South Africa has many factories, warehouses, schools and hospitals—big buildings with large rooftop spaces. In such a sunny ...

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A study led by researchers from Brown University finds that rainfall patterns across northern Africa remained largely stable ...

Zak Ové reframes dominant narratives about the African diaspora, interrogating the past to posit what he calls "potential ...

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The Robberg is one of southern Africa's most distinctive and widespread stone tool technologies. Robberg tools—which we found ...

David Goldblatt photographed the societal warping that apartheid inflicted, drawn to “the quiet and commonplace where nothing ...

As African migration — driven largely by economic hardship and the search for better opportunities — continues to grow, churches are becoming more than just places of worship. In fact, churches have ...

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Soon, support act N’Famady Kouyaté joined the headliners with his balafon (a West African xylophone-type instrument made from wood and dried gourds) for a lively take on “Toukambela” from this year’s ...