The continent's abundant natural riches and the opportunity to further develop its cultural heritage are only two of the many ...

What do we know about the last hunter-gatherers who lived in West Africa? While these prehistoric populations have been ...

What do we know about the last hunter-gatherers who lived in West Africa? While these prehistoric populations have been extensively studied in Europe and Asia, their presence in this vast region — ...

The 20th-century Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah saw an opportunity to move Africa past the fragmentation left behind by ...

Stories of the kingdom of Kaabu's reign have been told for generations through a kind of traditional song. Now, an archaeological dig has confirming the histories told and retold by griots.

Reviewed by Spencer H. Brown in International journal of African historical studies (Boston) 5 (3) 1972, pages 533-537 (DT1.A2592 AFA) PEOPLES AND EMPIRES OF WEST AFRICA WEST AFRICA IN HISTORY ...

In this excerpt from Eliot Stein's 'Custodians of Wonder,' a writer travels to West African to find an 800-year-old instrument called the Sosso-Bala ...

Kọ Café (pronounced “Koh”) is no stereotypical coffee shop. It’s a podcast studio, co-working and performance space, a hub of West African history, and a thriving Black-owned cultural ...

The recent coups in Africa share an inescapable common denominator: the prevalence of anti-French sentiment driving a rejection of the political status quo.