Archaeologist Scott MacEachern remembers with fondness the days when nobody used to know where he worked. For the last 30 years he has been a regular visitor to an area of west-central Africa known as ...

A show focused on Ladi Kwali and other Black female potters is a revelation.

Includes discussion of pottery making of the Bwa, Mossi, Yoruba, Gwari, and Shai, among others, in West Africa. Covers preparation of clays, building pots, decorating and firing. Based on the author's ...

In Mossel Bay, Sheree Timm creates sustainable, handmade pottery that embraces imperfection and unique design.

There’s a story to be told in colonoware, a colonial-era pottery style that fused African, Native American and European cultures in simple pots and bowls. Colonial Williamsburg archeologists hope to ...

Animal herders living in what was a grassy part of North Africa’s Sahara Desert around 7,000 years ago had a taste for cattle milk, or perhaps milk products such as butter. Researchers have identified ...

Celebrate African culture at the Odunde Festival in Philadelphia on June 11. The Odunde Festival is the largest African-American street festival in the country and filled with vendors selling African, ...

The introduction of herding - a way of life which centres on keeping herds of mobile domesticated animals - significantly changed Africa's genetic, economic, social and cultural landscapes during the ...

DALLAS — Black History Month honors the achievements and struggles of African Americans throughout U.S. history, and it's a great time to visit the African American Museum of Dallas for a special ...