Reports started to surface less than 20 years ago about an amazing geological phenomena that was occurring in Africa: the continent was breaking apart. There were tremors occurring in various nations, causing a man’s house to split in half. Evidence of a continental rift, a process that could someday split Africa into two distinct landmasses, was beginning to emerge from beneath the surface of the Earth.
But why is Africa fracturing in the first place, and what does that mean for the continent’s population? This essay will examine the intriguing topic of continental rifting and how it is changing the geological landscape of Africa.
