Explorers! Let's explore The Democratic Republic of The Congo together. Let's learn their long and storied past as a people who studied the cosmos! Let's learn more about the Scramble for Africa that led to them becoming a Belgian colony. Let's learn about their independence movement that included music and fashion as tools of resistance! Let's celebrate their triumph and support their continuing evolution as a nation.

And while I have your attention...I am announcing a little self-care break. I'm taking six weeks off to explore and rest. I love to travel and I need to do it in order to keep sharing and growing with you. While I'm away, re-listen to some episode that you didn't give your full attention because you were walking or driving. Maybe you're not caught up on all of the episodes, take this 6 weeks to listen to the ones you missed. It's summer here in The States, maybe listen while you're in one of the countries on vacation!

I'll be back on September 8, 2026-God Willing-with a new episode. Next up is the Republic of The Congo! I can't wait to explore it with you!

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Come on Explorers! Let's journey through Africa, one nation at a time!

Come with me and explore The Perfumed Islands! That's what they call Comoros — a tiny nation of an archipelago in the Indian Ocean. In this episode of Africa A to Z, we're sojourning through the volcanic islands that sit at the meeting point of African, Arab, Polynesian and Malagasy civilizations — where the world's largest bat flies overhead, a fossil fish thought extinct for millions of years still swims in the deep waters, and women inherit the land. Come explore The Comoros with me!

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Come on Explorers! Let's journey through Africa, one nation at a time!

Come and explore the nation of Chad or Tchad. Along the way, we'll explore Lake Chad that feeds 50 million people. Let's discuss how Tchad never stopped resisting colonization and what some of the consequences of that resistance looked like. Let's explore the country that was called "The dead heart of Africa".

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Come on Explorers! Let's journey through Africa, one nation at a time!

Come on Explorers! Let's journey through Africa, one nation at a time!