African Heritage and Health Week pushes the connection between traditional dishes and an improved physical state.

Fashion is a lingua franca, and in the modern context, it is increasingly a worldly sensibility embracing an African-inspired attire with its buoyant lexicon. A fine blend of classic African ...

A switch of just two weeks from a traditional African diet to a Western diet causes inflammation, reduces the immune response to pathogens, and activates processes associated with lifestyle ...

The U.S. global food security envoy is pushing to bring back traditional African crops that American policies helped to sideline.

Cameroon's traditional healers say they are being overwhelmed by the number of people seeking herbal medicine for prevention or treatment of the coronavirus. The rush for traditional healing comes ...

Donald McNeil, a reporter for The Times, traveled to rural Uganda see how traditional healers are preparing for epidemics like Ebola.

A CD series called Congotronics showcases urban traditional bands in Kinshasa, Congo. The first Congotronics CD was a hit in Europe and the United States, especially popular with DJs who work the ...