Culture & Literature

Renowned South African playwright, producer and composer Mbongeni Ngema, the creator of the Broadway hit “Sarafina!”, has died in a...

Senegal reached a "friendly agreement" with the auction house to buy its first president precious possessions. The auctioneer delayed bidding...

South Africans emerged as the most voracious internet users in a survey showing people's digital habits globally, spending an astounding...

Global tech giant Google has added 24 new languages spoken by more than 300 million people to its Google Translate...

Google has partnered with Mali’s traditional leaders to digitise tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts from the city of Timbuktu....

The President of Benin, Patrice Talon, inaugurated an exhibition on Saturday showcasing 26 royal treasures returned by France last November....

Two Benin bronzes have been returned to a traditional palace in Nigeria, more than a century after they were pillaged by British...

With more than 200 million speakers, Swahili, which originated in East Africa, is one of the world's 10 most widely...

In Ethiopia, the latest victims of the year-long war in Tigray are the country’s rich artefacts. Centuries-old manuscripts and scrolls...

By David B. Moore* Danish director Camilla Nielsson’s documentary President (2021) is an up-close, intimate tale. It follows the election travails of Zimbabwe’s main opposition party the...