Arts + Culture
The Igbo-Ukwu bronzes: West Africa’s oldest known bronze art, found by a man digging a cistern
In 1938, a man digging a water cistern in Igbo-Ukwu, in today's Anambra State, found bronze objects of…
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Arts + Culture
The Kofar Mata dye pits: Kano’s centuries-old indigo tradition
The Kofar Mata dye pits in Kano are among the oldest working dye pits in Africa, with tradition…
Music
Semba: the Angolan rhythm behind kizomba and the songs of independence
Semba is a dance music from Luanda that rose in the mid-twentieth century and became tied to Angola's…
Music
“Malaika”: the Swahili love song from Kenya that Miriam Makeba took around the world
"Malaika", a Swahili love song recorded in Kenya by Fadhili William around 1960, became one of the best-known…
Music
William Onyeabor: the reclusive Nigerian synth-funk pioneer the world found decades later
William Onyeabor recorded eight albums of strange, synthesiser-driven funk in Nigeria between the late 1970s and mid-1980s, then…
Music
Celestine Ukwu: the philosopher of Igbo highlife
Celestine Ukwu was one of the most admired Igbo highlife musicians of the late 1960s and 1970s. With…
Music
Boomplay: the African music app that came preinstalled on millions of phones
Boomplay launched in 2015, backed by Transsion Holdings, the maker of Tecno, Itel and Infinix phones. Preinstalled on…
Arts + Culture
Shona sculpture: how Zimbabwe’s stone carvers won international acclaim
From the late 1950s, artists in Zimbabwe began carving serpentine and other stones into expressive sculptures that drew…
Arts + Culture
The Agadez cross: the Tuareg silver pendant handed from father to son
The Agadez cross is the best known of a family of Tuareg silver pendants, each linked to a…
Arts + Culture
Egungun: the Yoruba masquerade where the ancestors return to dance
Egungun masquerades bring Yoruba ancestors back among the living. Dancers in layered cloth costumes that cover the entire…