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Africa's western coast saw millions of slaves transhipped into boats and used, generally, to build the New World. Sean Kelly finds traces of the slave trade mouldering over the Atlantic.

You can't blame inflation, but life in Zimbabwe has never been cheaper. Kesse-Sky Buchanan visits a rural clinic and finds few signs of hope.

A Moroccan shares, with Jessica Leving, the 15 golden rules for an American girl in Africa. Most are true anywhere, though I'm not sure about rule six. Present company excepted...

Despite being woefully ill-prepared for Morocco's High Atlas, Henry Wismayer finds his way to the peak of one of Africa's most spectacular mountains. And there's not a beer in sight.

An invitation to a child's birthday party in a Cape Town township shows Stephanie Katz a side of South Africa few visitors take the trouble to see.

Not many people get to East Pokot: even the Kenyans think it's a cattle-rustling danger zone. Erin Richards doesn't just visit, but stays to work in an orphanage.

West Africa proves a challenge to Heather Daniel's delicate digestion: months after her volunteering visit there's still a tension in her relationship with her stomach. 

Cairo proves a city too far for Mel Cullen: like it or loathe it, she chooses the latter. Being blonde and beautiful isn't always an advantage. 

Botswana's natural world proves something of a revelation to Eric Williams, who's more used to fields of waving corn. He reports on a very African safari.

Best keep your mouth shut in a Moroccan hammam, says honeymooning Charlotte Baird: you never know when the next bucket may be flung.