Dark Continent may refer to:
- A 19th century expression previously used to describe Africa, particularly Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Dark Continent (album), an album by Wall of Voodoo
- Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century, a book on 20th century European history by Mark Mazower
Famous quotes containing the words dark and/or continent:
“If any personal description of me is thought desirable, it may be said, I am, in height, six feet, four inches, nearly; lean in flesh, weighing, on an average, one hundred and eighty pounds; dark complexion, with course black hair, and grey eyes—no other marks or brands recollected.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“What a prodigious growth this English race, especially the American branch of it, is having! How soon will it subdue and occupy all the wild parts of this continent and of the islands adjacent. No prophecy, however seemingly extravagant, as to future achievements in this way [is] likely to equal the reality.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)