Explore how Africa’s colonial borders still shape politics, conflicts, and identities across the continent today.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Historic Maps of Africa collection includes 78 maps and dates from circa 1631 to 1973. Geographic content of individual maps varies from ...

Africa`s last colony gained its independence Wednesday as white-ruled South Africa surrendered its long dominion over the territory of Namibia. Cheers went up at the independence ceremony at ...

African advocacy organizations have initiated a paradigm shift by initiating a resulting campaign to replace the twisted Mercator map that distorts the African continent by 14 times to be replaced by ...

Thursday night’s opening of the FNB Art Joburg fair was marked by a powerful artistic and historical moment as Africa Re-Union made its debut, a monumental canvas that reclaims Africa’s narrative by ...

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...

From the rock shelters of southern Africa to the royal courts of Buganda, fluidity shaped ritual, healing, and community.