The Story of the Fourth of July. We celebrate American Independence Day on the Fourth of July every year. We think of July 4, 1776, as a day that represents the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United States of America as an independent nation.
there are 6 islands in Africa so if you count the islands and the countries in Africa it will bring you to a total of 53.
For the purposes of our research, we counted 15 landlocked countries in Africa. Of the six landlocked countries in southern Africa, we used data from Botswana, Malawi and Zambia, excluding only Lesotho and Swaziland (being small countries surrounded by South Africa) and Zimbabwe (due to data issues).