Changes: United States of Africa

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Africa relief map — Africa, as it was seen in TOS: "The Cage"

The United States of Africa was the country on Earth in the 23rd century, that was stated in the original series' writers' bible as being the birthplace of Uhura. [1] The first edition of the Star Trek Concordance, by Bjo Trimble, states that TAS: "The Counter-Clock Incident" may have at one point referenced the United States of Africa, but the reference was apparently dropped from the final edit.

StarTrek.com, the official website, has also adopted the United States of Africa as Uhura's place of birth. This fact was also mentioned in the first edition of the Star Trek Chronology, by Michael and Denise Okuda.

In the 1977 Writers'/Directors' Guide for Star Trek: Phase II – the abortive second series – Uhura was noted as having instead been born in the "African Confederacy". This may have led to the naming of Geordi La Forge's birthplace as the African Confederation in Star Trek: The Next Generation episode TNG: "Cause and Effect".

In the real world, a formation of a United States of Africa has been proposed among the 53 African countries; forerunners of a such a proposal are the Organization of African Unity (1963-2002) and its successor the African Union (2002 to the present).

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United States of Africa at Wikipedia

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-The '''United States of Africa''' is a political body located in [[Africa]] in the [[23rd century]]. [[Uhura]] was born in the United States of Africa in [[2239]].
+The '''United States of Africa''' was the [[country]] on [[Earth]] in the [[23rd century]], that was stated in [[TOS|the original series]]' writers' bible as being the birthplace of [[Nyota Uhura|Uhura]]. [http://leethomson.myzen.co.uk/Star_Trek/1_Original_Series/Star_Trek_TOS_Writer's_Guide.pdf] The first edition of the ''[[Star Trek Concordance]]'', by [[Bjo Trimble]], states that {{TAS|The Counter-Clock Incident}} may have at one point referenced the United States of Africa, but the reference was apparently dropped from the final edit.
-:'''Also see''': [[African Confederation]]
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-==Background==
-Although not [[canon]], the United States of Africa was suggested in [[TOS|the original series]]' writers' bible as Uhura's birthplace, but has never been confirmed by any on screen reference.
+[[StarTrek.com]], the official website, has also adopted the United States of Africa as Uhura's place of birth. This fact was also mentioned in the first edition of the ''[[Star Trek Chronology]]'', by [[Michael Okuda|Michael]] and [[Denise Okuda]].
-The first edition of the ''[[Star Trek Concordance]]'', by [[Bjo Trimble]], suggests that "[[The Counter-Clock Incident]]" ([[TAS]]) may have at one point referenced the United States of Africa, but the reference was apparently dropped from the final edit.
+In the 1977 Writers'/Directors' Guide for ''[[Star Trek: Phase II]]'' &ndash; the abortive second series &ndash; Uhura was noted as having instead been born in the "African Confederacy". This may have led to the naming of [[Geordi La Forge]]'s birthplace as the [[African Confederation]] in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode {{TNG|Cause and Effect}}.
-The writers' bible reference to the United States of Africa would also be picked up on in the first edition of the ''[[Star Trek Chronology]]'', by [[Michael Okuda|Michael]] and [[Denise Okuda]].
+In the real world, a formation of a United States of Africa has been proposed among the 53 African countries; forerunners of a such a proposal are the {{w|Organisation of African Unity|Organization of African Unity}} (1963-2002) and its successor the {{w|African Union|African Union}} (2002 to the present).
-[http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/character/1112511.html StarTrek.com], the "official website", has also adopted the United States of Africa as Uhura's place of birth.
+==External links==
-It is interesting to note that in the 1977 Writers'/Directors' Guide for Star Trek II - the abortive second series - Uhura was noted as having instead been born in the "African Confederacy". This may have led to the naming of [[Geordi La Forge]]'s birthplace as the African Confederation.
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+* {{wikipedia|United States of Africa}}
-[[Category:Earth nation-states]]
-[[de:Vereinigte Staaten von Afrika]]
 [[nl:Verenigde Staten van Afrika]]
+[[Category:Unused production material]]