Africa: Did you mean...?

A photograph showing a parade of African Askari troops commanded by German officers in German East Africa. Taken some time during the First World War (1914-18). German Federal Archives

Disregarding the extremely inhospitable spots even the most stubborn of us have enough common sense to avoid, humans have managed to cover an extraordinary amount of territory on this earth. Go back 200,000 years, however...

A map indicating the general direction and timings of the spread of Islam in Africa from the 7th to 18th century CE

A cartoon in the French magazine "L'illustration" (January 3, 1885) presenting a critical view of the Berlin Conference 1884-5. It depicts Otto von Bismarck (1815-98), Chancellor of Germany, cutting a cake labeled...

A cover from a 1905 edition of Puck magazine showing a caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941). The cartoon is suggesting the German monarch's interest in Morocco in North Africa, epitomised in the Moroccan Crises...

An 1880s photograph of ivory traders in East Africa.

An early-20th-century painting by Wilhelm Kuhnert depicting German-led African Askari troops at the Battle of Mahenge during the Maji-Maji Rebellion (1905-7) against colonial rule in German East Africa.

A satellite image by the European Space Agency (ESA) of Africa's Great Lakes. Top centre is Lake Victoria. Bottom left is Lake Tanganyika. Top left is Lake Albert.

A photograph showing Dar es-Salaam when it was the capital of German East Africa. Taken some time just before or during the First World War (1914-18). German Federal Archives

A photograph of a group of Supermarine Spitfires of the Royal Canadian Air Force at Goubrine in the North Africa Campaign during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)