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Ja A. Jahannes: Morocco – A Taste of Arab Africa
Nothing prepared me for Morocco! The splendid diversity of its cities, the exquisite and abundant cuisine, the contrasting landscape and the bustling busy energy of its people. Though Morocco…
Ja A. Jahannes: Chester Higgins – Images of The African Diaspora
Chester Higgins, Jr. is the undisputable preeminent photographer of the African Diaspora. His books of photographs and his exquisite narrative essays of ordinary and extraordinary African Americans and Africans living…
Africa: Malawi
Bordering South Africa east coast are the 3 M’s; Mozambique, Malawi and Madagascar. Madagascar is not within the Continent of Africa; It is an island located in the Indian Ocean…
Africa: Overview
Africa, the second largest of the earth’s seven continents, covering about 30,330,000 sq km (about 11,699,000 sq mi), including its adjacent islands.It comprises about 22 percent of the world’s total…
Africa: Climate
The climate of Africa, more than that of any other continent, is generally uniform. This results from the position of the continent in the Tropical Zone, the impact of cool…
Africa: 1990 Demography
Although Africa covers about one-fifth of the total world land surface, it has only about 12 percent of its population. In 1990 the total population of the continent was estimated…
Africa: Drainage Networks
Six major drainage networks exist in Africa. With the exception of the Chad Basin, all have outlets to the sea and all are cut by steep cataracts or rapids that…
Africa: Ethnography
In the northern portion of the continent, including the Sahara, Causasoid peoples-mainly Berbers and Arabs-predominate. They constitute about one-quarter of the continent’s population. South of the Sahara, Negroid peoples, constituting…
