Archaeological finds indicate that the area of today’s Botswana was settled long before the Christian era began (eg Smithfield, Wilton culture). Around 2,000 years ago, the area (and all of…
Small groups of Bushmen (pygmies) presumably lived in the area of what is now Benin as hunters and gatherers before the Christian era. After the first millennium AD Different tribes…
Beginnings From the 6th century AD various Bantu peoples settled on the territory of today’s Angola. They drove the originally resident “Bushmen” (San). From 1400, northern parts of the area…
Antiquity to the Middle Ages The territory of today’s Algeria was in ancient times part of the territory of Carthage, at that time the most important maritime and commercial power…
Traveling around Africa is not quite as easy as traveling around Europe and vaccinations will usually be required. But it is not on long roads as difficult as it may…