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

In global maritime debates, Africa is still framed not as a sovereign actor, but as a vulnerability to be managed. While ...

WordTips examined both the de facto and de jure official languages of every country and overseas territory in the world, and totaled up the number of times each one was listed. English came out on top ...

A global school. A Library of African Stories. A vision no one saw coming but one the world can’t ignore anymore.

Africa faces a new form of colonization not through chains or gunboats, but through cables, clouds, and code .

Elouise Kelly, Country Manager at Viu South Africa, says the emerging market streaming playbook should be centred on access, ...

During his imprisonment, Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong'o decided he would never write in English again, a defiant move that helped put literature in African languages firmly on the map.

Blending the style of The Rolling Stones with African beats and instruments, Zambian group Witch were revolutionary – then ...

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

Egypt’s completion of its section of the Cairo–Cape Town Highway reflects a neoliberal project that undermines the ...

Legendary Algerian film-maker Mohamed Lakhdar-Hamina has passed away at the age of 91. He is most commonly remembered as the first (and only) African to win the coveted Palme dOr prize at the Cannes ...