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Why this old map explains modern African borders

This video breaks down a rare 1866 map of Africa created just before the Scramble for the continent began. It reveals ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Interactive map gets closer to pinpointing African origins erased during slave trade

A collaboration between CU Boulder’s Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis and Digital Slavery Research Lab aims to regenerate identities using statsitics. Conflicts among African ...
Los Angeles Times

14 Greenlands fit inside Africa: Campaign gains global momentum for map accuracy

DAKAR, Senegal — On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in their ...
The Economist

Rwanda’s reckless plan to redraw the map of Africa

THE RESIDENTS of Goma are no strangers to war. The largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has long been a refuge for those fleeing from violence elsewhere in one of the ...