In East Africa a slave trade was well established ... Brazilian traders were finding it difficult to operate in West Africa because the British navy was intercepting slave ships.
A new generation of Sierra Leoneans is eager to show visitors that the nation's civil war is long gone and reintroduce one of ...
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More than 40 cultures thrive in West Africa. Walk the streets, and you'll likely hear a mix of French, English, Arabic, and tribal languages (some 70 African languages are spoken). Don't miss the ...
News is honoring Black History Month this February and reporter Sierra Krug took us center stage to meet the dancers with Virginia's premiere West African dance group — Ezibu Muntu.
Will it catch on elsewhere? New institutions dedicated to artificial intelligence, West African art, barbeque and more are expected to welcome visitors this year Each year, millions of straw ...
The soul-shattering abuses suffered by enslaved Africans, who were forcibly stripped of their languages, religions and other key aspects of their culture ... and others. A West African banjo ...
If the collapse of EAC, and now ECOWAS, teaches us anything, it is that the greatest risk ...
WEST AFRICA has long been a source of booze. In Yoruba mythology Obatala, a deity sent to create humans, stumbled on palm wine and fell into a drunken slumber before completing the task.