NEARLY 800 YEARS AGO, Sundiata Keita founded the largest and greatest kingdom in West African history: the Mali Empire. At its height, around 1300, it stretched for some 2,000 kilometers west to east, ...

Sowande Keita of Detroit has been playing the drums for as long as he can remember. “There’s a legendary story, that is actually very true, my father tied the DJembe around my waist before I could ...

For Penda Diakité, art has been a pivotal part of her life for as long as she can remember. As the child of two artists – her father a ceramicist and mother a sculptor – this Malian-American is fully ...

Western Africa refers to the geographic region on the western part of the African continent, including countries like Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, and Chad, among others. This area is ...

Problem I. Africa and Egypt. Egypt and Negro Africa / by C.G. Seligman -- The Hamitic hypothesis : its origin in time / by Edith R. Sanders -- Kingship, archaeology, and historical myth / Merrick ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — In a captivating exploration of heritage through a transformative journey, Richmond native Rita Ricks shares her profound quest to Ghana and how it reconnected her with her ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A majestic display of African pride and culture will fill the streets in Washington Park Saturday, July 29. GhanaFest is back for its 35th year, celebrating the rich history and ...

Yambo Ouologuem’s 1968 novel, “Bound to Violence,” which has just been reissued, opens with a bravura chapter chronicling the history of the fictional African empire of Nakem between the 13th and 19th ...

Kọ Café (pronounced “Koh”) is no stereotypical coffee shop. It’s a podcast studio, co-working and performance space, a hub of West African history, and a thriving Black-owned cultural mainstay in ...

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Ballet Spartanburg is welcoming you to learn about West African dance. The annual class is free and open to the community every Tuesday evening. “What we do is we ...

This has drawn criticism across West Africa, with several governments and regional blocs calling for a return to constitutional order.Hours after gunshots were heard near the Guinea-Bissau electoral ...