African clothes and fashion vary from brightly coloured textiles to embroidered robes and gorgeous accessories. Since the continent is quite vast, native clothing differs from one country to another.

Ankara fabrics are deeply rooted in African culture and history. Wearing Ankara designs for men is a way to celebrate and embrace African heritage and identity. The Dashiki shirt is among the latest ...

founded in the early 19th century by freed African Americans. While not ancient in the sense of millennia-old civilizations, it is the oldest modern independent African state, gaining independence ...

Genetic insights into the Fulani people not only illuminate their biological history but also enrich our understanding of ...

WASHINGTON – Hundreds of people joined a rally on May 3 to show support for the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the wake of threats by the Trump administration and ...

One way to find out more about a population's history is by studying their genes. This also informs medical research. African populations remain underrepresented in genomic studies. Only about 1.1 ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Adam Sanchez remembers tears streaming down a student’s face as his high school class left the lower level of the National Museum of African American History and Culture a few ...

In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago. By examining tiny ...