Africa

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Cambridge researchers have long worked with African colleagues on issues that matter not just to the continent but to the world.

Cambridge in Morocco

16 Apr 2012

In the midst of the historic changes that are affecting much of the Arab world, a team of Cambridge researchers are visiting Morocco to explore new...

Egg Cetera #6: Hunting for the world’s oldest decorated eggs

10 Apr 2012

In the final report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, archaeologist Brian Stewart investigates a remarkable technological leap for...

The emotional historian?

28 Feb 2012

Danelle van Zyl-Hermann, a Gates scholar with an interest in the emotional history of South Africa, explains why the study of society's sentiments...

New clue in the battle against Australian Hendra virus

13 Jan 2012

Researchers find that African bats have antibodies that neutralise a deadly virus.

'Extreme Sleepover #9’ - waiting for sunrise in the Congo

30 Dec 2011

In the ninth of a series of reports contributed by Cambridge researchers, historian Catherine Porter visits the Democratic Republic of Congo to...

Michael on the banks of the Limpopo River

'Extreme Sleepover #7’ - on the banks of the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River

28 Dec 2011

In the seventh of a series of reports contributed by Cambridge researchers, architect Michael Ramage travels to South Africa to build strength out of...

‘Extreme Sleepover #2’ – a night in Ghana’s tropical forest

23 Dec 2011

In the second of a series of reports contributed by Cambridge researchers, zoologist Dr Ben Phalan ventures into a tropical forest to understand the...