We came, we saw, we sipped. We also talked to those in the spirits scene in Africa, to discuss the continent's growing impact on the way we drink.

A reader of the blog posted on Twitter a collage of 36 prominent books set in or about Africa, all of which seem to have the same sort of image on the cover: of a drooping, usually solitary acacia ...

Africa seems to be the only continent today that is regularly referred to as a "country." It bristles me every time I hear it said. It’s reminiscent of Ronald Reagan’s chatter with the press ...

While outbreaks of new, exotic infectious diseases — as well as the resurgence of old killers — have surfaced all over the globe in the past decade, no continent has been harder hit than Africa.