Most African countries lack accurate local base maps, stalling all sorts of government and business decisions. A new project ...

Do you know how big Africa really is? According to experts, most of us don’t, and it’s because the maps we grew up with weren’t telling the full story. Earlier this month, the African Union endorsed a ...

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Includes map of "States and kingdoms of pre-colonial Africa," physical map of Africa, col. ill., text, and cultural and ethnographic information.