The video “World Cultures” describes elements that make a culture: language, home, customs/celebrations, clothing, and food.

The video “Comparing Places” compares desert and tropical rain forest habitats.

In this video we go over Zimbabwe's recent policy to ban the export of raw lithium and what this could mean for the African nation's economy. We encountered a technical glitch when we first uploaded this video, which resulted in the...

With GDP per capita of just $2 per day, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the poorest, if not the poorest nation on Earth. However, this does not have to be the case. The country has massive deposits of rare earth minerals...

What was Colonial Mercantilism when you boil it down to its basics? Perfect for students, life long learners and the cray cray on the internets.

Boko Haram Explained

If all crustaceans “want” to look like crabs, then tenrecs “want” to look like basically any other small mammal. These weird little guys are endemic to Madagascar – they’re native to nowhere else on Earth.

A special bonus video in which John Green and Microsoft founder Bill Gates talk about how Green Agriculture in Ethiopia.

In which John discusses the ebola outbreaks in the United States, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia, and how best to deal with them.

The map, as an innovation, is extremely important. Simply constructing a useful representation of our world onto a piece of paper (or clay or vellum or whatever) vastly increased the capabilities of humankind. But we continue to add and...

After the festive season, January is the time to get to the gym and work off the holiday indulgences. Fitness seems to be booming, but how healthy are the figures?

In this video, the speaker explores the origins of the name "Turkey" for the bird native to North America. They explain that the name originated from a misidentification of the bird by Europeans who imported a different bird called the...

This video explores five fun facts about continents.

In this video, we explore interesting facts about giraffes, including their long necks, which help them graze from the topmost branches, and their unique fighting behavior called "necking." Scientists have proposed various hypotheses...

In her later years, Nzinga focused less on military training and more on education in her lands. This video delves into the complexities of her legacy, as she ruled with violence and advanced the slave trade in the area but also...

This video tells the story of Queen Nzinga Mbandi, a renowned queen from Southwest Africa who was known for her intelligence, political aptitude, and military skills. The video explores her background, including her difficult birth and...

Where in the world Kenya, childrens greetings, locomotive and barbie.

What's happening Germany, surfing, butler school and gadgets.

Beginning in the late nineteenth century and throughout the twentieth century, geologists, archaeologists and paleoanthropologists have given the world evidence of the physical and cultural development of humans. This video looks at the...

This video explores the raw materials from around the Empire helped fire the Industrial Revolution, this video takes a look at what was traded and with whom.

Learn about the growth in popularity of coffee and its connections with black history in Britain, in this lesson starter for use with KS3 pupils. Historian Tony Warner shows how you can discover where to find Black History in your Town...

West Nile Virus is a relatively new virus. It was first detected in the early 20th century, and it made it over to North America quite mysteriously in 1999. It is spread by mosquitos and can have some pretty serious effects, so let's...

Ethiopia is an ancient African nation known for its religion, culture, and independence. This week, we start a new series 'A Brief History' and tell a brief history of Ethiopia.

Has racist thinking discouraged us from looking at how sophisticated West African empires were before the Europeans arrived? How did trade mesh with a rise in inequality between Africa and the Europeans? West Africa Before the Europeans,...