A new book highlights the beautiful work of Jay Matternes, an accomplished artist who drew everything from mammoths to early ...

Originally the Campbell Road Settlement, Africville was a black community “settled between 1835 and 1840 by Black Refugees of ...

In celebration of Black History Month, this collection of poems was submitted by Black Griots of Athens, the ones who have ...

Baanksy followed in the footsteps of his predecessor a painting pig called PIGcasso who taught him to use a brush at an ...

which are critically endangered in West Africa. But even here, they find little respite. Driven by deeply rooted beliefs in the mystical powers of animal skin talismans known as “gris-gris,” the ...

Being the largest contemporary art fair on the African continent comes with the responsibility of showcasing not just South Africa but the whole continent as a destination for some of the world ...

GORRETH NAGGANJA | At Circle Art Gallery, Nairobi, a group exhibition of six contemporary eastern Africa artists is featuring ...

Meanwhile another animal work by Banksy—a painting of a goat standing on a ledge—was removed from the side of a building near Kew Bridge in west London, earlier this month. A statement on ...

Gris-gris are rooted in traditional African faiths that believe vital powers in animals and nature may be unlocked — to harm, to heal, or to protect, said Dr. Cheikh Babou, a history professor ...

NIOKOLO-KOBA NATIONAL PARK, Senegal (AP) — The morning sun slants through the canopy of Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park as Sgt. Abdou Diouf and his brigade of rangers march in single file ...

NIOKOLO-KOBA NATIONAL PARK, Senegal (AP) — The morning sun slants through the canopy of Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park as Sgt. Abdou Diouf and his brigade of rangers march in single file, guns ...

Alongside the growth of art fairs in Africa in recent years, international interest in contemporary African artists has risen sharply… some would say to unsustainable heights. Amid a global ...