The British colonization of Africa reshaped an entire continent - politically, economically, and culturally. In this video, I ...

The map of Africa by treaty by Hertslet, Edward, Sir, 1824-1902; Brant, R. W. (Richard William), 1852-1934; Sherwood, H. L. (Harry Leslie), 1863-1946; Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian ...

Africa is the premier journal devoted to the study of African societies and culture. Published as the journal of the International African Institute, editorial policy encourages an interdisciplinary ...

New research reveals why early human attempts to leave Africa repeatedly failed—until one group succeeded spectacularly around 50,000 years ago. Scientists discovered that before this successful ...

The Zambian government has won a last-minute court order stopping the private burial of former President Edgar Lungu in South Africa.

A research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has released Africa's first high-resolution rice distribution map, featuring a resolution ...

Research led by Earth scientists at the University of Southampton has uncovered evidence of rhythmic surges of molten mantle rock rising from deep within the Earth beneath Africa. These pulses are ...

A deep, rhythmic pulse has been found surging like a heartbeat deep under Africa. At the Afar triple junction under Ethiopia, where three tectonic plates meet, molten magma pounds the planet's crust ...