Flowers have long been a powerful form of expression in African American culture, carrying deep meanings in celebrations, spirituality, and everyday life. Whether given as a gesture of love, used in ...

Sub-Saharan Africa’s music industry is the fastest-growing worldwide, with revenue up over 20% in 2023 alone. The industry showcases how African youth are transforming the continent’s creative ...

there are over 55 million people in South Africa with diverse ethnic backgrounds. This contributes to more than 10 different cultural groups, each with its distinct customs, languages, and traditions.

As we enter 2025, we reflect on a watershed year for Africa. Across culture, technology, leadership, and innovation, the continent confounded expectations, forged new paths and unleashed its ...

He remembers Roho and Fundi Shinda, who shared the joys of African music and drama and dance, culture and food, language and crafts and social traditions. The concrete block building on land at ...

How Cape Town and Johannesburg have become art hubs to rival any other city It could be said that South Africa has an incredibly long and rich history of art. In 2018, archaeologists excavating ...

and the rich African musical heritage that they carried with them was part of the foundation of a new American musical culture that mixed African traditions with those of Europe and the Americas.

Africa Restored (Cheryl as Cleopatra) by Kerry James Marshall is on view as part of “Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica” at the Art Institute of Chicago. Using his ...