"Besides, it's good exercise." Tammy Hall, a natural hairstylist, said she likes African dance because it celebrates kinship as well as fitness and femininity. "We all feel lifted after class.

A collection of medieval manuscripts from Timbuktu that academics hail as proof of an African scholarly tradition go on public show on the continent for the first time on Friday. Timbuktu in Mali ...

Is Sub-Saharan Africa like Medieval Europe? A new report suggests that African economies resemble those of Medieval Europe, and so hopes of sustained growth across the continent are unrealistic. By ...