Exam board apologises and withdraws GCSE psychology textbook featuring cartoon of black tribe cooking a white missionary in a pot The picture in the AQA textbook shows two white missionaries, captured by a group of black men said to be cannibals, cooking one of the missionaries The wider context in the psychology text book was … Read more
A photographer has told how two members of a generally-peaceful tribe who live deep in a remote valley in Ethiopia held him and his daughter at gunpoint in a robbery. Geography teacher-turned photographer Trevor Cole, 64, said one Suri tribesman pointed a Kalashnikov while another brandished a machete at him, his 20-year-old daughter and another … Read more
This year, your summer holiday says more about you than cash ever can. Pre-corona, some people were humble-bragging about the Seychelles (‘We got a fabulous deal online’), this year it’s Salcombe. So, are you a staycation sissy or an adventure addict ready to brave airport hell? This year, your summer holiday says more about you … Read more
In 1587 a group of English settlers arrived on Roanoke Island to start a new life, but three years later more than 100 of the colonists vanished – sparking one of America’s oldest unsolved mysteries. Now, some four hundred years later, archaeologists have stumbled upon evidence that sheds light on their disappearance. Scott Dawson, a … Read more
If you’re in the market for an unforgettable eye-opening experience, I can highly recommend randomly meeting a nomadic family in Mongolia and getting a taste of their ancient way of life, which has scarcely changed for thousands of years. I had an encounter with these hardy people last summer while I was on a trip … Read more
‘I learned how to just be and follow the rhythm of nature,’ Audun Amundsen says, reflecting on his life off-grid in the jungle with the Mentawai tribe, where there was little on the daily agenda other than making arrows or canoes and hunting for food such as monkeys, bats or shrimp. The Norwegian engineer and … Read more
Remote Amazon tribe records its first coronavirus case: Boy, 15, becomes infected amid fears COVID-19 could ‘wipe out’ native communities The boy belongs to the Yanomami community on the Brazil-Venezuela border He is in intensive care in Roraima state after suffering with sore throat and fever Seven tribesmen have now contracted the deadly virus in … Read more
Doctor working with Amazon tribe tests positive for coronavirus – sparking fears deadly bug will reach remote indigenous communities The doctor works with the Tikunas – a tribe of 30,000 living in the upper Amazon He had returned from vacation and then developed a fever before being tested Eight tribe members he treated on his … Read more