Constructed between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries, Great Zimbabwe features massive stone enclosures built entirely without mortar. Granite blocks were carefully shaped and stacked to create ...

Explore the rise and fall of the Kingdom of Kush, a powerful African civilization that once rivaled Egypt and left behind a legacy of pyramids, ironworking, and cultural innovation. This video delves ...

The president and the first lady registered similar favorable ratings in separate Economist/YouGov polls.

U.S. trade partners are cutting deals among themselves to diversify their economies away from a protectionist United States.

From the Andes to the Nile, explore ancient civilisations that remain accessible to travellers, with a focus on heritage and ...

Carter G. Woodson, the "father of Black history," founded the celebration now known as Black History Month in 1926. A ...

The three new volumes in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) General History of Africa series mark a deliberate shift toward an Afrocentric reading of the ...

This Black History Month, we’re celebrating 3 African innovators who are making history. Read on to learn more about their ...

One of the earliest references to sugar we have dates to 510BC, when Emperor Darius I of what was then Persia invaded India. There he found “the reed which gives honey without bees”.

In so many spaces, celebrating Black History History month means learning a few fun facts about famous African Americans. But ...

World of Travel began as a travelogue-style series documenting director Kolyn Boyd, The Hill’s Lindsey Granger and their family journeys across the globe. In its second season, the series evolves into ...

In South Africa, paleontology has been dominated by white people. Lazarus Kgasi is changing that dynamic — and coloring in the picture of the world our distant ancestors once inhabited.