Across Africa, drinking is more than a pastime. It is history in a cup, ritual in a gourd, and community in a bottle. From Nigeria’s bustling beer halls to Kenya’s homemade busaa and dawa, from Zulu ...

Learn plantain indigenous names, Maghrebi vs Sahelian couscous, and palm wine rituals, with buying guides and how-to-use tips. Liberian rice bread with ripe plantain —turn very ripe plantains into a ...

Step into the rhythm that bends time. Discover how African music and dance create trance-like states, reshaping how we feel every beat. African music and dance are celebrated worldwide for their ...

Skip the coffee jitters, discover Africa’s caffeine-free teas. From rooibos to hibiscus, each sip carries flavor, history, and tradition. These teas are more than beverages; they are daily rituals ...

Trace a ray of sunshine leaving the surface of the sun, racing across space, and striking the African continent. From orbit, the first thing it illuminates is a vast sweep of color: a golden-beige ...

Before Sherlock Holmes arrived on the page, Arthur Conan Doyle signed on as a ship's surgeon and voyaged to West Africa. Field medicine, long voyages, and the empire's periphery taught him to read ...

Discover how iconic African dances become low-impact, high-joy workouts when practiced in water. Ever wondered what it feels like to try energetic African dances in a pool? On land, they test balance, ...

If you grew up watching Dragon Ball Z Kai, you probably remember Mr. Popo as a strange blue genie-like figure. But ask an older fan, and they’ll tell you he wasn’t always blue. When Mr. Popo debuted ...

Captain JAMES BRIGGS (of Dighton, Mass.), seeks stout and able-bodied Seamen for a swift and lucrative trading voyage aboard the sloop HOPE. · ROUTE: Providence → WINDWARD COAST of AFRICA → DANISH ...

Most readers meet Arthur Conan Doyle through Sherlock Holmes’s cool logic. Fewer realize that Africa shaped both the detective’s creator and the knight he became. As a young ship’s doctor on the West ...

The roots of call and response run deep in African traditions, where music, oral storytelling, and spiritual rituals relied on this style of communication. In many African societies, it was not enough ...

Tired of the same old chicken and rice? This week, we are taking our taste buds on a journey across the African continent with a meal prep plan that is bursting with flavor, color, and nutrition.