South African photographer Shem Compion has spent more than 20 years documenting the extreme geography and diverse inhabitants of the Great Rift Valley.

Everyone has seen the classic horror film where the token Black person—specifically the Black guy—dies first. But Black ...

A Cultural Language Written on Skin Scarification—intentional cuts or burns that heal into raised patterns—has been practiced across many African cultures for centuries. These markings were never ...

This story began as an experiment: to be dropped off alone with one of Africa’s most remote tribes and live exactly as they ...

Young leaders from across Liberia’s academic and youth sectors gathered in Paynesville City, outside Monrovia for the maiden edition of the African Students Leadership Forum (ASLF), which brought ...

Travel is my guilty pleasure. It’s terrible for reducing your carbon footprint. The least I can offer is perspectives on my travels. My previous column ...

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In the Luo tribe of East Africa, widows follow a unique tradition of sleeping beside their husband’s dead body. The ritual ...

This place is known for some of the tallest people in the world, with men averaging nearly 6 feet in height. Scroll down to ...

Egypt’s planned road to Chad stalls amid regional conflicts, security risks, high costs, and unstable Libya–Chad zones ...

Leaders and delegates from the world’s richest nations and top developing countries are gathering this weekend for the Group of 20 summit in South Africa, an event overshadowed by the boycott of U.S.

In today’s edition of “not The Onion,” long-running experimental outfit Xiu Xiu has taken to Instagram to call out African Imperial Wizard, a provocatively-named one-man tribal/industrial project, as ...