10th century geographer Al-Bakri, quoted in Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History. Click here to listen to Al-Bakri describing the opulence surrounding the King of Ghana The ...

Last week, the West African nation welcomed the most new citizens in its history thanks to a campaign asking Black Americans to "come home." Germantown's Nykisha Madison Keita was one of them.

Ahead of an election on December 7th, the mood in the country is grim ...

Paul Ninson had an old-school, newfangled dream: a modern library devoted to photobooks showing life on the continent. He ...

Unlike many West African nations where power often oscillates ... Leadership plays a pivotal role in the evolution of democracy, and Ghana's political history offers significant insights in ...

John Dramani Mahama, Ghana’s incoming president, has won a chance to rewrite his legacy. He was voted out of office in 2016 ...

Increasingly, citizens are prioritizing accountability and performance over party loyalty, using their votes and voices to demand change from governments that fail to address corruption, inefficiency, ...