Ruth First, born 100 years ago, was a South African freedom fighter, journalist and scholar who worked against the racist ...

We think of human rights abuses as wartime atrocities, but sometimes they involve what family members do to the people they ...

She was once called “the most dangerous woman in Africa.” But Andrée Blouin described herself as an African woman “inflamed by injustice” on a mission to free her continent from colonial rule. She was ...

African countries had 14 of the world’s 67 heat extreme events last year, and several had at least three months of hotter ...

1960 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Defending champion Maria Bueno of Brazil beats South Africa’s Sandra Reynolds 8-6, 6-0.

In 1979, UNESCO named Elmina Castle a World Heritage Site for its central role in the transatlantic slave trade. Because of ...

Welcome to Next Africa, a twice-weekly newsletter on where the continent stands now — and where it’s headed. Sign up here to ...

Discover the emotional journey of Black Americans in Ghana, seeking racial healing and connection to their African roots at Cape Coast Castle.

Thousands of sculpted heads – captive African men, women, and children – meticulously created by the artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo ...

As one of Africa’s longstanding production companies, South Africa’s Moonlighting Films has worked across big Hollywood films ...

Every semester I’d begin my American literature class by asking students how many had encountered their favorite book in just such a classroom. Almost nobody raised a hand.

The virus killed at least 20 million people, wiped at least $10 trillion from the global economy and upended billions of ...