Africans are one of the most genetically diverse groups of people in the world. Most people would think Africans are mostly dark skinned, with brown eyes and black hair. But deep in the South Pacific, ...

Africa’s name does not descend from the epistemic centers of Athens or Rome. The continent carries a name originating not from Greek philosophers or Roman conquerors, but from the indigenous Amazigh ...

This story began as an experiment: to be dropped off alone with one of Africa’s most remote tribes and live exactly as they do. Deep in the jungle near the Central African Republic border, I spent ...

Across many rural areas in Africa, including parts of West Africa, communities use bottle gourds as water storage solutions ...

"Africa is on the rise and African people are also ascending," one person said. At Cape Coast Castle on the shores of the Ghanaian city, a sordid history belies its beauty. The castle overlooking the ...

Scientists read ancient DNA from South African hunter gatherers and found a very early human branch that shaped survival ...

In 1913, the Union of South Africa — a white minority government formed by the British and the Dutch just three years prior — passed the Natives Land Act. It defined a “native” as anyone who is a ...