Africa, Told Region by Region
Stone cities, scholars' libraries, woven cloth, smoky jollof and drums that speak. A guide to the places, foods, music and history of a continent of 54 countries.
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14 deep dives
Bongara Bongara is a hub for the cultures of Africa, from the medinas of Morocco to the painted homesteads of South Africa. Each page names the peoples, places and centuries behind a tradition, so you can go beyond the postcard and understand where it comes from and who keeps it alive today.
Great Zimbabwe
The stone city that named a country
The Timbuktu Manuscripts
Libraries of the Sahel, saved in secret
The Benin Bronzes
Royal art of the Edo kingdom
Lalibela
Churches carved down into the rock
Lamu and the Swahili Coast
Coral stone, dhows and ocean trade
The Medina of Fes
A medieval city still at work
Jollof Rice
West Africa's favourite party rice
Injera
The spongy teff bread of Ethiopia
Moroccan Tagine
Slow cooking under a clay cone
The Talking Drum
A drum that speaks in tones
Afrobeat and Fela Kuti
Lagos grooves with a political edge
Congolese Rumba
The sound of the two Congos
Kente Cloth
Ghana's woven strips of meaning
Ndebele House Painting
Bold geometry on South African walls
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