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Story behind a 19th-century Lagos photograph featuring three ordinary women traders, teachers, and healers during colonial Nigeria's transformation.

After his wife’s death, a man places a plaque by the lake. Twenty years later, it's removed—but he and his son still find peace where it once stood.

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Explore Somalia's most dangerous areas beyond the Green Line. Learn why these zones are off-limits and what travelers and journalists must know.

Nigeria is Africa’s beer belly—literally and culturally. Discover why the Bulge of Africa is a brewing powerhouse beer lovers can’t ignore.

Rabbit learned the hard way in this African folktale to never to make the moon angry and most importantly never interfere with a messenger.