Who are the Aboriginal People? Australia’s Aboriginal peoples are one of the two distinct groups of indigenous peoples in Australia. Most believe Australia has been populated for at least 45,000 to 50,000 years. However, some archaeologists working in the Northern Territory claim that early humans arrived in […]
Where is Malawi? Malawi is a landlocked country in southeastern Africa. Malawi covers over 45,747 square miles, making the country roughly the size of Pennsylvania. Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa or Calendar Lake, is so large it takes up about a third of the […]
Who are the Dogon? The Dogon are an ethnic group living in the central region of West Africa, mostly in Mali and Burkina Faso. The Dogon population is about 2 million people. They speak Dogon languages which are not closely related to other languages. The Dogon are best […]
Who are the Navajo? The Navajo, who call themselves Diné, are the second largest American Indian group in the United States. There are around 300,500 enrolled tribal members. The Diné have the largest reservation in the country. The reservation straddles what is called the Four Corners […]
We get chocolate from the seeds of the cacao tree. Originally, cacao trees only grew in Mesoamerica: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. In ancient times, the Olmec, Toltec, Aztec, and Maya people lived in this area. Because cacao trees only grew there and in […]
Who are the Yoruba? The Yoruba people are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa. In fact, they are not a single group, but rather a collection of diverse people bound together by a common language, history, and culture. The Yoruba live in West Africa, […]
