THE publication of this little text-book in Macmillan's Geographical Series will be welcomed by all who are interested in geographical education, or who desire a handly and trustworthy compendium on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The film "Continent of Africa: Land Below the Sahara" explores the complex history and geography of Africa, particularly focusing on the impact of European colonization and the subsequent rise of ...

PHOTO: Cape Town, pictured here, is more than 2,000 miles from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. But if you buy into the little world news the mass media feeds us, you'd think that both regions ...

Geography and ecology are key factors that have influenced the genetic makeup of human groups in southern Africa, according to new research. By investigating the ancestries of twenty-two KhoeSan ...

Africa is the world’s second largest continent and contains over 50 countries. Africa is in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. It is spread across three of the major lines of latitude: the Tropic ...

What are the prospects for monetary integration in Africa, given both the long history of intergovernmental monetary agreements in the region and the status of current proposals? This book provides a ...