Sir Seretse Khama, the first president of Botswana and a highly regarded nationalist leader, guided his country to political and economic independence. The name 'Seretse' name means "the clay that ... Read More

You Must Set Forth at Dawn is the follow-up book to Wole Soyinka's acclaimed memoir of his childhood, Ake, published back in 1981. The Nigerian political activist and acclaimed writer ... Read More

The City of Johannesburg has an online facility for searching its cemetries, with a database dating back to the mid-1880s, when the first person in Johannesburg was buried. (According to ... Read More

A modern-day attempt to try and find the source of the Nile River furthest from the sea has put it deep in the Nyungwe Forest in Rwanda. The team, who ... Read More

How much do you know about the Egyptian Boy Pharoah Tutankhamun, and the discovery and excavation of his tomb by the British archaeologist Howard Carter? Find out by taking this ... Read More

The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa, opened in 2001 as part of a deal struck for the license of the Gold Reef City casino complex. The museum's stated aim ... Read More

Idi Amin, who became known as the 'Butcher of Uganda' for his brutal, despotic rule whilst president of Uganda in the 1970s, is possibly the most notorious of all ... Read More

There have been calls again recently for the Rosetta Stone to 'go home'. So, how much do you know about this famous example of hieroglyphic writing? Test your knowledge in ... Read More

"Genocide is not being committed in Darfur" according to an opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times by Michael Clough, ex-director of the Africa program of the Council on Foreign ... Read More

If you're in Cape Town, you've got until Sunday 21 May to see the Picasso and Africa exhibition on at the Iziko South African National Gallery. The exhibition includes more ... Read More

The historic buildings in Cairo are "receiving a much-needed facelift", reports Rose Aslan in Islamic Magazine. "Take a stroll into Historic Cairo and ... it seems as if nearly every ... Read More

What are the origins of the conflict happening in the Dafur region of Sudan? Where exactly is Dafur, who are the Janjaweed, and is it truly another genocide? About's World ... Read More

The head of Egypt’s antiquities council, Zahi Hawass, is campaigning to have Egyptian 'national icons' held by museums around the world returned. These include the Rosetta Stone from London, the bust ... Read More

Another sad day in African history... hippos have been added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources's Red List of Threatened Species. The reason: "over the ... Read More

Mary Henrietta Kingsley was a 19th-century British explorer and writer who greatly influenced European ideas about Africa and its people. Kingsley was an outspoken critic of European colonialism, a champion ... Read More

"Sunsets and starvation are good. Always use the word 'Africa' or 'Darkness', or 'Safari' in your title. ... Also useful are words such as 'Guerrillas', 'Timeless', 'Primordial', and 'Tribal'. Note ... Read More