Historical Readings

Mapungubwe was an early kingdom in southern Africa, located in the present-day Limpopo province of South Africa, near that country’s...

Gold Coast, section of the coast of the Gulf of Guinea, in Africa. It extends approximately from Axim, Ghana, or...

Located on the Trans-Gambia Highway, Farafenni is a Gambian town and an important center of commerce in the country, just...

Mali, a trading empire that flourished in western Africa till the 17th century. The Mali empire developed from the state...

Kélo, the capital of the department of Tandjilé Ouest in Chad, has a population of approximately 42,000 people. The city...

Tadjourah is located in the Djibouti’s region of Tadjourah and is also the regional capital of this region. The distance...

Bouaké, the second-largest city in Ivory Coast, with a population of 740,000 (2021 census). Bouaké was established as a French...

Lagos was originally inhabited by the Awori subgroup of the Yoruba people in the 15th century, who called it “Oko”....

Radio’s influence is likely to endure, with podcasts complementing rather than replacing traditional broadcasts. A 2022 survey across 34 African countries found...

German involvement in Tanzania began in 1890 when Berlin decided to take over administration of east African territories which German...