In an innovative, yet controversial look at African art, award-winning Ghanian-British architect David Adjaye thinks outside the box as he presents 'GeoGraphics: A Map of Art Practices in Africa, Past ...

London is hosting the first international fair dedicated to modern and contemporary African art – the 1:54 Contemporary Art Fair. 1:54 refers to the 54 countries on the African continent and will ...

The Mercator map, first created in the 16th century, has long been the standard map used for navigation and education, but it stretches land masses farther from the equator. For example, Greenland ...

Growing up, how did you learn about the accomplishments and struggles of African Americans? How has your understanding or knowledge of African-American history changed over time? We invite you to ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The African Union has started an effort to oust the Mercator projection map and replace it with what it says is a more accurately drawn map. The 16 ...

DAKAR, Senegal — On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in their ...

Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, embodies the country’s diversity, the progress of African Americans and the belief in the American dream. President Obama was born in Hawaii to ...