Send us a text In October 2025, the city of El Fasher in North Darfur fell to the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary organisation which has been engaged in a vicious civil war against the Sudanese armed forces. The United Nations says thousands have fled El Fasher since the RSF takeover. Over the course of the war the BBC says more than 150,000 people have died and about 12 million have fled their homes since the conflict broke out in April 2023. So how did we get here? The northeast Africa...
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Send us a text In October 2025, the city of El Fasher in North Darfur fell to the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary organisation which has been engaged in a vicious civil war against the Sudanese armed forces. The United Nations says thousands have fled El Fasher since the RSF takeover. Over the course of the war the BBC says more than 150,000 people have died and about 12 million have fled their homes since the conflict broke out in April 2023. So how did we get here? The northeast Africa...
Why don't we know more about the history of Africa?
History from a New Perspective
21 minutes
4 months ago
Why don't we know more about the history of Africa?
Want to learn more about the history of the African continent? From the ancient Nubian kingdoms of Sudan and Egypt to Mansa Musa's medieval Mali, to modern-day Ghana, we'll explore the rise and fall of civilizations and the lasting legacies they left behind. Joseph Keen spoke to Luke Pepera is a writer, broadcast, anthropologist, historian and author of "Motherland: A Journey through 500,000 Years of African Culture and Identity." Luke's Book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/motherland/luke...
History from a New Perspective
Send us a text In October 2025, the city of El Fasher in North Darfur fell to the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary organisation which has been engaged in a vicious civil war against the Sudanese armed forces. The United Nations says thousands have fled El Fasher since the RSF takeover. Over the course of the war the BBC says more than 150,000 people have died and about 12 million have fled their homes since the conflict broke out in April 2023. So how did we get here? The northeast Africa...
