The idea of nations as neatly bordered spaces can be traced partly to medieval maps of biblical Israel. In A Nutshell ...

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Welcome to The War Room. This newsletter regularly covers Ukraine, Gaza and other geopolitical flashpoints, and rightly so.

This video explores the remarkable story of an African tribe that survives primarily on a single nutrient rich plant. Viewers ...

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Explore six books that highlight Black and Native histories—offering deeper insight into Afro-Indigenous experiences.

Safer also means safe from enslavement. Slavery continues to exist in Sudan. Since the 1990s the government encouraged the RSF in Western Sudan to raid non-Moslem black African tribes and take slaves.

Through tapestries of fringed strips of fabric, Abdoulaye Konaté explores the contemporary relevance of ancient signs and ...

The oil-rich west coast African nation of Nigeria continues to have problems with Islamic terrorist groups Boko Haram, and especially the local Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant/ISIL faction known ...

The number of people walking and commuting, on the streets of Soweto in the morning, is on a steady rise. Malls, which are ...

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