For centuries, the history of the West African kingdom of Kaabu, which thrived from the mid-1500s to the 1800s and spanned ...

This is the conclusion of an international team of researchers who re-examined an archaeological site in West Africa from which ... This reflects a complex history of population subdivision ...

In this adapted excerpt, we meet Balla Kouyaté, one in a long line of West African "djelis," men who function as living history books to preserve stories, culture, and traditions. Some ...

Today on the show, the bloody journey of a Benin Bronze from West Africa to the halls of one ... the Jack and Margaret Sweet Endowed Professor of History at Michigan State University Deadria ...