Stretching over 4,200 kilometers, the Niger River sustains millions of people across West Africa. Flowing through rainforest, savannah, and desert, it has been a source of life, commerce, and culture ...

Excavations in Benin, Nigeria, have uncovered a record of the Kingdom, revealing royal quarters, shrines, and layers from the ...

Sowande Keita of Detroit has been playing the drums for as long as he can remember. “There’s a legendary story, that is actually very true, my father tied the DJembe around my waist before I could ...

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 mainstay in ...

Western countries have reduced aid and military support to Africa, prompting African nations to pivot towards the east, particularly China ...