Katrina Esau, the last fluent speaker of South Africa's Njuu language, speaks about the urgency of preserving endangered ...

The ancient Greek language and culture spread through Africa following the conquests of Alexander the Great on the continent.

Every so often, a pandemic emerges that dramatically alters human society. The Black Death (1347 - 1351) was one; the Spanish flu of 1918 was another. Now there’s COVID-19. Archaeologists have long ...

In a small West African village, a man named Momolu Duwalu Bukele had a compelling dream. A stranger approached him with a sacred book and then taught him how to write by tracing a stick on the ground ...

In the suburbs of Seattle, an ancient West-African religion is gaining followers. Yoruba, from the Yoruba people of Nigeria, has been spreading across the U.S. for the last 50 years. The religion is ...

Chapurukha M. Kusimba received funding for this research from the Field Museum of Natural History, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities, the Fulbright ...

Traces of ancient empires that stretched across Africa remain in the DNA of people living on the continent, reveals a new genetics study. Traces of ancient empires that stretched across Africa remain ...

Africa is home to some of the world’s oldest civilizations—nations whose histories span thousands of years, built on foundations of resilience, innovation, and cultural depth. These civilizations have ...