Dark Continent

British  

noun

1. a term for Africa when it was relatively unexplored

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Example Sentences

It might have been the first time you saw Africa and its leaders depicted in this way—not as a “dark continent,” but as a land rich in history and accomplishment.

From Slate

Step by step, we discover the rationale behind some of the staging decisions we have been watching — why Greenidge’s Marlow, for example, is now a Black female P.I., or why it’s Europe that has become a “dark continent” devoured by a “sociopathic capitalism.”

From New York Times

Our life experiences are mysterious and unknowable; our minds are Freud’s “dark continent”.

From The Guardian

Zoo animals from New York meet others of their species for the first time after crash-landing on the Dark Continent.

From Los Angeles Times

Tarzan movies featuring great white hunters stalking exotic beasts in Africa dropped out of popularity decades ago, but sport hunting for trophies killed on “The Dark Continent” has persisted despite dramatic population declines among lions and other animal groups.

From Washington Times