Through my research collaboration with design scholar Ron Eglash, author of “ African Fractals ,” I discovered that the design style that undergirds much of the graphic design profession today – the ...

The heirs of their original owner (Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, from a prominent Jewish family) claimed the paintings were ...

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The FNB Art Joburg Fair has become the continent’s leading celebration of African contemporary art, and this year marks its 18th edition. FNB Joburg Art Fair at the Sandton Convention Centre in ...

Nigeria’s hopes of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup have taken another hit as South Africa and the Benin Republic secured crucial victories on Friday to widen the gap ahead of the Super Eagles.

On Friday, an event in Yokohama, just outside Tokyo, examined opportunities to grow anime- and manga-related businesses across Africa. Organized alongside the Tokyo International Conference on African ...

Archaeologists have analyzed the DNA of two unrelated individuals buried in 7th-century-AD cemeteries on the south coast of England, revealing that they both had recent ancestors, likely grandparents, ...

PORTO NOVO, Benin (AP) — A traditional mask festival in Porto Novo, Benin, showcases the country’s unique face masks and full-body costumes, that are tied to ancient customs and traditions. McDonald’s ...

PORTO NOVO, Benin (AP) — A traditional mask festival in Porto Novo, Benin, showcases the country’s unique face masks and full-body costumes, that are tied to ancient customs and traditions. There’s a ...

The small west African nation of Benin last year enacted a law granting citizenship to descendants of enslaved people to acknowledge the country’s complicity in the transatlantic slave trade, and ...

American R&B singer Ciara has become a Beninese citizen thanks to a new law granting citizenship to descendants of African slaves. The Grammy-winning star appeared alongside President Patrice Talon ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West African country granting citizenship to descendants of ...