Poet, agricultural engineer and revolutionary Amílcar Cabral was born in Guinea-Bissau to Cape Verdean parents. After studying in Portugal, he emerged as the charismatic leader of the anti-colonial struggle against Portuguese rule. With his utopian ideas, he sparked a cultural and an armed uprising that went on to inspire other African liberation movements.

On an island where religion bars women from playing soccer, the Queens resist cultural norms and cha...

“Harry & Meghan: An African Journey" features unprecedented access and exclusive interview with The ...

Documentary about 4 large architectural landmarks that projected Portugal abroad.

The search to prove that surfing is an African sport by traveling to the remote island nation of Sao...

Kids from Brooklyn, NY housing projects try to change the world when they are paired with Sierra Leo...

This film speaks of archaic peoples, their customs and mores, in an attempt to make the last snapsho...

It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years ...

Filmed across three continents, this documentary shares the story of the founders of the Pan-African...

A talented group of orphaned children in Swaziland create a fictional heroine and send her on a dang...

Many geneticists and archaeologists have long surmised that human life began in Africa. Dr. Spencer ...

Drawing from never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives...

Filmmaker Christopher Quinn observes the ordeal of three Sudanese refugees -- Jon Bul Dau, Daniel Ab...

This excellent feature-length documentary - the story of the imperialist colonization of Africa - is...

With more than 300 days a year, the sun dominates this country so much that it’s even shining from t...

In Uganda, AIDS-infected mothers have begun writing what they call Memory Books for their children. ...

Edeltraut Hertel - a midwife caught between two worlds. She has been working as a midwife in a small...

An ethnographic film that documents the efforts of four !Kung men (also known as Ju/'hoansi or Bushm...

These are the first images shot in the ALN maquis, camera in hand, at the end of 1956 and in 1957. T...