The blind Malian musician whose joyful songs changed west African music.

European travellers and anthropologists found that their gendered worldview didn’t easily map onto the societies they encountered.

It’s very rare that predators eat humans. However, every now and then, predators do develop a taste for people, such as an infamous episode in Tsavo, Kenya.

Taylor Swift is a member of the Lion King generation, which means that, for her, African landscapes are nothing more than a rich tapestry of flora and fauna