Africa’s misrepresentation on world maps is not just a cartographic error—it’s a narrative issue,” said Moky Makura, Executive Director of Africa No Filter.

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A University of Kansas researcher has spent years studying "aquaterra"—his term for regions around the world once populated ...

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It is also a worrying sign that M23 ’s patron, Rwanda, may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map of the region—and, in doing so, risk another catastrophic African war.

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.