African peoples have developed many different legal systems. In the late 1800s, the Bakongo took their major conflicts to an nganga - a powerful person who could activate spiritual forces to reconcile people at odds. See a sacred sculpture used to bring...

2001_20Africa_20Map_20Orphans_20copy.jpg The future of Africa depends upon it.” UNICEF's latest report details the severity and extent of the HIV orphan crisis in Africa and the urgent need for support Families supporting the massive and growing orphan...

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