American–based ceramic sculptor, Femi Akande, is drawing significant international attention with his latest work, ‘Fragments of a Shattered Self’, a sculpture that extends his long-standing ...

What did researchers find? A 1.6-to-1.5-million-year-old skull from Ethiopia combines features from two different stages of ...

The late, great Fela Kuti is known as the "Black President" for his role as both a musical and a political leader. Now he has become the first African artist to get this Grammy honor.

A museum in Britain has opened a gallery displaying thousands of African artefacts it knows very little about, hoping to spark a conversation on colonial-era looting and restitution.

Contemporary visual artist Julie Mehretu is renowned for her large-scale abstract paintings and multilayered landscapes which explore the themes of history and globalism. She’s using her platform to ...

The beautiful Polkadraai Strawberry Farm is in Stellenbosch. Besides strawberry picking, which takes place between September and January, children can also enjoy face painting, pony rides, mini golf, ...

An ancient woman thought to have hailed from sub-Saharan Africa and therefore to have been the first known Black Briton actually had fairer skin and was from southern England, researchers using new ...