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We dive deep into a 1935 map of Africa, a relic that captures a pivotal moment in the continent's history. Join us as we explore the map’s significance, uncovering the changes and challenges ...
The General History of Africa (GHA) is a pioneering corpus, ... All volumes are richly illustrated with maps, charts, figures and diagrams and a selection of black and white photographs. The texts, ...
For centuries, the Mercator map – one of the most widely used world maps – has shrunk the African continent, distorting its scale and minimising its global significance. Africa covers 30,37-million ...
A little-known element is shedding light on the transatlantic slave trade. Researchers have assembled a map of strontium, a naturally occurring element, across sub-Saharan Africa.
First, it compresses and misrepresents millennia of African history in the “precolonial” period and by so doing casts Africa as a land where nothing changed for vast stretches of time. Second, it ...
It is common knowledge that Africa is the land of diverse cultures and identities. ... Africa: Film Uncovering Africa's Untold History, Correcting the Narrative. 2 January 2025.