BEFORE World War II few Africans had any conception of Africa as a whole or of themselves as Africans. They thought of themselves instead as Kikuyu, Buganda Bahutu, or men of any other of the ...

THE bitter war in Biafra (see THE WORLD) is a symbol of the continent’s divided soul, and the most discouraging example so far of a profound impasse that is crippling many of Black Africa’s 30 newly ...

When the rainy season finishes, a few tourists head into the south of Ethiopia, close to the borders with Kenya and South Sudan. They’re searching for one of the last African tribes that pierce and ...

TAMPA, Fla. — African tribal culture has had a strong influence on high fashion, from athletic wear to couture runway shows. The unique threadwork not only produces these vibrant, sought-after fabrics ...

Experience a unique journey as we spend 24 hours living with primitive tribes in Angola, Africa. In this episode, we explore ...

This is not a tourist version of tribal life. For one full day, an outsider joins one of Africa’s toughest communities to experience how they eat, work, live, and protect their traditions in a ...

All the trouble in South Africa is not simply black and white; it can also be black v. black. All over the land, and most particularly in the ramshackle black suburbs that now ring the great white ...

Editor’s Note: This story was identified by Call to Earth guest editor Shafqat Hussain. He is an environmental anthropologist and a Rolex Award Laureate. In central Tanzania, the Barabaig people share ...

In 1979, an Oklahoma woman named Johnnie Mae Austin stopped getting mail from the Muscogee Nation. There were no more announcements of meetings, notices of elections, or news of monetary settlements.