The linguistic landscape is far more complicated than it first appears, with many isolated languages and sub-families that ...

During his imprisonment, Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong'o decided he would never write in English again, a defiant move that ...

A Saharan dust plume is expected to bring milky skies and hazy sunsets to Florida, the Southeast, and Gulf Coast.

Legendary Algerian film-maker Mohamed Lakhdar-Hamina has passed away at the age of 91. He is most commonly remembered as the ...

Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority, Maame Efua Houadjeto, has urged organizers of the FESTAC Africa ...

Some African presidents flew straight to Ouagadougou to sign the interim unity documents when they could not land. Some ...

No African writer has as many major, lasting creative achievements in such a wide range of genres as Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.

Nikkolas Smith, the bestselling illustrator, has a new children's book that takes a look at the innovative, creative dawn of ...

Bloemfontein - Possible legal action against the Bloemfontein city council had been temporarily averted after it agreed to conduct an audit to establish the language preferences of its clients, the ...

What did the nations of Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Libya, Somalia, the Republic of Congo and Sudan have in common, ...

Across the continent, thousands of Fulani people are holding fast to their ancient customs—while reshaping their traditions ...