Legacy of Hope,' is a documentary that links Africa's liberation struggles to contemporary geopolitical tensions, featuring ...

She visited Fann hospital in Dakar, where neurologist Dr. Pedro Rodriguez measured her lung capacity. He suspects Mariama had ...

Pope Francis visited a record 10 African countries throughout his pontificate, often venturing to areas ravaged by war, ...

First, it compresses and misrepresents millennia of African history in the “precolonial” period and by so doing casts Africa as a land where nothing changed for vast stretches of time. Second, it ...

OXFORD, Miss. – A grant from the Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area will fund a photo documentary project on Greenfield Farm, the future home of Mississippi's first writer's residency.

Africa's top historians take a fresh look at the events and characters that have shaped the continent from the origins of humankind to the end of South African apartheid. See the rise and fall of ...

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Darius and Catherine Brubeck discussed their book, “Playing the Changes,” and reflected on the importance of jazz music in South Africa.

Penguin Day promotes understanding of their role in the environment, encourages learning about their lives, and raises ...

The royal leader of the Kingdom of Benin sought the return of artifacts displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The ...

To mark Earth Day, we bring you remarkable stories of the history of the environmental movement, told by the people who were there. Selected from the BBC’s Witness History program, we hear about ...