Once the largest country in Africa, Sudan was divided into two distinct regions: the predominantly Arab-Muslim north and the ...

Although the show has welcomed several sixty-somethings (Tarzan Smith, Jimmy Johnson, B.B. Anderson) and 71-year-old Joe Del ...

One particularly charming corner of the store is dedicated to vintage toys and games – tin wind-up figures, hand-carved ...

For music lovers beyond the vinyl section, there are vintage instruments waiting for new musicians – guitars with rich ...

The pavilion's decorations include wooden animal sculptures, tribal masks representing Liberia's 17 ethnic groups, traditional sangba drums, and a 104-year-old bronze artifact that symbolizes the ...

Curators and museum officials collaborated with the men who made the spectacular masquerades. "We thought, ‘Let's work with ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Museveni addressing Acholi MPs at State House The future of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), ...

African masks have an important place in the culture of many African communities. These masks are not merely artistic pieces but are deeply symbolic and traditional. Made with finesse, they are a ...

The Bantu-speaking Tribes of South Africa: an Ethnographical Survey. Edited for the (South African) Inter-University Committee for African Studies by I. Schapera. Pp. xv + 453 + 24 plates.

The southwestern regions of the Central African Republic and the northern Republic of Congo are home to the Aka (also known as Bayaka), a nomadic tribe of hunter-gatherers who, from a Western ...

queen of the Brigantes tribe. The Stanwick Hoard, uncovered there in 1845 and comprising 140 metal artefacts including a bronze horse head mask, could be related to the Melsonby Hoard, Mr Emerick ...