Ancient African Communities Living 1,800 Miles Away From Each Other Making Identical Beads Was ‘No Coincidence’ The impulse ...

Curators and museum officials collaborated with the men who made the spectacular masquerades. "We thought, ‘Let's work with ...

Visitors will marvel at the vividness of the royal drapes with the emblems of the kings of Dahomey (today Benin) and see the ...

Artistic Innovations and Collaborations' presents the work of four artists who create ensembles for masquerading societies in ...

Knowing the symbolism of the masks and what traditions go into their making makes their cultural importance clear. African masks are emblematic, often representing ancestors, spirits, or deities.

South Africa led the African music industry in 2023 with $33 million in revenue, followed by Egypt and Nigeria, as streaming services fuelled a 34.7% surge in Sub-Saharan Africa’s music economy ...

They invite dialogue between African masks and the social issues facing the continent today, from urbanization and environmental crises to gender inequality and neocolonialism. These articulations ...

The building, which had a past as one of the first African American Lutheran churches ... So for that hometown stand, Mask and Wig would have had their new history-making records available to sell at ...

Under the agreement signed March 28, in the city of Goma, now under M23 control for two months, the rebels will allow the Southern African Development Community (SADC) forces to exit the region by ...

Only a handful of Wabanaki artists in recent years have mastered hand-carving wooden masks, but now eight emerging Mi'kmaw artists from Elsipogtog First Nation in New Brunswick are following in ...

“Wagner opened its own brewery in Bangui at the end of 2021 to compete with the French, with the launch of a new drink, Africa Ti L'Or, on the Central African market,” the report sai ...

Intelligent Diva is on the verge of making history as the first African American independent producer to release an AI-animated television series. Her groundbreaking work in The Sentinels sets a new ...