Visibility has always been important in people’s decisions about where to live and how to arrange their spaces. People make connections with what they can see. Being able to see prominent landmarks, ...

The commercialization of self-care has created a distance between people and authentic healing traditions. Yet within African ...

Chinguetti, Mauritania is home to some of West Africa’s oldest Quranic texts and manuscripts. It could soon be swallowed by ...

Even before comparable innovations in other regions of the globe, the ancient Africans had a major impact on medicine. Some of the earliest inhabitants of Africa used many of the same remedies that we ...

An ancient trading post known for housing some of West Africa's most historically significant manuscripts could soon be ...

Eight African adventures shared by local guides from across the continent from Kenya to Chad to inspire off-beat experiences.

The ancient populations expanding out of ... Neanderthals — a signal that is still discernible today in people who are not of African descent. However, some of the ancient individuals ...

The “gap-toothed girl wrapped in nothing more than a quantity of dirty carpet” would soon rise from her humble beginnings, to become the first African-American poet. One with a penchant for the ...

Researchers have uncovered the origins and genetic diversity of the Fulani, one of Africa's largest pastoral populations. The ...

Can you name 10 kings or queens from history in 60 seconds? No Googling! Go!How did you do? High five if you got all 10! But ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?