HOW BEAUTIFUL WE WERE. By Imbolo Mbue. Random House. 384 pages. $28. Political self-determination in Africa south of the Sahara dates back to the independence in 1957 of the new nation of Ghana. Since ...

When thousands of people fled in canoes across a river into the Central African Republic as refugees earlier this year, they arrived in a tiny village whose residents had little to give. Yet the ...

Rural families removed from their homes in Somkhele, in northern KwaZulu-Natal province, to make way for a giant coal mine are suffering from collective trauma, a new report has found. A psychologist ...

From before dawn, 54-year-old grandmother Annah Muvhali weaves between baobab trees that loom over her rural South African home, collecting fruit that enthusiasts worldwide hail as a "superfood".

THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP. CAN YOU SAY THE LETTER O? AND WHAT SOUND DOES THE LETTER A MAKE UP? THESE TWO LITTLE ONES ARE NOT IN KINDERGARTEN JUST YET, BUT THEY ARE KINDERGARTEN READY. WHAT’S SEVEN TIMES ONE ...

In parts of western India, small communities still carry traces of an African past that arrived centuries before modern ...

The critical note in some of the world’s most well-known perfumes is myrrh, a tree resin from the Horn of Africa that is under pressure from what experts call a historic drought. Threatened by the ...

SHELDON — The victim of a fatal July 29 stabbing that took place in Oyotunji African Village has been identified as the king and leader of that village, Adegbolu Abiogemo Adefunmi. Adefunmi died after ...

Since the outbreak began last March, more than 600 people have died. This mounting death toll is presenting families and health authorities with a... West African Villagers Fear Ebola Will Escape From ...