As the music industry gathers for Grammy Week, African music is playing an increasingly prominent role — not only on the awards stage, but across global pop culture.

Now the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) has finished, the World Cup is the next major international tournament on the horizon

The Alliance of African Multilateral Financial Institutions, a group of lenders known as the Africa Club, developed an initiative to proactively detect potential debt troubles among sovereign borrowers on the continent and avoid future disputes,

That African countries trade too little with each other is a well-worn gripe among the continent’s policymakers. Officially, just 15% of the continent’s trade is internal. The need to overcome this distorting legacy of colonialism,

As the world prepares to commemorate the Feast of Saint Josephine Bakhita on February 7, an extraordinary movement against human trafficking is gaining momentum across Africa.

Johannesburg — Much of Africa's cultural treasure was looted during colonial times and has remained in museums and private collections in Europe and North America ever since. For the last few decades, however, African nations have been asking for the ...

Populations of the African forest and savanna elephant have declined sharply. The populations of Africa's elephants are now in more danger than they ever have been. The African forest elephant is now listed as critically endangered, and the African savanna ...

In an era where African stories are increasingly visible yet still too often filtered through external lenses, Sekera Mohamed Besta is part of a generation determined to take authorship back.Working under the artistic name Ngôma Hoe,

The key takeaway is that the paintings do not simply show people moving; they encode recognizable ritual elements - like clapping women, dancers in circles, and altered postures associated with trance - mirroring ethnographic descriptions of San healing and initiation practices, reports Archaeology Magazine.

Milo Manara's Magnificent African Adventure features in Fantagraphics' April 2026 solicits, as well as Bill Everett's work for Atlas

Used throughout history, African net sponges have been making a comeback. But, what is this bathing tool and why do people love it so much? Joshua Cox-Steib Joshua Cox-Steib is a sociologist and freelance writer. He lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with his wife ...

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has unveiled the ensemble cast for the U.K. bow of 'Jaja's African Hair Braiding,' the Tony Award-winning Broadway comedy.