In Africa, a new wave of thematic cartographers are flexing their creative muscles, using maps to highlight social, political ...

The tradition of star chart mapping in Africa extends far back in history, suggesting that ancient African cultures were keen ...

The National Museum of African Art is ... in Africa. Its collections contain over 600,000 items, including historic collections of glass plate negatives, cartes-de-visite, lantern slides, photographic ...

During colonial rule in Africa, thousands of cultural artefacts ... Now France has launched a report calling for thousands of African art in its museums to be returned to the continent.

A team of researchers led by UC Santa Cruz recently released a sophisticated new map that reveals, for the first time, the ...

With more than 5 million inhabitants, Nairobi is one of the fastest growing cities on the African continent. Curator and Art see Africa host Nyambura WaruingiImage: DW In just over a century ...

For the first time ever, Henry Lovejoy, a CU Boulder history professor, has mapped the boundaries of a fallen African kingdom best known for ... and enslaved an estimated 128,000 people from West ...

The city boasts the annual East African Art Auction, the largest in the region that has taken place since 2013. This auction has put the city on the contemporary art map in Africa despite stiff ...