While it is generally accepted that the forerunner to Homo sapiens - Homo erectus - left Africa about 1.5 million years ago to populate other parts of the world, there are two main theories about ...

Hundreds of South African servicemen, mostly black, who died during World War One have been honoured with a new memorial in ...

What was precolonial Africa like? A number of powerful kingdoms developed in precolonial West Africa. They each had their own diverse cultures, art, histories and religions. The Kingdom of Benin ...

he united several of West Africa’s kingdoms to defeat Ghana’s king, Sumanguru. He then began to conquer more land in the area, calling his new kingdom the Mali Empire. Records of oral history ...

Playwright Banna Desta has brought to life an often-overlooked ancient African civilisation in her latest work - a compelling audio drama about an increasingly tyrannical queen and her scheming twin ...

In the 1950s and 60s, her mother, the late Andrée Blouin, threw herself into the fight for a free Africa, mobilising the ... now 67, told the BBC. In 1960, with Nkrumah's encouragement, Andrée ...

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African athletes are looking to break old records, while new talent will have its chance to make an impression on the global stage. Get your calendar ready as BBC Sport Africa picks out some of ...