Learn why the idea of an ancient African drying period is now being challenged and what this means for the story of the first ...

Undergraduate Elyse Venerable won the Chancellor's Award and Dean's Award for her research using strontium isotope analysis ...

Ecological flexibility, not tools or genes, explains why only one migration out of Africa succeeded around 50,000 years ago.

A study led by researchers from Brown University finds that rainfall patterns across northern Africa remained largely stable ...

How social media is pushing back against the still common idea that African societies never had a knowledge system.

This sacred mask is etched with symbols of Sona, a sophisticated and now rarely used writing system A wooden hunter’s toolbox inscribed with an ancient writing system from Zambia has been making ...

Each mask style is unique, representing the diverse cultures spread across Africa. Knowing these styles gives you an insight into the rich history and traditions of African communities.

African Union Day must be more than ceremonial speeches and official hashtags. It must be a mirror, not a mask. A mirror that forces us to confront not only what was done to us, but what we are ...

Archaeology breakthrough as scientists make Africa discovery dating to Roman times An archaeological disscovery has shed light on the ingenuity of Ptolemais's ancient inhabitants and offers a ...

I mean, there’s a fantastic self-portrait of her in the exhibition appearing alongside an African mask, and Margaret Burroughs, of course, founded the South Side Community Art Center in the ...

The 15 chapters present a great variety of cases to drive the point that looted African heritage was not only masks or carved doors torn from palaces. It was also, for example: ...