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Lagos Social Media Week: A local's guide to the city

updated 8:21 AM EST, Thu February 21, 2013

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updated 6:17 AM EDT, Thu May 16, 2013
As the boat approaches Bunce Island, it's hard to shake off the eerie feeling of being transported back into one of history's darkest chapters.
updated 7:22 AM EDT, Tue May 14, 2013
Growing DNA evidence and archeological finds suggest we all started in Africa before migrating around the world.
updated 8:46 AM EDT, Tue May 7, 2013
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Portuguese aid worker Pedro Matos launched The Darfur Sartorialist project after being amazed by the fashion he saw in Sudan.
updated 11:54 AM EDT, Thu May 2, 2013
Half a century ago, the quest for interplanetary exploration between the Earth's superpowers gained a new, self-proclaimed, contender.
updated 6:20 AM EDT, Tue April 23, 2013
Growing up opposite a garbage heap inspired Kenyan artist Cyrus Kabiru to create stunning artworks from waste.
updated 3:26 PM EDT, Sun April 21, 2013
Last year, 60 park rangers were killed in the line of duty. But rangers in Cameroon are willing to risk their lives to save the African forest elephant.
updated 12:28 PM EDT, Tue April 9, 2013
A competitor crosses the erg Znaigui during the second stage of the 26rd edition of the 'Marathon des Sables', on April 4, 2011, some 300 Kilometers, South of Ouarzazate in Morocco. The marathon is considered one of the hardest in the world, with 900 participants having to walk 250 kms (150 miles) for seven days in the Moroccan Sahara.
Would you pay thousands of dollars to spend seven days running under the scorching sun of the Sahara Desert?
updated 6:34 AM EDT, Thu April 4, 2013
Barefeet Theatre is aiming to transform the lives of street children in Zambia by using performing arts as a way of engaging youths.
updated 7:53 AM EDT, Thu March 28, 2013
Waayaha Cusub is a hip-hop group famous for their hardcore songs attacking Somali warlords.
The jarring sounds of war have longed echoed over Mogadishu. Now it's time for music to rock the Somali capital.
updated 6:28 AM EDT, Fri March 22, 2013
Saran Kaba Jones is the founder of FACE Africa, a group implementing clean water projects in rural Liberia.
Saran Kaba Jones is the founder of FACE Africa, a group working to improve access to clean water in rural Liberia.
updated 9:00 AM EDT, Fri March 22, 2013
Developers, designers and big thinkers gather together on the rooftop of the Co-Creation Hub in Lagos to discuss ideas.
The Co-Creation Hub in Lagos is a place for young, creative and tech-savvy Nigerians to collaborate and innovate.
updated 6:51 AM EDT, Tue March 12, 2013
Rooti Dolls has introduced a range of talking dolls, aimed at helping African children stay in touch with their heritage, Ama is a
A new range of talking dolls has has been created to help African children connect with their roots.
updated 8:52 AM EST, Tue February 26, 2013
Richard Turere, 13, has devised an innovative system to protect his family's livestock from the wild beasts.
updated 5:30 AM EST, Fri February 22, 2013
Photographer Peter Magubane attends the 26th annual International Center of Photography Infinity Awards at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers on May 10, 2010 in New York City.
South African photographer Peter Magubane chronicled the cruelties of apartheid.
updated 7:14 AM EST, Tue February 19, 2013
In the last 30 years a vibrant Senegalese community has found a new home away from home in New York's diverse district of Harlem.
Each week Inside Africa highlights the true diversity of the continent as seen through the mediums of art, music, travel and literature.
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