Kinshasa, DR Congo, with a population of 17.0 million, is one of the largest cities in Africa and ranks 13th on the list. How does the population growth in China compare to India? Cities like ...

One of the largest cities in the country of South Africa is Johannesburg. Find about more about what it is like to live there and compare with life in Birmingham in this BBC Teach video.

Even as Africa’s cities are crowded with inhabitants — but not dense with capital — they are physically fragmented and dispersed. They develop as collections of small, scattered neighborhoods. Without ...