Malawi shares its name with the Chewa word for flames and is linked to the Maravi people from whom the...

Madagascar was one of the last major habitable landmasses on earth to be settled by humans. While there is some...

Berbers have inhabited central north Africa since ancient times, but Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Persians, Egyptians, Romans, and Vandals have all...

With 28 ethnic groups and languages, Liberia is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world. For hundreds...

Paramount chief MOSHOESHOE I consolidated what would become Basutoland in the early 19th century and made himself king in 1822....

Trade centers such as Mombasa have existed along the Kenyan and Tanzanian coastlines, known as the Land of Zanj, since...

For much of its history, Guinea-Bissau was under the control of the Mali Empire and the Kaabu Kingdom. In the...

Guinea's deep Muslim heritage arrived via the neighboring Almoravid Empire in the 11th century. Following Almoravid decline, Guinea existed on...

Ghana is a multiethnic country rich in natural resources and is one of the most stable and democratic countries in...

In the 10th century, Muslim merchants established some of The Gambia’s earliest large settlements as trans-Saharan trade hubs. These settlements...

Gabon, a sparsely populated country known for its dense rainforests and vast petroleum reserves, is one of the most prosperous...