A recent study published in the open-access journal African Invertebrates provides insights into the life history and ...
When The Beatles' guitarist George Harrison called Ravi Shankar "the godfather of world music", he opened culture up to a ...
Highlighting Black talent is the central mission of the second annual We Black Folk Fest at Club Passim in Cambridge, a two-day festival in February honoring the West African griot tradition through ...
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...
The three junta-led West African nations withdrawal is the culmination of a yearlong process during which the grouping tried ...
Hailed by Herbie Hancock as showing “great promise as a new voice in the further development of jazz in the future”, ...
What does it take to bury an outdated argument? The thought occurred while reading Motherland, one of a series of recent ...
January 17, 2025 • In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close to 80 found dead in grim recovery operation.
WEST AFRICA has long been a source of booze. In Yoruba mythology Obatala, a deity sent to create humans, stumbled on palm wine and fell into a drunken slumber before completing the task.
South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died during a police siege, as a local volunteer described the horror ...
In the heart of West Africa lies a treasure that has woven communities together for centuries: cotton. This humble fibre has travelled from the fields of dedicated farmers to global fashion runways, ...
Many African stars have achieved international and club success, making a significant impact on the global football stage. Modern African players like Mohamed Salah and Samuel Eto'o have left a ...