The Djembe: From West African Villages to Global Stages The djembe drum dates back roughly between 400 and 800 years, created ...

Along West Africa's slave coast, a painful past is being preserved — and marketed — raising questions about memory, tourism ...

Now the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) has finished, the World Cup is the next major international tournament on the ...

Consumer interest in "snackified seafood" and "mini protein bombs," are up 110% year over year according to Tastewise's 2026 ...

In his latest book, Slow Poison: Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni, and the Making of the Ugandan State, anthropologist Mahmood ...

African Americans often refer to the African continent as the "motherland." My trip to Ghana included a tour of a slave ...

An international research team reports the analysis of new hominin fossils from the site of Thomas Quarry I (Casablanca, Morocco). The fossils are very securely dated to 773,000 +/- 4,000 years ago, ...

A new sculpture honoring West African culture was unveiled at the Dreamers Garden in Gainesville. The wrought iron sculpture, titled "NOMMO," was created by artist and blacksmith Yaw Owusu Shangofemi.

LONDON, Dec 18 - West African crude oil sellers are struggling to find buyers for up to 26 December- and January-loading cargoes due to stiff competition from plentiful and cheaper alternative ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger created the bank to finance infrastructure, energy, and agricultural projects. Three West African countries have joined forces to launch a regional investment bank with ...

“If people cannot trust their Government to do the job for which it exists – to protect them and promote their welfare – all else is lost” … Barrack Obama, the 44th President of the United States of ...