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A 9 500-year-old cremation in northern Malawi shows hunter-gatherers engaged in complex ritual practices far earlier than previously thought. (Designed on Canva)
AFRICA

Malawi cremation site rewrites Africa’s burial history

A 9 500-year-old cremation in northern Malawi shows hunter-gatherers engaged in complex ritual practices far earlier than previously thought

  • Collins Mtika
4 min read
The Dutch arrived in the Cape to set up a refreshment station. Photo: File
AFRICA

A history of Africa’s post-Pleistocene productivity: A benefit, or a curse?

Africa’s rich history, beginning with adaptable hunter-gatherers, highlights its resilience, productivity and the importance of reclaiming its heritage

  • Andrew B Smith
9 min read
Eating into land: Only 12% of the earth’s rangelands are protected and industrial-scale farmers as well as pastoralists such as these from Nigeria are causing these areas to shrink. Photo: Luis Tato/AFP
AFRICAN SAVANNAS

First-of-its-kind rangeland atlas pushes for protection

Rangelands are ‘nature’s gift to humanity’, but have been overlooked, neglected

  • Sheree Bega
3 min read
Inside Koaxa Shelter there are at least 16 animal species that have been painted, including lion, hyena and locusts.
BOTSWANA

Unearthing the neglected role of hunter-gatherers in social transformation

Studies continue to reveal a far more complex history than that recorded by colonial settlers, missionaries and travellers

  • Tim Forssman
5 min read