Living with dwarfism in the Middle Ages meant facing a world shaped by superstition, spectacle, and strict social roles. In ...

In 1979, UNESCO named Elmina Castle a World Heritage Site for its central role in the transatlantic slave trade. Because of ...

The study questions the long-held belief that northern Africa became arid around 3 million years ago, which coincides with ...

By some estimates, about 40 people—mostly fishermen—were attacked by hippos on Lake Naivasha in 2020, and as many as 14 of them died. Every year across Africa, hippos kill an estimated 500 ...

Among the clanging sounds of machinery and the smell of sawdust, Dipuo Phakathi is building something extraordinary in a male-dominated home furnishings field.

Refugee children in Kenya's Kakuma camp are turning to dance to cope with harsh conditions. Funding cuts have halved food ...

Gideon Jacobs has lived a life of the land. Farm-to-table was never a long sojourn for the barrel-chested Afrikaner, whose accent carries the history of his people. A base of Dutch, dashes of English, ...

Victor Counted is a psychological scientist whose research across 40 African countries offers a data-rich rethinking of ...

People who don't come from ululating cultures often don't understand the practice and may find it disruptive, which explains the American man's shocked reaction in the video. The research notes that ...

Tuesday's ruling from U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick means that transgender or nonbinary people who are without a passport or need to apply for a new one can request a male, female or "X ...

On this World Crocodile Day, WBBM got an up close and personal look at one…inside of a local attraction that’s not known for its live animals.