A name like Anaesia speaks to the facts of history about the continent as the first home of all humans and where the first human language was spoken. Jonathan O. Chimakonam , Associate professor ...

The next 100 years will not be Africa's century, but neither will they see the continent stagnate and fall behind the Northern Hemisphere. History never works that simply. Editorial Standards ...

The Story of Africa tells the history of the continent from an African perspective. Africa's top historians take a fresh look at the events and characters that have shaped the continent from the ...

An African History of Africa, by Zeinab Badawi.Mariner Books, 532 pages. The famed American journalist John Gunther opened Inside Africa, his expansive history of the continent in the evening of ...

How many continents are there, seven, six, or even fewer? The answer depends on who you ask. In this video, we explore the surprising debate over the number of continents on Earth, revealing how ...

Africa seems to be the only continent today that is regularly referred to as a "country." It bristles me every time I hear it said. It’s reminiscent of Ronald Reagan’s chatter with the press ...

Modern-day Africa was the keystone of Gondwana, the aggregated mass of southern continents that co-existed for nearly 400m years. That supercontinent has since split apart, creating the land ...

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – A leading African priest and intellectual, Father Stan Chu Ilo says Africa’s history can be explained as “a history of extraversion and violence,”- the idea that the ...

N ot to pick on Sarah Palin, but it’s troubling for all Americans when there are rumors that a former Vice Presidential candidate thinks Africa is a country, not a continent. Africa is a blurry ...