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When Bolepu Mathabatha met with Pops Mohamed to repair his damaged kora, the moment felt like renewal rather than loss. In a ...

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A street art festival in Nigeria is showcasing the continent’s tradition of public murals. Combining color, creativity, and ...

Architect Neil Hall, in a 2005 photo, is the force behind Art Africa and the catalyst for the Black Miami art scene during Miami Art Week. Patrick Farrell Miami Herald In Raisa Habersham’s recent ...

The late, great Fela Kuti is known as the "Black President" for his role as both a musical and a political leader. Now he has become the first African artist to get this Grammy honor.

Bantu South Africa before the Mfecane -- The Zulu kingdom -- The birth of the Swazi nation -- Soshangane and the empire of Gaza -- The Ngoni invasions of east-central Africa -- The invasion of the ...

Banksy appears to confirm a new mural in London is his latest work. On Monday, the elusive street artist posted photos of the mural on Instagram, hours after it appeared on a building in Bayswater, ...

A museum in Britain has opened a gallery displaying thousands of African artefacts it knows very little about, hoping to spark a conversation on colonial-era looting and restitution.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The red rammed-earth walls of the new Museum of West African Art (Mowaa) in Benin City, southern Nigeria, echo ...

New research shows stone tool production in the Central African rainforest remained remarkably consistent for a period of ...