Are Indigenous people inherently better at caring for natural areas, or does nature need to be protected from them? Both of these reductive stereotypes are often repeated, but neither gives the whole ...

Savannah native Janiqwa Nganga was recently initiated as Chief and Queen of the African Diaspora for the Bateke Tribe of the Congo. Nganga sees her new role as a bridge connecting the African diaspora ...

Streaming into Leopoldville last week, the delegates to the Congo’s first Parliament were a strange-looking lot. Some had the sharply pointed heads of a tribe that practices infant skull bandaging.

Exploring the remote rainforests of the Congo and meeting the tribes that live there. Ben Fogle experiences the vibrant culture that makes the country the 'beating heart of Africa'. Ben arrives in the ...