civilized excited people who were tired of mundane life and wanted an adventure. Unfortunately, this image of Africa and Africans has never disappeared; in fact, it just grew. Soon it was the task of the Churches of Europe to go to Africa and bring salvation there, it was the task of the empires to go there and bring with them the light of civilization. This image of Africa as a place of primitive cultures and decadence created the stereotype of what Africa was in the eyes of the world. This same stereotype, a dark and primitive place, recurs again... in the middle of the paper... and does not replace them. Many of the conflicts that have arisen stem from this problem. The problem with Africa is that the world fails to see it in a way where it is not a single place but rather a continent full of diversity. Until the stereotype of what Africa and Africans are disappears, the problems they afflict will always remain. African issues are not solved in the same way as the problems of Western countries, but must be seen from another perspective that takes into account how different each place really is. Stereotyping is a problem that affects many things, and what's interesting is the amount of energy many Western nations, particularly the United States, invest in educating people about it. Yet at the same time, when we talk about Africa, when we talk about the problems that Africa faces, the problem is to only see Africa as a whole..