Across Africa, animals are more than just animals.

They are symbols.

They are messengers.

Sometimes… they are family.

In East Africa, the lion represents royalty. In parts of West Africa, the leopar....

In The Gambia, you can walk up to a full-grown West African crocodile and touch it.

Heavy. Ancient. Two metres of muscle and scale, lying on the bank in the sun.

You can crouch beside it, stroke its back, lift its tail, a....

Sooner or later, most countries face the same question:

What language represents the nation?

Somalia chose Somali.
Nigeria chose English.
Tanzania chose Swahili.

Even countries with dozens of languages u....

Every year, without fail, the River Nile would rise.

The water would spill over its banks, swallowing farmland and forcing entire communities to higher ground. Then, just as predictably, it would retreat, leaving behind rich, dar....

Picture this: It's 1962 in Bangui.

Children play football in dusty streets. Women carry water from the Ubangi River. Market vendors sell cassava and dried fish.

In the recently independent nation, life continues as it has....

It is often said that the dog is man’s best friend.

Burkinabè people disagree.

In Burkina Faso, the horse reigns supreme.

You see horses everywhere.

From the nation’s coat of arms, which....

Power does not always begin with conquest.

Sometimes it begins with patience.

With waiting.

With learning how to live in a place where the land decides what is possible.

For nearly a thousand years, the Ka....