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We dive deep into a 1935 map of Africa, a relic that captures a pivotal moment in the continent's history. Join us as we explore the map’s significance, uncovering the changes and challenges ...
A collection of rare maps of Africa, dating from 1530 to 1915, has been made freely available on the internet by Northwestern University in the US. Curator David Easterbrook says the antique maps not ...
A French map of Africa, c. 1911 (PD). By the time World War I broke out, Britain and France collectively controlled 45% of Africa’s population. Germany, late to the show, held on to 9%. This ...
We have spent a lot of time considering these questions and others related particularly to maps since a map of southern Africa’s rivers that one of us, Sukhmani, created and posted on Facebook.
Facebook has created AI-based population maps before, but it's now generating them on a truly massive scale. The social site is releasing new, ultra-detailed population density maps that cover the ...
An incredible map shows the most widely spoken languages in each country in Africa. There are believed to be between 1,000 and 2,000 distinct languages across the continent, which have roots in ...
Thomas Bullock (Rub 'N Tug, A.R.E. Weapons) and DJ Harvey's polarizing Map of Africa debut LP-- which, like records from contemporaries Arboretum and A Mountain of One, feels like a re-creation of ...