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To dodge Trump’s tariffs and wrath, five African presidents played colonial subject, and left their dignity behind.
Fashion is a lingua franca, and in the modern context, it is increasingly a worldly sensibility embracing an African-inspired attire with its buoyant lexicon. A fine blend of classic African ...
Modern humans may descend from two or more genetically distinct streams that split but continued to occasionally mix over time in Africa.
Widening the lens on modern Africa Two shows, in Fitchburg and Groton, highlight the diversity of the continent By Mark Feeney Globe Staff,Updated October 19, 2023, 1:34 p.m.
There are some unwelcome signs in the market for contemporary and Modern African art. In 2023 auction sales in this category fell a little—by 8% to $79.8m, according to the analysts ArtTactic ...
While operators have historically served Western cuisines, a handful of modern safaris are offering local cuisines and native ingredients to immerse guests fully in their stunning surroundings.
That the present modern day African writer is battling between two worlds as far as his or her writings are concerned cannot be disputed or denied by any knowledgeable or authoritative cultural ...
A new model upends old assumptions, revealing more Neanderthal ancestry for both modern Africans and Europeans than once thought.
Modern humans may have left Africa thousands of years earlier than previously thought, turning right and heading across the Red Sea into Arabia rather than following the Nile to a northern exit ...
A new exhibition, “Deep Roots, New Shoots: Modern and Contemporary African Art from the KAM Collection,” will open at the Hope College Kruizenga Art Museum on Friday, Jan. 12, and run through Saturday ...
wrote "Heart of Darkness," there was an excuse for using Africa as the setting for a descent into savagery and madness. At the turn of the century, the interior of Africa was terra incognita for ...
This write-up aims at assessing the role played by magazines and literary clubs in the evolution of modern African poetry. An exercise of this nature will yield itself to historical readings ...