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 ...

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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 ...

A deal signed in Washington on Friday has been touted as a major step toward peace in Congo following decades of conflict ...

Given that everyone will suffer from these shocks, cooperation to ameliorate them should be a priority, especially for Asia ...

The 20th Ernest Hemingway International Colloquium open its doors today in this city with the laying of a wreath at the bust ...