What archaeology tells us about the music and sounds made by Africa’s ancestors. Introduction Music has been...
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A fragile peace process seeks to bring stability to Central Africa, but its hard-won gains remain at...
The Wolof as a people inhabited the area between the Senegal River in the north and the...
The pandemic is exacerbating a decline of democracy across sub-Saharan Africa. Introduction A democratic decline, accelerated by...
The Solomonic succession has remained in the Ethiopian cultural landscape for centuries. Introduction The Solomonic Dynasty ruled...
In villages and townships, Africans are building their own internet infrastructure to connect and protect the unconnected....
Four zones in West Africa are especially important because of their influence on developing civilizations. Introduction For...
Long thought to have originated in Ancient Greece, the golden ratio that forms the basis of the...
The early West African societies of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai all created empires that gained much of...
When exactly salt became a trade commodity is unknown, but the exchange of salt for cereals dates...
The slave revolt in Berbice, modern-day Guyana, was unusual for its length and near success. Introduction The...
People have used drum telegraphy to communicate with each other from far away for centuries. Developed and...
Examining the visit of Du Huan to Molin-guo and Laobosa. Abstract This article focuses on the first...
In the dying days of empire, the British financed a global cinema service. Introduction It’s 1945. A...
The most powerful of the tribes of the Sahara, they had been converted to Islam in the...
Most of these expeditions began as military campaigns, while the last one may have been initiated in...
Using Livingstone’s Missionary Travels as a case study to explore the role of print and publishers in...
A brief introduction to famous African rulers and their impact on medieval and Renaissance European culture. By Dr....
The kingdom of Kongo, with a population of well over 2 million people at its peak, prospered...
The Mali Empire was the largest and richest empire yet seen in West Africa to that time....
The Silk Road was a vast trade network connecting Eurasia and North Africa via land and sea...
The shaping and reshaping of Livingstone’s legacy as an icon of the British Empire. This essay examines...
Others well into the twentieth century have invoked his name for a range of missionary, political, and...
By midcentury, Victorian natural historians seemed hungry for information from formerly inaccessible regions of Africa. With a...
What were the links between abolition and imperialism in East Africa? Originally published by Newberry Digital Collections...
Most traditional religions in Africa have developed at the local level and are unique to a particular...
History in South Africa from the Stone Age to the Mid-19th century This essay provides a summary...
The trade of gold in West Africa goes back to antiquity. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction West Africa...
The cultural context in which African bodies were represented in objects is strikingly different from what we...
African cultures never existed in isolation—there was always movement, trade, and the exchange of ideas. Introduction Early...