Contrary to the widespread belief that pre-colonial Africa was entirely without borders, African kingdoms including the Kingdom of Rwanda had clearly defined territorial boundaries. Rwanda, in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Western education regularly overlooks these monarchs, but theGrio never will. Meet the African kings who deserve recognition. If ...

Three U.S. museums have returned 31 bronzes looted from the pre-colonial African kingdom of Benin to the Nigerian National Collections in a ceremony held at the Smithsonian Institution. The looted ...

Iron age archaeology -- Settlement and political archaeology -- Settlement organisation -- Stonewalling -- Central cattle pattern -- Moor park cluster -- Ntsuanatsatsi cluster -- Zimbabwe pattern -- ...

More than 60 years after most African states gained independence, the legal infrastructure imposed by former colonial powers continues to exert outsized influence. Across the continent, outdated ...

Both the Khoi and the San believed in a mythical animal, resembling a cow, whose horns were thought to have medicinal attributes. Rodger Smith In 2020, a chance discovery near the small South African ...