Africa was once a country. Around AD 435, the Roman province of Africa, located in modern Tunisia and Algeria, was conquered by the Vandals, who made it an independent kingdom whose capital was Carthage, now a suburb of Tunis. When the Romans reconquered Africa in 534, they made it an exarchy—a semi-independent province, which might technically be called a country—which endured until the Arab conquest of 698.
If I were Palin, after the coronation, I would be all over the place, Leno, SNL again, interviews, conferences for governors abroad for any reason, writing articles, giving speeches etc. Unfortunately not much you can do until the coronation since after that our President will officially no longer be the first Afrian American President but a mutt instead.