The vast Zamzam refugee camp, which was home to about half a million people, was torched by RSF paramilitaries in recent days ...

American painter Kehinde Wiley stands in front of a portrait of Alpha Condé, former president of Guinea, during the opening ...

Visitors will marvel at the vividness of the royal drapes with the emblems of the kings of Dahomey (today Benin) and see the ...

Now, almost 20 years later, the curator for the 2026 Venice Biennale is Cameroon-born Koyo Kouoh, the director of Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MoCAA) in Cape Town. Cape Town is also ...

The art historical narrative, traditionally skewed towards Western perspectives, has long undervalued African art, limiting its global visibility and appreciation.This trend, however, has changed as ...

Madagascar's centuries-old bareknuckle combat sport "moraingy" is punching above its weight in the capital Antananarivo, as fighters and fans gather to celebrate a martial art once reserved for ...

and that brought new attention to African culture and art. The Peace Corps brought a lot of young people to Africa, and some of them majored in various areas of African studies. More recently ...

Earth's Northern Lights typically dance near the poles, but 41,000 years ago, they lit up skies over North Africa and ...

Amy Crawford | | Read More Amy Crawford is a Michigan-based freelance journalist writing about cities, science, the environment, art and education. A longtime Smithsonian contributor, her work ...

After a mammoth renovation in New York, four artists talks about their personal highlights from the collection ...

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Ali Pate, and the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, ...