Many of the uninformed have questioned why many of us go to such magnitude in the acknowledgment and celebration of "Black ...

Ironworking in Africa, spanning over 2,000 years, holds a history forged in fire and spirit, predating the metalwork of many ...

Found in Africa, Carthage was founded in the 9th ... especially if you like ancient history.” ...

Ancient Ghana derived power and wealth from ... The route taken by traders of the Maghreb to Ghana started in North Africa in Tahert, coming down through Sjilmasa in Southern Morocco.

“The current sample of ancient genomes in Africa is still very small ... What other stories in human history have just been completely changed by our modern world?” Sophie Fessl is a freelance science ...

In 2010, he received his PhD in Egyptology and came to William & Mary to teach and research the ancient, medieval, and modern histories of Africa and the African diaspora, as well as the history of ...

Burials at Mount Hora in Malawi yielded DNA used in the study DNA from ancient remains has been used to reconstruct thousands of years of population history in Africa. Researchers sequenced the ...

Traditional beekeeping in Africa is a cultural treasure under threat from climate change, habitat loss, and competition from ...

A 7,000-year-old femur bone belonging to an antelope, discovered in a South African cave, has revealed the earliest confirmed use of a multi-component arrow poison. Three modified bone arrowheads were ...

Ancient Egyptians were especially devoted ... is often referred to as the most beautiful woman in history. Better known as African red tea, Rooibos is a plant found exclusively in South Africa.

With such a significant history, South Africa is home to many ancient archaeological sites to visit. The ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape is located on the border between Botswana and Namibia.

Ancient Ghana encompassed what is now modern ... quoted in Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History. Click here to listen to Al-Bakri describing the opulence surrounding the King ...