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Africa

Africa is the second-largest continent in the world and second-most populous, after Asia. This tag page features articles about Africa and its 56 nations, from Yasuke, the samurai who fought in Japan in the 16th century to the influence of palm trees in Western Africa.

Related tags: Ancient Egypt | Cameroon | Ethiopia | Ghana | Kenya | Mauritius | Nigeria | South Africa | Asia

The Lagos Studio Archives: archiving the future of the Nigerian capital

Black Cultures, Cool Links, Culture, Lifestyle, Photography, Society, Visual ArtsMay 14, 2025October 14
Africa / archives / Instagram / Nigeria / social media

Nature.com on Mtamu Kililo confronting Kenya’s housing crisis by building with mushroom waste

Architecture, NatureMay 6, 2025May 6
Africa / houses / Kenya / plants / sustainability / vegetables

Atlas Obscura on Madagascar, the world's biggest vanilla grower

Food & DrinkMarch 30, 2025
Africa / Atlas Obscura / economics

Lola Akinmade Åkerström on Sweden, other Nordic countries, and their “erasure of cultural differences”

Black Cultures, Culture, Lifestyle, SocietySeptember 18, 2024September 18
Africa / Black women / Europe / Nigeria / racism / Sweden / women / women of colour

Climate and spice around the world

Food & DrinkJune 27, 2024June 27
Africa / Asia / Atlas Obscura / Ethiopia / Europe / spicy food / USA

A Queer reading list from North Africa and the Maghreb

Black Cultures, Books, Culture, History, SocietyJune 18, 2024June 18
Africa / feminism / gender / JSTOR / LGBTQ / philosophy

It’s Nice That spoke to Brad Ogbonna about his 'colourful and considerate depictions of the people of Dakar'

Black Cultures, Culture, PhotographyJune 15, 2024June 15
Africa / Senegal

Batman Saves the Congo

Books, Politics, SocietyJune 11, 2024May 30
Africa / Democratic Republic of Congo

Senegalese graffiti artist Zeinixx on her life, her graffiti, and her country

Art, Black Cultures, Culture, Visual ArtsJune 4, 2024May 30
Africa / Black art / Black women / Senegal / video / women / women of colour

30 facts about the culture of DR Congo

Art, Black Cultures, Culture, Food & Drink, History, Nature, Society, SportJune 2, 2024June 2
Africa / Democratic Republic of Congo
The DR Congo flag features a sky blue background, a yellow star in the upper left corner and a red stripe with a yellow trim running from the top right to bottom left.

The all-Black women aiming to climb to the top of Kilimanjaro in 2024

Black Cultures, Cool Links, Culture, TravelNovember 29, 2023October 2
Africa / Black America / Black women / geography / women / women of colour

Turning banana stems into useful fibres in Uganda

Black Cultures, Culture, Fashion, Lifestyle, Nature, SocietyOctober 27, 2023October 27
Africa / banana / sustainability / Uganda

The colonialist origins of the Benin Bronzes

Art, Black Cultures, Cool Links, History, SocietyApril 23, 2023October 2
Africa / Atlas Obscura / enslavement / Germany / Nigeria / racism

Mount Nyiragongo

NatureMarch 19, 2023March 21
Africa / volcanoes

Picking tea in Mauritius

Food & Drink, TravelDecember 23, 2022January 1
Africa / Mauritius / tea / video / women / women of colour
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