Samar Nour's Asha, the Scarab and the Moon ventures into the heart of Nubian folklore, collective memory, and feminist ...

January 21, 2026 (DONGOLA) – Sudanese lawyers, politicians and civil society activists launched a campaign on Wednesday calling for the release of Ahmed Shifa, head of the Nubian Gathering, after what ...

Ancient Nubia, a region south of Egypt, boasts a rich history shrouded in mysteries that have often been overlooked. The first mystery revolves around the relative obscurity of Nubian civilization ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since ...

Is language core to thought, or a separate process? For 15 years, the neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko has gathered evidence of a language network in the human brain — and has found some similarities to ...

Don Was' Groove in the Face of Adversity (Mack Avenue Records) is both a celebration of friendship and positivity in challenging times, and a heartfelt love letter to his hometown. Sneaking out from ...

In our weekly series on living in Nairobi, Sammy Kimatu and Elvis Ondieki get schooled on which came first between ‘Kibra’ and ‘Kibera’, and are shocked to learn that there was a time when people ...

Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since Aristotle, who wrote that humanity was “the animal that has language.” ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called for the immediate and unconditional release of 10 Egyptian Nubian men who have been held by Saudi authorities for over five years, urging the country to ...

Born Lorenzo Dechalus in the Bronx on this day in 1968, Lord Jamar of the legendary Brand Nubian crew has remained a strong presence in Hip Hop both on the mic and as a cultural critic. He came onto ...