Africa is the world’s second largest continent and contains over 50 countries. Africa is in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. It is spread across three of the major lines of latitude: the ...

Land Below the Sahara" explores the complex history and geography of Africa, particularly focusing on the impact of European colonization and the subsequent rise of independent nations. It highlights ...

Given enough time—at least several million years—those processes will produce dramatic changes in the geography of Africa: The Afar depression and the entire Great Rift Valley will cradle a ...

Schlichter read a paper on “Ptolemy's Geography of Eastern Equatorial Africa.” Ptolemy, as a geographer, has received very different treatment at different times at the hands of his critics.