Spirit of Africa, part of the Seattle Center Festál series, returns on Saturday, May 10, from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Armory ...

The critically acclaimed Senegalese group Orchestra Baobab will play the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall this summer as part of a ...

The legendary west African kingdom of Kaabu has long been memorialized in the songs and stories of griots. That's inspired ...

Emmanuel Kwesi Aning receives funding from D-SIP – Domestic Security Implications of UN Peacekeeping in Ghana, which is a Danish Funded Program Jesper Bjarnesen receives funding from the Swedish ...

Over the last decade and a half, West Africa’s reputation as a credible destination to look out for has risen in popularity. Propelled by culture-shifting triggers like afrobeats, sports ...

William Assanvo Senior Researcher, Regional Office for West Africa and the Sahel Jeannine Ella Abatan Senior Researcher, ISS Regional Office for West Africa and the Sahel Women’s involvement in ...

From the 16th to the 19th centuries, the kingdom of Kaabu dominated a swath of West Africa that included modern ... historians and musicians known as the griots. Nino Galissa lives in Guinea ...

From the 16th to the 19th centuries, the kingdom of Kaabu dominated a swath of West Africa that included modern-day Guinea ... down by a group of oral historians and musicians known as the griots.