Africa has hosted many great empires over the ages, but despite having contact with both Europe and Asia, did not keep up ...

Nikkolas Smith, the bestselling illustrator, has a new children's book that takes a look at the innovative, creative dawn of ...

Africa's top historians take a fresh look at the events and characters that have shaped the continent from the origins of humankind to the end of South African apartheid. See the rise and fall of ...

Stretching 4,000 miles, the East African Rift System is one of the largest in the world—and scientists just uncovered the ...

Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.