Ancient Ghana encompassed what is now modern ... 10th century geographer Al-Bakri, quoted in Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History. Click here to listen to Al-Bakri describing ...

Reminiscing the anguish of the young Moomen’s desire for success, PaJohn Dadson sat among the privileged few who got to see the Accra premiere of the full production, the first in a series of world ...

For the first time, researchers have found evidence that people were using red ochre in West Africa during the Middle Stone Age. Dated to between 30,000 and 40,000 years ago, the rust-colored ...

Today, the Asante people still remember their ancient traditions. They hold special ceremonies called durbars. This photograph shows an Asante chief at a durbar. Most West African kingdoms slowly ...

Ancient DNA dating to between 16,000–18,000 years ago ... but this study also underscores the importance of forested regions of the continent, such as Central or West Africa, to understand patterns of ...

One of the most colourful and interesting periods in ancient West African history is set to be relived in an epic musical theatre production titled ‘Mansa Musa and the Trail of Lost Gold, The Prelude’ ...

One of the most colourful and interesting periods in ancient West African history is set to be relived in an epic musical theatre production titled 'Mansa Musa and the Trail of Lost Gold, The Prelude' ...

One of the most colourful and interesting periods in ancient West African history is set to be relived in an epic musical theatre production titled “Mansa Musa and the Trail of Lost Gold, ...