Over the past decade, at least two dozen established and rising international artists have exhibited work in countries ...

These West African kingdoms and empires developed their own diverse and rich cultures, art, histories and religions. Narrator: From the medieval ages, West Africa was home to a range of powerful ...

The Savannah African Art Museum is home to a collection of more than 1,000 pieces of artwork from West and Central Africa. The African art on display here includes a variety of 19th- and 20th ...

Similarly, so much of Kenyan art is informed by these stereotypes of Africa or Western fantasies about African life. The late great creative writer Binyavanga Wainaina directly challenged this ...

SEGOU, Mali - Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger ...

West Africa has been home to some great kingdoms ... The kingdom of Ife developed in the rainforest in the 600s. Its art and religion influenced the culture of Benin, which began in the 900s ...