On the surface, it’s just an old map—but every border tells a deeper story. This 1935 view of Africa offers a striking look into colonial power and how it shaped the continent ...

Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global ...

The African Union has voiced support for the adoption of a map that more accurately displays the real size of Africa. Also, ...

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century ...

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. These data can ...

Inset map underscores the gap between Africa and other parts of the world in terms of published ancient genomes. Ancient DNA preserved between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn is rare.

"The culmination of twenty years' research, New Currents, Ancient Rivers is the largest survey of contemporary African art, presenting nearly 150 artists of sub-Saharan Africa, primarily from Nigeria, ...