Kelowna audiences get a chance to see how artist, Ekow Nimako, re-imagines ancient African kingdoms using Lego bricks.

Brick-by-brick, Canadian artist Ekow Nimako re-imagined ancient African kingdoms by building and envisioning a journey based ...

From a delicate 13th-century clay figure to self-portraits by photographer Samuel Fosso, New York's Metropolitan Museum ...

The Empire of Mali managed to control the gold-bearing regions of Galam, Bambuk, and Bure, which are all located in Mali. Ancient Mali was essentially a trade nation, particularly during the ...

Mali, northern Burkina Faso and western Niger; only the Mongol Empire and the Inca Empire were larger at that time. You may like Ancient Egypt: History, dynasties, religion and writing ...

Another prominent feature of the Benin Kingdom was the great wall of Benin and also known for its great works of art ... Mali. This was established by the Soninke people and at that time, this ...

A fascination with that long-ago land has permeated Black art deeply enough ... us to associate ancient empires with the ambition of overseas exploration, and the Mali Empire was no exception.

Stein traveled the globe to meet the last people keeping ancient traditions alive ... balafon that dates back to the founding of the Mali empire. NEARLY 800 YEARS AGO, Sundiata Keita founded ...

c. 632-700s - Arab invasion of North Africa and subsequent spread of Islam. c.1226-1670 - Mali Empire becomes dominant force in the upper Niger basin following the Battle of Krina in 1234.