Africa is the second largest continent in the world after Asia. It is very large, almost the size of an island, though Egypt connects it to Asia. Africa is about four times the size of the United States and is home to around 748 million people, including many children. The children in Africa like to play, dress up, read books in languages like Swahili, go to school, sing in choirs, and play sports, just like children in other parts of the world.