Lagos Social Media Week: A local's guide to the city

June 18, 2013 -- Updated 0831 GMT (1631 HKT)

Weapons used in Liberia's bloody civil war are being turned into beautiful furniture, lamps and ornaments.

June 5, 2013 -- Updated 1505 GMT (2305 HKT)

Using infrared film, artist Richard Mosse has captured beautiful and challenging imagery of people and landscapes in eastern DRC.

May 24, 2013 -- Updated 1156 GMT (1956 HKT)

Using thousands of waste bottles, an eco-artist from Uganda built an amusement park for children living in one of Kampala's slums.

May 16, 2013 -- Updated 1017 GMT (1817 HKT)

As the boat approaches Bunce Island, it's hard to shake off the eerie feeling of being transported back into one of history's darkest chapters.

May 14, 2013 -- Updated 1122 GMT (1922 HKT)

Growing DNA evidence and archeological finds suggest we all started in Africa before migrating around the world.

May 7, 2013 -- Updated 1246 GMT (2046 HKT)

Portuguese aid worker Pedro Matos launched The Darfur Sartorialist project after being amazed by the fashion he saw in Sudan.

May 2, 2013 -- Updated 1554 GMT (2354 HKT)

Half a century ago, the quest for interplanetary exploration between the Earth's superpowers gained a new, self-proclaimed, contender.

April 23, 2013 -- Updated 1020 GMT (1820 HKT)

Growing up opposite a garbage heap inspired Kenyan artist Cyrus Kabiru to create stunning artworks from waste.

April 21, 2013 -- Updated 1926 GMT (0326 HKT)

Last year, 60 park rangers were killed in the line of duty. But rangers in Cameroon are willing to risk their lives to save the African forest elephant.

April 9, 2013 -- Updated 1628 GMT (0028 HKT)

Would you pay thousands of dollars to spend seven days running under the scorching sun of the Sahara Desert?

April 4, 2013 -- Updated 1034 GMT (1834 HKT)

Barefeet Theatre is aiming to transform the lives of street children in Zambia by using performing arts as a way of engaging youths.

March 28, 2013 -- Updated 1153 GMT (1953 HKT)

The jarring sounds of war have longed echoed over Mogadishu. Now it's time for music to rock the Somali capital.

March 22, 2013 -- Updated 1028 GMT (1828 HKT)

Saran Kaba Jones is the founder of FACE Africa, a group working to improve access to clean water in rural Liberia.

March 22, 2013 -- Updated 1300 GMT (2100 HKT)

The Co-Creation Hub in Lagos is a place for young, creative and tech-savvy Nigerians to collaborate and innovate.

February 26, 2013 -- Updated 1352 GMT (2152 HKT)

Richard Turere, 13, has devised an innovative system to protect his family's livestock from the wild beasts.

Each week Inside Africa highlights the true diversity of the continent as seen through the mediums of art, music, travel and literature.