For so long the artistic history of an entire continent has largely been told by others or stowed away in faraway museums. As pressure mounts on museums outside Africa to return art and artifacts ...

Sites and artifacts are revealing clues to the continent’s recent history. An archaeologist explains the findings and threats ...

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A quarter of all slaves who crossed the Atlantic started from what is today Angola. A quarter of all slaves who crossed the Atlantic Ocean started their journey from what is today the country of ...

AFA copy 39088019753995 gift from Janet Stanley. Summary Since the beginning of time, Africa's been inhabited by humans. As one of the oldest civilizations, it is suspected that mankind first ...

The sounds and teachings of African culture filled the air as the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations (ASCAC) hosted their 31st annual Ancient Kemetic (Egyptian) Studies ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: I’m a sucker for a good, engaging, pretty history doc. It’s just who I am. But last month, I became absolutely spellbound by a six-part docu-series called Africa’s Great ...

Dec. 13 (UPI) --Forty-two pieces of African art covering five millennia will be on display starting Tuesday at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. "The African Origin of Civilization: ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Museum of Black Civilizations in Senegal opened this month amid a global conversation about the ownership and legacy of African art. The West African nation’s culture ...