The Ivory Coast officially became a French colony on March 10, 1893, with slavery not becoming abolished until 1905. In 1958, Ivory Coast became an autonomous member of the French Community and ...

When 20-year-old Pathe Ouedraogo left his Burkina Faso village in 1969 in search of a better life in neighbouring Ivory Coast, his dream was to return with a bicycle and a transistor radio to ...

In 2012, UNESCO, the U.N. body tasked with promoting arts and culture, identified the traditional xylophone known as the balafon as an important part of humanity’s cultural heritage. Today, in ...

Women have long played a dominant role in agriculture in Ivory Coast and in the sprawling markets where most Ivorians purchase their daily necessities. ... 59, who began selling traditional, ...