A shimmering dream on the Nile has inspired creativity from the Harlem Renaissance to Kara Walker to Beyoncé. But how much can you play with the past?

It has been 50 years since archaeologists discovered Lucy, perhaps the most famous ancient hominin ever found. But the ...

Puma have gone early with the first batch of brand-new home and away kits for AFCON 2025. ESPN breaks down the best (and ...

Braids serve as a cultural emblem deeply woven into the history of Black womens hair. They are a powerful expression of identity, heritage, and resilience. In African cultures, braids have always ...

Amy Sall’s sensitive scholarship offers a refreshing counterpoint to previous attempts to visually record the African ...

The book is based on two decades of research into abolition, universal freedom and justice. In it, I explore the role played ...

Togo artist Modupeola Fadugba explores the relationships within a polygamist marriage in the triptych “Take Back Your Pearls.

The ancient African town of Chinguetti was once a stopover for trade caravans and pilgrims in the Sahara Desert. As many of the people passing through were rich and educated, libraries started ...

In the battle of scary movie masks, “Friday the 13th”‘s Jason Vorhees and “Scream”‘s Ghostface don’t hold a candle to that forefather of fright, Michael Myers. The all-time greatest ...

Video of the final the moments before Othel Moore’s December 2023 death shows the Black 38-year-old heaving with a mask covering his face, hands restrained behind his back and legs bound together as a ...

A new analysis of ancient footprints in South Africa suggests that humans may have been wearing hard-soled sandals. The ...