Singer and storyteller Kaito Winse was born in a small village in the Sourou region of northern Burkina Faso. He was born into a family of griots, a keeper of oral traditions that are steeped in his ...

Animal trackers using traditional skills helped to find and identify fossil tracks on the coast of South Africa.

The burial chamber most likely belonged to a ruler in a line of kings once lost to history, researchers said. “It’s a new ...

Since the Victorians developed an obsession with ancient Egypt, archaeologists have talked about solving 'the riddle of the ...

Africa's vast continent cradles a tapestry of traditions, vibrant histories and awe-inspiring landscapes where romance manifests in countless forms. From ...

Among its enduring treasures is Ethiopia’s most famous export: Arabica coffee. We started the day at Tomoca Coffee on Wavel ...

Archaeological fieldwork in Morocco has uncovered the earliest known farming society from a previously unexplored period of ...

The subject of AAM’s concert at West Road on Wednesday evening (12 March) under the direction of Laurence Cummings was José Maurici Nunes Garcia, who was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1767. The Academy of ...

hunter-gatherers might have island-hopped their way to Africa across the Mediterranean. The first genomic study of ancient people from the eastern Maghreb region — present-day Tunisia and ...