North Africa, and Italy across many centuries. Astrolabes were the “world’s first smartphone,” according to Cambridge University in a blog post announcing the discovery, a “portable ...

From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor was bolstered by the importation of African captives. At first, like their poor English counterparts, the Africans ...

By 2050, one in four people on the planet will be African. Early tremors of this seismic change are already registering around the world. By Declan Walsh and Hannah Reyes Morales The Sani family ...

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The Christian communities in North Africa were among the earliest in the world. Legend has it that Christianity was brought from Jerusalem to Alexandria on the Egyptian coast by Mark, one of the ...

Flat maps, aimed at providing a coherent projection of the Earth, are showing countries to be inaccurate in sizing. Some countries are shown to be a lot bigger than they really are in and around ...

Mansa Musa travelled to Mecca with a caravan of 60,000 men and 12,000 slaves Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world ... Atlas map from 1375, a drawing of an African king ...

Mansa Musa, King of Mali on a map of North Africa circa 1375 (Credit ... was the source of approximately 50% of the Old World’s gold supply. It was the wealth of West Africa and its natural ...

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Fifty years after Muhammad Ali fought George Foreman in Zaire, the fight still has lasting legacy in the country now known as ...

The map highlights the Nigerian city ... a blessing and a sensible bet to ensure care in old age. But for many in Kano — and across Africa — the economic and social calculation is changing.