These skills, dances and rituals passed down through generations are a source of pride for countries on the continent. Often ...

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Burkina Faso has now joined countries such as Kenya, Malawi, and Zambia in taking steps to ban the usage of wigs.

It was a trip to the historic rural community of Daboya in Northern Ghana which is home to a centuries-old centre of indigo ...

The recent inscription of Kente fabric, among other African items and practices into Unesco’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity is a milestone in the global ...

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Maintaining a 35-year tradition that the Chinese foreign minister visits Africa on the first overseas trip at the start of a year, Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China ...

Keachia Bowers and Damon Smith used to live in Florida. But in 2023, they left everything behind and moved to Ghana. There, among a growing number of returnees like them, they feel like they belong.

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Ivory Coast is the sixth in a growing list of African nations cutting military ties with former colonial power France. France's President Emmanuel Macron greets Ivory Coast's President Alassane ...