The continent of Africa is recognized as the place where humankind originated and evolved over millennia. From famous ancestors like Lucy, the Australopithecus afarensis remains unearthed in Ethiopia ...

The concept of culture / S. Ademola Ajayi -- Misconceptions about African culture, civilization and history / Felix O. Alao -- Sources for the study of early African culture and civilization / S.

Dec. 13 (UPI) --Forty-two pieces of African art covering five millennia will be on display starting Tuesday at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. "The African Origin of Civilization: ...

History is often taught as if serious art followed a single European arc—from classical Greek sculpture to Renaissance ...

Constructed between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries, Great Zimbabwe features massive stone enclosures built entirely without mortar. Granite blocks were carefully shaped and stacked to create ...

Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes a look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. A breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of ...

Black History Month should not be about trivia or symbolic firsts. It should be about unlearning—about dismantling the white perspective that framed Africa as marginal and Black people as derivative.

IT IS less than three quarters of a century since Europe’s Congress of Berlin agreed upon a colonial share-out in Africa that was intended to be long enduring, if not permanent. It is less than half a ...

Sites and artifacts are revealing clues to the continent’s recent history. An archaeologist explains the findings and threats to this heritage Amber Dance, Knowable Magazine Big gaps exist in the ...

What follows is part of a short chronological series on African and African American History. The educational system in the United States does not always offer a balanced history of Africa which is ...

The World Tourism Network together with the African Tourism Board joined UNWTO today in celebrating World Tourism Day. September 27, 2021 was a day to forget differences, challenges and COVID-19.

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