West Africa has been home to several powerful kingdoms from the earlier Sahelian kingdoms (Ghana Empire, Mali Empire and ...

Although views to the contrary have occasionally been aired – sometimes underpinned by what seems to be solid empirical research hinting at African involvement in the drawing up of the continent’s ...

All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.

The label "West Philippine Sea" over the western section of the Philippines' exclusive economic zone appears to be missing on ...

Marriage in west Africa has played a central role in shaping ... With growing stigma, the old customs have become less common. My research seeks to underscore the historical value of woman-to ...

In “A Training School for Elephants,” Sophy Roberts revisits an especially bizarre episode from the exploitation of Africa.

Ghana's Cardinal Peter Turkson is seen as one of the Church's most influential men from Africa, where Christianity is quickly ...

The scientists with the Taï Chimpanzee Project reported four distinct types of dialects that male West Africa chimpanzees ... wrote then that the “loss of old individuals is not yet recognised ...

Louis Theroux has encountered such people before but they have tended to be fringe propositions with no real power. The ...

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of George D. Pratt. The Smithsonian Institution came of age in the era of Manif ...

Journalism then took me around the world for more than 20 years before I returned to rediscover London in 2013 as chief UK ...

While some may say that the Charleston City Market is a bit of a tourist trap, others call it a great glimpse into life in the Old South ... craft originated in West Africa and has been passed ...