Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has said ...
Feature on AfricaQuest, an Internet class accompanying a real-life bike trip through the Great Rift Valley in October-November 1998. Illustrations (color, map).
FOX 10 Phoenix: Africa is much bigger than most maps show, and a new campaign wants that fixed
African advocacy groups launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map with the Equal Earth projection. The African Union endorsed the effort, saying the distorted map minimizes Africa’s global ...
Africa is much bigger than most maps show, and a new campaign wants that fixed
For generations, students, leaders, and media audiences around the globe have gazed at maps that lie—maps that diminish Africa’s size and, along with it, its place in the world. But a new campaign is ...
The New York Times: Africa Is Big, and It Wants the World’s Maps to Show It
Africa Is Big, and It Wants the World’s Maps to Show It
The Washington Post: Here’s how Africa wants to redraw the world map
The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the African Union wants to use instead ...
insider.si.edu: Adventure in Africa : a virtual tour of the Great Rift Valley / Lawrence H. Robbins
Adventure in Africa : a virtual tour of the Great Rift Valley / Lawrence H. Robbins
South African photographer Shem Compion remembers precisely when his love affair with the Great Rift Valley began. In 2002, in his twenties and in search of adventure, Compion saved what he could, ...
Live Science: Earth from space: Trio of multicolor lakes look otherworldly in Africa's Great Rift Valley
Earth from space: Trio of multicolor lakes look otherworldly in Africa's Great Rift Valley
Scientists studied the western and eastern branches of the Great Rift Valley of East Africa. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert ...