African History

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Diverse Africans from different generations speaking indigenous languages in a modern community setting, highlighting Africa's rich linguistic diversity, multilingualism and cultural identity.

African Languages

Why African Languages Matter in the Modern World

Why African languages matter is a question that has become increasingly important in today's interconnected world. Walk through almost any major African city and you may hear several languages before lunch. A conversation at home might happen in one language, a business meeting in another, a classroom lesson in a third, and a television or radio broadcast in yet another. For millions of Africans, switching between languages is simply part […]

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Illustration of Africa's historical journey from early human origins to ancient kingdoms, trade routes and modern African cities.

African History

A Beginner’s Guide to African History

This beginner's guide to African history begins with a simple idea: the story of Africa is far older, broader and more diverse than many people realise. For many readers, African history begins with the transatlantic slave trade or European colonialism. Those events are undeniably important, but they represent only a relatively recent chapter in the story of the world's second-largest continent. Africa's history stretches back millions of years. It is […]

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