Explore the continent’s most historic markets, where trade and tradition meet. These markets preserve Africa’s rich cultural ...

Papers presented at a conference held at the Centre of West African Studies, Birmingham University, June 11-13, 2009. Contents pt. 1. African-European relations -- pt. 2. The Atlantic dimension -- pt.

The economic consolidation achieved in the formative years of independence, followed by paradigm shifts in the economic ...

An international team of scientists has tentatively found some of the earliest indications of alcoholic drink production in the Patos Lagoon region of Brazil. State-of-the-art analysis of pottery ...

Pre-colonial people in Brazil may have gathered in summer months to feast on migratory fish and share alcoholic drinks, a new study suggests. An international team – involving scientists from the ...