“ The Sankofa Exhibit: Embrace the Past, Forge the Future ,” a showcase of cultural Zimbabwean art, is being hosted by the ...

The event, now in its fifth year, featured a jollof rice cook-off, a 1v1 basketball tournament highlighting talent from ...

The origins of East Africa’s Swahili culture can be traced to the shores of Zanzibar, where centuries of spice trade and ...

In today’s world, a DNA swab and lab analysis can settle paternity questions in a few days. But before modern science reached Africa’s villages, communities relied on older, more spiritual and ...

Reviewed by Barbara E. Frank in African arts (Los Angeles) 32 (1) spring 1999, pages 14-16 (N1.A258 AFA). Western and central Sudanic societies -- Western Sudanic village-based societies -- The ...

Storytelling comes in all forms. In the Stanley Museum’s latest exhibit, entitled “Weaving Narratives,” it comes in the form ...

In a call to action for universities and society at large, this inspiring lecture underscored the power of language as a ...

BALTIMORE -- The Rev. Maurice Blackwell was beloved by many of Baltimore's black Catholics for infusing the religion with African-American rituals, such as hanging kente cloths and having couples ...

MTV Base, Africa’s number one youth and pop culture channel, is proud to celebrate 20 years of amplifying African music, culture, and creativity across the continent.

Rituals and Rejoicing in African American Rodeo Culture" features documentary photography capturing generations of Black ...

Introduction -- Northwest Africa and the Sahara -- Western and Central Sudanic Societies -- Western Sudanic Village Based Societies -- The Western Guinea Coast -- The Arts of the Akan of the Ivory ...