Oluthando Keteyi A lot of things may not be certain, but one thing is that African women have been celebrating their crowns and plaiting them in different ways.African women's hairstyles have become a ...

Ancient Aboriginal rock art, African sites make UNESCO World Heritage list UN cultural organisation this week announces its choice of sites to be granted World Heritage status.

During this period of ancient Egyptian history, archaeological evidence has suggested trade and cultural connections existed with the Fertile Crescent—an area of West Asia encompassing modern ...

UN cultural organisation this week announces its choice of sites to be granted World Heritage status.

Choputa is focused on reintroducing fonio — a climate-resilient, ancient West African supergrain — to modern breakfast tables. Founded in 2020 by Uche Jumbo, Choputa’s mission is to nourish ...

Choputa's Ancient African Supergrains are an Innovative Non-GMO Option for US Breakfast Tables Provided by GlobeNewswire Jul 8, 2025, 6:15:00 AM ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Collected in 1917 by Dr. John Harley ...

My hair type is straight with a slight wave, medium thickness, and generally not prone to a huge amount of frizz; however, this changes in the heat.

New research shows that African communities have survived 10,000 years of climate change by mixing herding, farming, foraging, and fishing. These flexible food strategies offer valuable lessons ...

Japan’s “Doctor Locust”: Scientist Building Resilience Against an Ancient Menace in the African Desert ...

However, colonial intervention has eroded this African understanding of beauty through Euro-centric hair-styles by making Africans believe that this age-old hair-style tradition of growing short hair ...