Racist “culture” explanations for African underdevelopment are falseGeography, climate, and trade shaped societies more than ...

The uplift of East Africa during the Miocene epoch dramatically transformed the region's climate and ecosystems, promoting ...

Eusebius McKaiser is the host a daily radio talk show in Johannesburg and the author of “A Bantu in My Bathroom: Debating Race, Sexuality and Other Uncomfortable South African Topics.” Updated July 30 ...

"In this episode of FactSpark, we are going to the eastern tip of the African continent and explore 5 astonishing ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. I share the view that the Mediterranean littoral belongs to Africa only in the ...

Last week Johnathan Bascom traveled 7,500 miles southeast and arrived back in East Africa.“Fewer and fewer geographers focus ...

W. D. Cooley's merits as a geographer, and even his founding of the Hakluyt Society, have been largely forgotten. He is noticed, if at all, as the most notorious of the 'armchair geographers' who ...

Two Korean research bodies have agreed to use their geosciences technology to create a combined database of Africa's geography and natural resources. On April 25, the Korea Institute of Geoscience and ...

Travelers fearful of Ebola are avoiding Africa or canceling long-planned safaris, creating dire consequences for the economy in Africa, tourism and government officials said. More than 13,000 people ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Abstract African sacred spaces in India are carved and maintained by mortal beings mostly hailing from the Sidi African-Indian community and ...

Today we commemorate Columbus Day, an American holiday observed in some states, perhaps for Christopher Columbus’s perseverance and bravery rather than his geographical knowledge. In light of recent ...