Africa

Mad "Hitler" from Uganda Joseph Kony and his "Lord's army" child killers

27-11-2024

Mad "Hitler" from Uganda Joseph Kony and his "Lord's army" ...

In 1960, located in the East of the African continent Uganda gained independence from Britain. But getting rid of colonial rule did ...

Acacia Tenere - the loneliest tree on our planet

24-11-2024

Acacia Tenere - the loneliest tree on our planet

Sometimes nature offers riddles that even modern science has difficulty answering. One of them can be considered the Tenere acacia, ...

Kosa-Krasa: African artist creates amazing sculptures out of my own hair

22-11-2024

Kosa-Krasa: African artist creates amazing sculptures out of ...

Every girl knows the feeling when you fall asleep with wet hair and Wake up in the morning with a sample of custom modern art on ...

Millions of pink flamingos

20-11-2024

Millions of pink flamingos

Lake Nakuru National Park is located in Kenya, 160 km northwest of Nairobi. "Nakuru "means"dusty place" in the Maasai language. In ...

Amazing architectural masterpieces African tribe

19-11-2024

Amazing architectural masterpieces African tribe

In the view inexperienced users poor African tribes live in dilapidated Bungalow, which is not a human dwelling. And even under the ...

Tunisia of the late 19th century on old colored postcards

19-11-2024

Tunisia of the late 19th century on old colored postcards

These magnificent colored postcards show Tunisia in all its splendor: here are busy streets, impressive architecture, and just the ...

"Tales of the Congo": a photo project that makes the heart beat to the African rhythm

10-11-2024

"Tales of the Congo": a photo project that makes the heart ...

Africa, which looks at you through the eyes of the natives living in the valley of the Congo, — alive and real. Before its ...

Laughter epidemic in Tanganyika in 1962. And it wasn't funny at all

01-11-2024

Laughter epidemic in Tanganyika in 1962. And it wasn't ...

In 1962, something strange happened in Tanganyika (now Tanzania) - students at one of the schools began to laugh for no reason. The ...

Mistress of Africa Al-Kahina: The witch the Arabs feared

30-10-2024

Mistress of Africa Al-Kahina: The witch the Arabs feared

In the Islamic world, men reign supreme and their authority is unshakable. Therefore, the Arab chronicles, which describe the ...

The last secret of the Great Alexander: where did two thousand Macedonian ships go?

28-10-2024

The last secret of the Great Alexander: where did two ...

By the age of 30, Alexander, the son of King Philip of Macedon, had become the ruler of a vast empire from Greece to India. Even ...

Baboon Wars: Aggressive Monkeys Attack People in Cape Town

18-10-2024

Baboon Wars: Aggressive Monkeys Attack People in Cape Town

What to do when nature declares war on man? In Cape Town, residents live under siege from aggressive baboons who raid houses and ...

Why do monkeys kill their young

17-10-2024

Why do monkeys kill their young

Scientists have long noticed that male chimpanzees are prone to infanticide. For many years, all sorts of assumptions have been ...

Charcoal portraits of hyperrealist Major Olajide

15-10-2024

Charcoal portraits of hyperrealist Major Olajide

There are many excellent artists in the world, but not everyone has the gift of depicting the world realistically. An artist from ...

A curious Barbarian had her nose torn off at the bazaar, or why were the Egyptian statues blocked from breathing?

08-10-2024

A curious Barbarian had her nose torn off at the bazaar, or ...

The statue of Venus de Milo without hands is a symbol of the era of ancient Greece. The sculpture of a pharaoh without a nose is ...

The murderous power of propaganda, or How "Thousand Hills Radio" became a catalyst for genocide

05-10-2024

The murderous power of propaganda, or How "Thousand Hills ...

We have all heard that propaganda is a deadly weapon. At the same time, many believe that this is an exaggeration. But the history ...

How did the lives of the Bushman Nkjau, which played a major role in the film "Perhaps the gods are mad."

05-10-2024

How did the lives of the Bushman Nkjau, which played a major ...

The future actor Nkjau was born in Namibia in the Bushman village Tsumkwe. He didn't know how old he is, didn't understand why we ...

Bushmen — the last battle for the first people of South Africa

04-10-2024

Bushmen — the last battle for the first people of South Africa

The rulers of the desert, the Bushmen are a small group of hunting tribes living in the south of the black continent, mainly on the ...

The story of the ghost boy Martin Pistorius, who became a prisoner of his body

01-10-2024

The story of the ghost boy Martin Pistorius, who became a ...

Among the many human phobias, one of the most terrible is the fear of being completely immobilized. Martin Pistorius from South ...

6 facts about the ai-ai — an animal whose name is forbidden to pronounce

30-09-2024

6 facts about the ai-ai — an animal whose name is forbidden ...

The Madagascar rukonozhka ai-ai is the only species of the rukonozhkov family and a regular participant in the anti-rating of the ...

African leopards in photographs by Greg du Toit

27-09-2024

African leopards in photographs by Greg du Toit

Greg du Toit is a professional wildlife photographer. He travels a lot in Africa in search of beautiful shots and in his lens ...

Amazakhs are indigenous light—skinned Africans related to Armenians

21-09-2024

Amazakhs are indigenous light—skinned Africans related to ...

It is generally believed that the indigenous population of Africa are people with dark skin or, at least, very dark and ...

Goats in trees in Morocco

17-09-2024

Goats in trees in Morocco

Morocco is a country famous not only for its colorful bazaars and ancient medinas, but also for one amazing natural phenomenon. In ...

Stone Forest in Madagascar

13-09-2024

Stone Forest in Madagascar

The Tsingi du Bemaraha Nature Reserve is located on the west coast of Madagascar and is famous for its amazing stone forest. The ...

How People Partyed in Africa in the Late 1960s

12-09-2024

How People Partyed in Africa in the Late 1960s

The late 60s, the sexual revolution, distant South Africa, the apartheid regime – it would seem that they have absolutely nothing ...

The Wild Side of Africa

09-09-2024

The Wild Side of Africa

During his trip to Africa, the famous Italian photographer Alex Bernasconi took thousands of pictures-from hiding hippos to ...

The Devil's Font at Victoria Falls

08-09-2024

The Devil's Font at Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls, or "Thundering Smoke" is located in South Africa, on the Zambezi River, between the countries of Zambia and ...