Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants ...

New Delhi, Since 2018, 15 sites across eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa have earned a UNESCO tag, and four new ...

In his remarks to the nation both before and after Wednesday’s Gen Z protests President William Ruto has been clear on where ...

The Rhea County Courthouse has become and remained an important historical site since the notorious Scopes trial. Still, to ...

Mrs Marilyn Maame Efua Houadjeto, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), says West African governments ...

In keeping with protocols, it is appropriate to end this drama of trading places with another conceit. At the end of the eighteenth century ...

As the creative mind behind Rukkies Decor, Africa’s leading floral production and design company, and the force behind multiple design-driven ventures, Dr. Promise Ovai Kenneth-Odum continues to ...

Around this time Denmark and Norway, united under one monarch, began colonial ventures (see map 3). In 1721 they sent Hans Egede, a Lutheran missionary, in search of the lost Norse.

In 1964, UNESCO launched the elaboration of the General History of Africa with a view to remedy the general ignorance on Africa’s history. The challenge consisted of reconstructing Africa’s history, ...

For centuries, the Mercator map – one of the most widely used world maps – has shrunk the African continent, distorting its scale and minimising its global significance. Africa covers 30,37-million ...

Africa has so many languages due to its long history, with humans having populated the continent for over five million years. By comparison, there are just over 200 languages spoken in Europe.

Africa’s religious divisions are rooted in history. Christianity arrived in North Africa in the 1st century AD but spread more widely into sub-Saharan Africa in the 15th century during European ...