Abundance flipped to fragility: extraction without regeneration consumes itself. For centuries, outsiders looked at Africa and saw limitless treasure—gold, diamonds, oil, forests, fertile land.

When you pour a glass of water or grab a bottle from the store, it feels brand new, clean, cold, and fresh. But the water you drink is often ancient. Some of it fell as rain thousands, even millions, ...

Trace a ray of sunshine leaving the surface of the sun, racing across space, and striking the African continent. From orbit, the first thing it illuminates is a vast sweep of color: a golden-beige ...

Imagine if we moved 300 of NYC's heaviest people to Cairo. Why experts believe most would lose weight and what our cities can learn from it. Obesity is a complex disease with genetic, psychological, ...

Discover how iconic African dances become low-impact, high-joy workouts when practiced in water. Ever wondered what it feels like to try energetic African dances in a pool? On land, they test balance, ...

Captain JAMES BRIGGS (of Dighton, Mass.), seeks stout and able-bodied Seamen for a swift and lucrative trading voyage aboard the sloop HOPE. · ROUTE: Providence → WINDWARD COAST of AFRICA → DANISH ...

The roots of call and response run deep in African traditions, where music, oral storytelling, and spiritual rituals relied on this style of communication. In many African societies, it was not enough ...

We go to nature for escape, for a pretty backdrop to our lives. But a journey into the heart of a true wilderness like the vast savannahs of East Africa offers no such gentle escape. It doesn't just ...

The Vulture's Cycle of Life and Death: Nature's Ultimate Clean-Up Crew Africa has many different types of vultures, and each one is specially adapted to live in its own environment. This demonstrates ...

In many African cultures, death is not an end but a transition. Ancestors remain part of the community, offering wisdom and protection. Festivals invite them home with dance, music, food, and ritual.

Tolkien occasionally hints at loose correspondences—Middle-earth as a poetic name for the inhabited world, or “west/east/south” in compass terms—but he never locks his map to our continents. This is ...

NAIROBI, Kenya – As of August 11, 2025, the world is grappling with the aftermath of one of Africa’s deadliest cult-related tragedies in recent memory. The Shakahola Forest massacre, where over 400 ...