European colonizers were thought to have brought leprosy to the Americas, but a new study reveals it existed there for thousands of years and spread by a recently discovered bacteria species.

President Paul Kagame, on June 3, arrived in Algiers, the capital of Algeria, for a two-day official visit at the invitation of his counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune.While in Algiers, Kagame laid ...

A new study reveals that leprosy existed in America long before the arrival of Europeans, shedding light on the history of a ...

People coming from the north settled South America. The first hunter-gatherers entered the continent from the region of what ...

They left to survive, but what was lost in the process? A look at the invisible burden of Africa’s new migration wave to the ...

Two studies of ancient felines find that cats were likely domesticated in Egypt or other regions in North Africa — and moved ...

Early American banjo music is Black music, developed by enslaved Africans and rooted in Black culture through the early 1800s ...

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o emerged with a new era in African history and led the charge to decolonise literature and academic thinking.

We can all admit that Africa is one continent with deep history, powerful kingdoms, rich cultures, and as many as 54 countries. But then, some of these countries have not been around for that long. A ...

Before colonization, Africa thrived on traditional governance structures that emphasized communal leadership, consensus-building, and economic cooperation. The revival and modernization of these ...