Portal:Africa/Did you know/8

... that Dutch malacologist Adolph Cornelis van Bruggen is an expert in African land snails?
... that a 20‑day study reported by BirdLife International discovered 265 species of birds in Nki National Park?
... that Kalulu, an African boy who died in 1877, was modeled in Madame Tussauds and attended Dr. Livingstone's funeral in London?
... that Samuel Jackman Prescod became the first person of African descent elected to the Parliament of Barbados?