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AFRICAN CONTINENT  

An overview of the African continent and how it relates to racism today.

More than 1.5 million people in East Africa need emergency food assistance in the wake of the worst flooding to hit the African continent in decades.

African music has been influenced by styles from the US and Europe but has still managed to maintain it's own unique characteristics making for a new 'flavor' that will keep you dancing for ages.

A survey and basic overview of ancient African kingdoms after their neolithic settlement.

The demographics of Ghana, like many other African nations, are ethnically diverse and the country is home to several dozen ethnic groups. The most notable and pre-dominant groups that can be found in Ghana, however, are the Akan, Ewe, Ga-Adangme, and the Mole-Dagban tribes.

Benin is a former French colony that was formerly known as Dahomey, which was an important African kingdom composed of several regional tribes.

Tips on what to do on an African Safari in malaria free zones for your next family vacation

This essay is a dialogue on the typical life of an American paralelled with that of an African who must walk as far as 10 miles to pump clean water for herself and her famiy from the nearest well. The 1000 Wells project provides clean drinking water.

Racism among black people does not merely begin with white people or the slavery, but has been going on for centuries and it is still growing strong

The primary ethnic groups, however, are the Kalenjin, Luhya, Luo, Kikuyu, and Maasai, those there are hundreds of other known ethnic groups in the country.

African models seem to be a multifaceted group of people who are dedicated to giving back to their communities.

An overview of the transitions to independence after the World War II of the partitioned African continent.

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30,300,000 km² (11,700,000 sq mi) including its adjacent islands, it covers 5.9% of the Earth's total surface area, and 20.3% of the total land area.

The African Children's Choir Journey for Hope Tour will visit cities throughout the southeastern U.S. during February and March. They will perform at 8 pm, Saturday, February 2, 2008, at the Ferst Center for the Arts on the Georgia Tech campus in downtown Atlanta.

The democratic victory in Sierra Leone last year and its lessons for the entire African continent

Editors of the International Research Confederacy on African Literature and Culture (IRCALC) are currently receiving submissions in existing literatures of Africa.

Shoebill storks, which are also known as whale-headed storks, are found in Africa, and will normally inhabit the eastern side of the continent. Generally, the majority of their population can be found in Sudan, and in the wetlands of northern Uganda and western Tanzania.

Herlded as the 'ships of the desert' the Camel now symbolises the nomadic ways of the Arabian and North African deserts. But the nomads have America to thank for their hardy and reliable transportation.

This article is about the efforts of an african bishop to save the anglican communion from homosexuality

Cairo (al-qahrah) is the most populated city in the African continent and the only surviving wonder of the ancient world.

Elementary school children in Lancaster County, PA building wells in African Villages

As if Google search engines needed one more "Top Ten" list---Here is a list of Hollywood's hottest ten African American actors on the scene. See if you agree!

Chad is among the most diverse countries on the African continent, with over 200 known ethnicities within the country. There are also over 100 languages used in Chad, though French and Arabic are the official languages and are the most widely-spoken

This article is an aide to give insight into the measures being taken through scientific study to assist African-Americans in discovering their roots.

The Council on Foreign Relations has released a new backgrounder on the African migration to Europe.

A sweet and revealing film about a young African Christian and his experience of Jerusalem and the Israeli people.

the works of G. W. F. Hegel and Joseph Conrad paint a horrid picture of early African tribes; however, novelist Chinua Achebe, in his novel Things Fall Apart, sets forth an entirely different analysis of early Negro societies.

Africa is a huge continent with many different countries and regional specialties in food. Saying I like African food would be like saying I like European food.

If I am African-American, isn't every white person European-American?

As news headlines continue to report on events in Africa while more Africa-produced items are appearing in Western homes, public awareness of the continent's capabilities is growing.

The essay Bombay Gardens: Asian Contribution to Black African Oppression deals with the Asian Expulsion from Uganda in 1972. Based on the novel Bombay Gardens, the essay addresses the proliferation of racism throughout Uganda from Colonialism to the Asian Expulsion.

Elements of the African worldview within film.

The African American music and dance, speech and strong personality carry the African American culture to play a pivotal role in their rich history, powerful literature, and political movements that revealed around the world.

A short dive into the department of cinema to understand the business of film in Ghana and surrounding African countries.

A look at how the affects of modernization on African culture on the roles and definition on African women.

There was a point in history when the African artisans were teaching the Greeks and Romans and building an art history to pass on to the generations to come. However, these great builders, sculptors, and creators were taken from their homeland.

After being protected for years, African elephants are once again being subjected to wholesale slaughter for their ivory tusks. What has rekindled this horrific practice?

An overview of colonial rule in Africa and how it impacted the African contenent.

When traveling to Africa, consider the health status of the region. This is an overview of CCHF, Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever

Touch the stone that St. Joan of Arc kissed. See a hockey ballet. Be awed by African dioramas. All this and more when you visit Milwaukee!

Installment #2 in the "Give a Shit" series.

Africa's many countries face many problems including famine, war, lack of basic necessities and ineffective governments. Here are some international organizations that exist to help bring hope to the continent

A journey into the life of Ousmane Sembene and his work as a Senegalese Filmmaker

With vegetables and legumes as the primary food choice of North Africa, travelers to the region should be well versed in the dietary restrictions to ensure health is not impacted.

This article explains the differences between black Americans and Africans

A look back at how the African nation of Zimbabwe came to existence and why its twenty five years of independent government have been largely a failure.

Of all malaria cases in the world ninety percent are in Africa.