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This was an epoch between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago when the Sahara Desert was transformed into a lush green savanna with ...

Afri-Experience, a day-long immersive event organized by Yale SOM’s Africa Business & Society Club, sought to educate ...

For centuries, the world has been misled about Africa’s true size. The Mercator map—one of the most widely used world ...

Members of parliaments across Africa face regular accusations of being unrepresentative of their constituents.

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Discover the wisdom of ancient African proverbs and their relevance to Black history and lives today. Learn how these proverbs can inspire and empower.

In a new cycle of escalating security threats in the eastern arc of the African continent and its adjacent southern regions, the dynamics of local and ...

Braiding is more than a hairstyle. For generations, African American hair braiding styles have held deep cultural ...

Each one tried to focus the world's attention on the world's most heinous crime: genocide. Each time, they were shunned, ...

Washington's Smithsonian is a sprawling chain of museums dedicated to both celebrating and scrutinizing the American story -- ...

Rosslyn Chapel in Edinburgh has widely been thought to be the final resting place of the ark, thanks to a conspiracy peddled ...