Africa

[tectak]

Thank you R.C!

aus·tral

adjective
1. southern.

2. ( initial capital letter ) Australian.

I used "austral" as another clue to the setting of the poem. A southern place, Africa. Funny though, how you native speakers react to the word. It seems as if it's not as intelligible as Dictionary.com suggests.

I like the word and would like to keep it, but please let me know if it's seriously out of place... I'm not a native speaker of English myself so sometimes I will have to take your word for it

It is the wrong word. Africa and Australia? Why confuse? RC got it right. You meant astral. What is a native speaker?
Best,
tighten up,
tectak