This New Ocean in Africa Will Terrify the Entire World Africa is undergoing a dramatic transformation, a process so extraordinary that it’s reshaping the continent itself. The Earth’s crust beneath East Africa is breaking apart, tearing one of the largest landmasses on the planet into pieces. The Somali and Nubian tectonic plates are pulling away from each other, and a rift is expanding at an almost imperceptible rate, and it’s giving way to an ocean that would take the world with it. In this video, we’re going to bring you all the information about what’s going on, and if there’s a way we’d come out of this in one piece.