Juneteenth is one important federal occasion this June 19. Here's all about its significance along with some warm messages ...

Taken by Portuguese slave traders, kidnapped by English pirates, and taken far from home, African arrivals to Virginia ... largest forced migration in human history. Painted in 1599, Don Francisco ...

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was more than a writer—he was a revolutionary thinker who used language, storytelling, and theatre as tools ...

Kenyans mourn the loss of legendary author Ngugi wa Thiong’o, celebrating his powerful novels and quotes that shaped East ...

During his imprisonment, Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong'o decided he would never write in English again, a defiant move that ...

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Scientists began unearthing hundreds of hominin fossils in and around Taung and Sterkfontein, adding fuel to the theory that humans and their ancestors originated in Africa. In 1999, UNESCO ...

The Cape Town-born artist has spent decades visiting many of the thousands of ancient rock art sites that dot South Africa, in order to meticulously produce millimeter-accurate copies of humanity ...

Her work is driven by her fascination with North Africa and for understanding societal transitions and evolutions in the ancient world. How has North Africa’s dominant religion transitioned from ...

Data collected by archaeologists, that show how indigenous knowledge systems helped ancient societies in Africa deal with the shock of illness and pandemics, can help remind policy makers of different ...

The kataklè is a three-legged royal chair from Dahomey, a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from 1600 until 1904. The kataklè was returned to Benin by ...

Words are powerful, capable even of changing the course of history. And those who speak ... he was elected the first Black president of South Africa. These words will continue to inspire and ...