Archaeologists deconstructed these monumental ancient graves scattered across the desert of eastern Africa and found several ...

He writes that those first African nomads took with them: “Complex language, abstract thinking, a compulsion to make art, and a genius for technological innovation.” They thrived everywhere.

For the Fulani nomads of West Africa cattle are their life-blood. To make way for rice-farming, they must move their herds seasonally, but this annual migration has been disrupted by years of drought.